[PATCH 0/3] selftests/resctrl: increase L3 cache test coverage

[PATCH 0/3] selftests/resctrl: increase L3 cache test coverage

[Richard Cheng]

The resctrl selftests check L3 cache isolation (L3_CAT) and occupancy
accuracy (CMT), but some basic L3 behaviour is untested: that an allocation
actually bounds a group's cache use, that invalid CBMs are rejected, and
that info/L3/bit_usage reports allocations correctly.

Add three self-contained tests for these. Each gates on the feature
it needs, so it runs wherever that feature exists and skips otherwise.
They were exercised on an arm64 MPAM platform.

Richard Cheng (3):
  selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_OCCUP test to verify CAT bounds
    occupancy
  selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_VALIDATE to check invalid CBMs
  selftests/resctrl: Add L3_BIT_USAGE to check bit_usage tracks
    allocation

 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    | 433 ++++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c    |   3 -
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |   6 +
 .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c |   3 +
 4 files changed, 442 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 1/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_OCCUP test to verify CAT bounds occupancy

[Richard Cheng]

L3_CAT needs a CPU-exclusive cache portion, so it's skipped when MPAM
reports every CBM bit as shareable, leaving L3 allocation untested. CMT
only checks occupancy accuracy, not that a CBM actually limits it.

L3_CAT_OCCUP gives a group a small CBM, run a workload spanning the
whole cache, and check every occupancy sample stays within the
allocation. An unenforced CBM would instead let occupancy grow to the
full cache.

