Hi Richard, Thank you very much. This is useful.
On 6/8/26 4:06 AM, Richard Cheng wrote: > A CAT allocation is a CBM, and the kernel must refuse masks that can't > describe a valid allocation. Nothing in the suite check this. > > Implement L3_CAT_VALIDATE, first confirm a valid full mask is accepted, How about "L3_CBM_VALIDATE"? > then write an empty mask and a mask with bits outside cbm_mask and > confirm each is refused. A mask below min_cbm_bits is also checked where The empty mask is not always a valid test (more below). > the platform needs more than one bit. (nit: please write changelog in imperative tone) > > Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <[email protected]> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++ > tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h | 1 + > .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 1 + > 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c > b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c > index 16a947f1ed16..d236988916d9 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c > @@ -603,3 +603,82 @@ struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test = { > .run_test = cat_occup_run_test, > .cleanup = cat_occup_test_cleanup, > }; > + > +/* > + * L3_CAT_VALIDATE - Verify the kernel rejects invalid L3 CBM writes. > + * > + * CAT allocation accepts a Capacity Bit Mask (CBM). The kernel must reject > + * masks that cannot represent a valid allocation: an empty mask, a mask with > + * bits outside cbm_mask, or (where the platform requires it) a mask with > + * fewer than min_cbm_bits bits. A rejected schemata write makes > + * write_schemata() return non-zero, which is the signal this test checks. > + */ > +static int cat_validate_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, All tests in this file are "cat" tests so this function name could be more specific. How about "cbm_validate_run_test()"? > + const struct user_params *uparams) > +{ > + unsigned long full_mask, bad_mask; > + unsigned int min_cbm_bits, start; > + char schemata[64]; > + int count_of_bits, ret; (reverse fir please) > + > + ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + > + ret = resource_info_unsigned_get(test->resource, "min_cbm_bits", > + &min_cbm_bits); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + > + count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask); > + > + /* A valid full CBM must be accepted */ > + snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", full_mask); > + if (write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource)) { > + ksft_print_msg("Valid CBM 0x%lx was rejected\n", full_mask); > + return 1; KSFT_FAIL? > + } > + > + /* An empty mask must be rejected. */ Some systems do support an empty mask (AMD) so this needs to depend on min_cbm_bits being larger than zero. > + if (!write_schemata("", "0", uparams->cpu, test->resource)) { > + ksft_print_msg("Empty CBM was accepted, must be rejected\n"); > + return 1; > + } > + > + /* A mask with a bit outside cbm_mask must be rejected. */ > + bad_mask = full_mask | (1UL << count_of_bits); > + snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", bad_mask); > + if (!write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource)) { > + ksft_print_msg("Out-of-range CBM 0x%lx was accepted, must be > rejected\n", > + bad_mask); > + return 1; KSFT_FAIL? > + } > + > + /* > + * A mask with fewer than min_cbm_bits bits must be rejected. When > + * min_cbm_bits is 1 the only sub-minimum mask is the empty mask > + * This case only applies when the platform requires more contiguous > bits. > + */ > + if (min_cbm_bits > 1) { > + count_contiguous_bits(full_mask, &start); The return value should be checked here to ensure that the create_bit_mask() below is valid. > + bad_mask = create_bit_mask(start, min_cbm_bits - 1); > + snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", bad_mask); > + if (!write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, > test->resource)) { > + ksft_print_msg("CBM 0x%lx with too few bits was > accepted\n", > + bad_mask); > + return 1; KSFT_FAIL? > + } > + } > + > + ksft_print_msg("Pass: CAT rejects invalid CBM writes\n"); > + > + return 0; > +} > + > +struct resctrl_test l3_cat_validate_test = { > + .name = "L3_CAT_VALIDATE", > + .group = "CAT", > + .resource = "L3", > + .feature_check = test_resource_feature_check, > + .run_test = cat_validate_run_test, > +}; > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h > b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h > index ce3abf0bdac2..e2e3cf7833bc 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h > @@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ extern struct resctrl_test mba_test; > extern struct resctrl_test cmt_test; > extern struct resctrl_test l3_cat_test; > extern struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test; > +extern struct resctrl_test l3_cat_validate_test; > extern struct resctrl_test l3_noncont_cat_test; > extern struct resctrl_test l2_noncont_cat_test; > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c > b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c > index 324a60818aa1..66739e96f33c 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = { > &cmt_test, > &l3_cat_test, > &l3_cat_occup_test, > + &l3_cat_validate_test, > &l3_noncont_cat_test, > &l2_noncont_cat_test, > }; Thank you. Reinette

