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[v3,02/16] selftests/resctrl: Calculate resctrl FS derived mem bw over sleep(1) only

Message ID 20240408163247.3224-3-ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series selftests/resctrl: resctrl_val() related cleanups & improvements | expand

Commit Message

Ilpo Järvinen April 8, 2024, 4:32 p.m. UTC
For MBM/MBA tests, measure_vals() calls get_mem_bw_imc() that performs
the measurement over a duration of sleep(1) call. The memory bandwidth
numbers from IMC are derived over this duration. The resctrl FS derived
memory bandwidth, however, is calculated inside measure_vals() and only
takes delta between the previous value and the current one which
besides the actual test, also samples inter-test noise.

Rework the logic in measure_vals() and get_mem_bw_imc() such that the
resctrl FS memory bandwidth section covers much shorter duration
closely matching that of the IMC perf counters to improve measurement
accuracy.

Suggested-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
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v3:
- Don't drop Return: entry from perf_open_imc_mem_bw() func comment
---
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c | 71 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

Comments

Reinette Chatre April 25, 2024, 4:38 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Ilpo,

On 4/8/2024 9:32 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> For MBM/MBA tests, measure_vals() calls get_mem_bw_imc() that performs
> the measurement over a duration of sleep(1) call. The memory bandwidth
> numbers from IMC are derived over this duration. The resctrl FS derived
> memory bandwidth, however, is calculated inside measure_vals() and only
> takes delta between the previous value and the current one which
> besides the actual test, also samples inter-test noise.
> 
> Rework the logic in measure_vals() and get_mem_bw_imc() such that the
> resctrl FS memory bandwidth section covers much shorter duration
> closely matching that of the IMC perf counters to improve measurement
> accuracy.

I do not know how much latency this adds but I think for the resctrl data
to reach this stated goal to closely match the IMC perf counters it
can keep the file descriptor open during the test and only read data
from the appropriate file instead of encurring the fopen()/fclose()
cost at each measurement.

Reinette
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
index 456cf0d0b8ca..ca4da7f4cf25 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
@@ -294,22 +294,15 @@  static int initialize_mem_bw_imc(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * get_mem_bw_imc:	Memory band width as reported by iMC counters
- * @cpu_no:		CPU number that the benchmark PID is binded to
- * @bw_report:		Bandwidth report type (reads, writes)
- *
- * Memory B/W utilized by a process on a socket can be calculated using
- * iMC counters. Perf events are used to read these counters.
+ * perf_open_imc_mem_bw - Open perf fds for IMCs
+ * @cpu_no: CPU number that the benchmark PID is binded to
  *
  * Return: = 0 on success. < 0 on failure.
  */
-static int get_mem_bw_imc(int cpu_no, char *bw_report, float *bw_imc)
+static int perf_open_imc_mem_bw(int cpu_no)
 {
-	float reads, writes, of_mul_read, of_mul_write;
 	int imc, ret;
 
-	/* Start all iMC counters to log values (both read and write) */
-	reads = 0, writes = 0, of_mul_read = 1, of_mul_write = 1;
 	for (imc = 0; imc < imcs; imc++) {
 		ret = open_perf_event(imc, cpu_no, READ);
 		if (ret)
@@ -317,7 +310,22 @@  static int get_mem_bw_imc(int cpu_no, char *bw_report, float *bw_imc)
 		ret = open_perf_event(imc, cpu_no, WRITE);
 		if (ret)
 			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
+/*
+ * do_mem_bw_test - Perform memory bandwidth test
+ *
+ * Runs memory bandwidth test over one second period. Also, handles starting
+ * and stopping of the IMC perf counters around the test.
+ */
+static void do_imc_mem_bw_test(void)
+{
+	int imc;
+
+	for (imc = 0; imc < imcs; imc++) {
 		membw_ioctl_perf_event_ioc_reset_enable(imc, READ);
 		membw_ioctl_perf_event_ioc_reset_enable(imc, WRITE);
 	}
@@ -329,6 +337,24 @@  static int get_mem_bw_imc(int cpu_no, char *bw_report, float *bw_imc)
 		membw_ioctl_perf_event_ioc_disable(imc, READ);
 		membw_ioctl_perf_event_ioc_disable(imc, WRITE);
 	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_mem_bw_imc - Memory band width as reported by iMC counters
+ * @bw_report: Bandwidth report type (reads, writes)
+ *
+ * Memory B/W utilized by a process on a socket can be calculated using
+ * iMC counters. Perf events are used to read these counters.
+ *
+ * Return: = 0 on success. < 0 on failure.
+ */
+static int get_mem_bw_imc(char *bw_report, float *bw_imc)
+{
+	float reads, writes, of_mul_read, of_mul_write;
+	int imc;
+
+	/* Start all iMC counters to log values (both read and write) */
+	reads = 0, writes = 0, of_mul_read = 1, of_mul_write = 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Get results which are stored in struct type imc_counter_config
@@ -600,10 +626,9 @@  static void initialize_llc_occu_resctrl(const char *ctrlgrp, const char *mongrp,
 }
 
 static int measure_vals(const struct user_params *uparams,
-			struct resctrl_val_param *param,
-			unsigned long *bw_resc_start)
+			struct resctrl_val_param *param)
 {
-	unsigned long bw_resc, bw_resc_end;
+	unsigned long bw_resc, bw_resc_start, bw_resc_end;
 	float bw_imc;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -614,22 +639,27 @@  static int measure_vals(const struct user_params *uparams,
 	 * Compare the two values to validate resctrl value.
 	 * It takes 1sec to measure the data.
 	 */
-	ret = get_mem_bw_imc(uparams->cpu, param->bw_report, &bw_imc);
+	ret = perf_open_imc_mem_bw(uparams->cpu);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = get_mem_bw_resctrl(&bw_resc_start);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	do_imc_mem_bw_test();
+
 	ret = get_mem_bw_resctrl(&bw_resc_end);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	bw_resc = (bw_resc_end - *bw_resc_start) / MB;
-	ret = print_results_bw(param->filename, bm_pid, bw_imc, bw_resc);
-	if (ret)
+	ret = get_mem_bw_imc(param->bw_report, &bw_imc);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	*bw_resc_start = bw_resc_end;
+	bw_resc = (bw_resc_end - bw_resc_start) / MB;
 
-	return 0;
+	return print_results_bw(param->filename, bm_pid, bw_imc, bw_resc);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -703,7 +733,6 @@  int resctrl_val(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 		struct resctrl_val_param *param)
 {
 	char *resctrl_val = param->resctrl_val;
-	unsigned long bw_resc_start = 0;
 	struct sigaction sigact;
 	int ret = 0, pipefd[2];
 	char pipe_message = 0;
@@ -845,7 +874,7 @@  int resctrl_val(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 
 		if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR)) ||
 		    !strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR))) {
-			ret = measure_vals(uparams, param, &bw_resc_start);
+			ret = measure_vals(uparams, param);
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 		} else if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, CMT_STR, sizeof(CMT_STR))) {