Move CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH to resctrl.h to share it with CMT.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    | 201 ++++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c    |   3 -
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |   4 +
 .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c |   1 +
 4 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
index f00b622c1460..16a947f1ed16 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -402,3 +402,204 @@ struct resctrl_test l2_noncont_cat_test = {
 	.feature_check = noncont_cat_feature_check,
 	.run_test = noncont_cat_run_test,
 };
+
+/*
+ * L3_CAT_OCCUP - Verify that a CAT allocation bounds cache occupancy.
+ *
+ * Unlike L3_CAT (which measures interference between groups and needs an
+ * exclusive cache portion), this test gives a control group a strict subset
+ * of the CBM, then runs a benchmark whose buffer spans the *whole* cache -
+ * i.e. much larger than the allocation. With CAT enforced, the group can
+ * only keep its allocated portion resident, so llc_occupancy settles near
+ * the allocation size. Without enforcement occupancy would instead climb
+ * towards the full cache. This works even when all CBM bits are shareable
+ * (where L3_CAT is skipped).
+ */
+#define CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE		"result_cat_occup"
+#define CAT_OCCUP_NUM_OF_RUNS		5
+
+static int cat_occup_cpu;
+
+static int cat_occup_init(const struct resctrl_val_param *param, int domain_id)
+{
+	char schemata[64];
+
+	sprintf(llc_occup_path, CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH, RESCTRL_PATH,
+		param->ctrlgrp, domain_id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Confine the benchmark to the allocated portion *before* it starts
+	 * filling (resctrl_val() calls init() before forking the benchmark),
+	 * so occupancy reflects the restricted CBM from the first sample.
+	 */
+	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", param->mask);
+
+	return write_schemata(param->ctrlgrp, schemata, cat_occup_cpu, "L3");
+}
+
+static int cat_occup_setup(const struct resctrl_test *test,
+			   const struct user_params *uparams,
+			   struct resctrl_val_param *p)
+{
+	if (p->num_of_runs >= CAT_OCCUP_NUM_OF_RUNS)
+		return END_OF_TESTS;
+
+	p->num_of_runs++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cat_occup_measure(const struct user_params *uparams,
+			     struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid)
+{
+	sleep(1);
+	return measure_llc_resctrl(param->filename, bm_pid);
+}
+
+static int cat_occup_check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param,
+				   size_t alloc_span, size_t cache_size,
+				   int no_of_bits)
+{
+	char *token_array[8], temp[512];
+	unsigned long occu, max_occu = 0, ceiling, floor;
+	int runs = 0;
+	int fail = 0;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check every sample, not an average: CAT is a hard limit, so a single
+	 * sample above the allocation is a real violation that an average
+	 * could mask.
+	 */
+	ceiling = alloc_span + (cache_size - alloc_span) / 2;
+	floor = alloc_span / 2;
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Checking for pass/fail\n");
+	fp = fopen(param->filename, "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		ksft_perror("Error in opening file");
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (fgets(temp, sizeof(temp), fp)) {
+		char *token = strtok(temp, ":\t");
+		int fields = 0;
+
+		while (token) {
+			token_array[fields++] = token;
+			token = strtok(NULL, ":\t");
+		}
+
+		/* Field 3 is the resctrl-reported llc_occupancy value. */
+		occu = strtoul(token_array[3], NULL, 0);
+		runs++;
+
+		if (occu > max_occu)
+			max_occu = occu;
+
+		if (occu > ceiling) {
+			ksft_print_msg("Fail: run %d occupancy %lu exceeds ceiling %lu\n",
+				       runs, occu, ceiling);
+			fail = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	if (!runs) {
+		ksft_print_msg("No occupancy samples collected\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (max_occu < floor) {
+		ksft_print_msg("Fail: peak occupancy %lu never reached floor %lu\n",
+			       max_occu, floor);
+		fail = 1;
+	}
+
+	ksft_print_msg("%s CAT confines occupancy to the allocated %d-bit portion\n",
+		       fail ? "Fail:" : "Pass:", no_of_bits);
+	ksft_print_msg("occupancy=%lu alloc=%zu full=%zu ceiling=%lu floor=%lu\n",
+		       max_occu, alloc_span, cache_size, ceiling, floor);
+
+	return fail;
+}
+
+static void cat_occup_test_cleanup(void)
+{
+	remove(CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE);
+}
+
+static int cat_occup_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
+			      const struct user_params *uparams)
+{
+	struct fill_buf_param fill_buf = {};
+	unsigned long cache_total_size = 0;
+	unsigned long full_mask;
+	int count_of_bits;
+	size_t alloc_span;
+	int n, ret;
+
+	ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = get_cache_size(uparams->cpu, test->resource, &cache_total_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ksft_print_msg("Cache size :%lu\n", cache_total_size);
+
+	count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask);
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate a strict subset of the cache so the benchmark buffer
+	 * is larger than the allocation and CAT has something to enforce.
+	 */
+	n = uparams->bits ? : count_of_bits / 2;
+	if (n < 1 || n >= count_of_bits) {
+		ksft_print_msg("Invalid number of CBM bits %d, expected 1 to %d\n",
+			       n, count_of_bits - 1);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	struct resctrl_val_param param = {
+		.ctrlgrp	= "c1",
+		.filename	= CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE,
+		.mask		= ~(full_mask << n) & full_mask,
+		.num_of_runs	= 0,
+		.init		= cat_occup_init,
+		.setup		= cat_occup_setup,
+		.measure	= cat_occup_measure,
+	};
+
+	alloc_span = cache_portion_size(cache_total_size, param.mask, full_mask);
+
+	/* Benchmark buffer spans the full cache: larger than the allocation. */
+	fill_buf.buf_size = cache_total_size;
+	fill_buf.memflush = uparams->fill_buf ? uparams->fill_buf->memflush : true;
+	param.fill_buf = &fill_buf;
+	cat_occup_cpu = uparams->cpu;
+
+	remove(param.filename);
+
+	ret = resctrl_val(test, uparams, &param);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return cat_occup_check_results(&param, alloc_span, cache_total_size, n);
+}
+
+static bool cat_occup_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
+{
+	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
+	       resctrl_mon_feature_exists("L3_MON", "llc_occupancy");
+}
+
+struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test = {
+	.name = "L3_CAT_OCCUP",
+	.group = "CAT",
+	.resource = "L3",
+	.feature_check = cat_occup_feature_check,
+	.run_test = cat_occup_run_test,
+	.cleanup = cat_occup_test_cleanup,
+};
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
index d09e693dc739..ef51daa8061a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 #define MAX_DIFF		2000000
 #define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	15
 
-#define CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH		\
-	"%s/%s/mon_data/mon_L3_%02d/llc_occupancy"
-
 static int cmt_init(const struct resctrl_val_param *param, int domain_id)
 {
 	sprintf(llc_occup_path, CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH, RESCTRL_PATH,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index afe635b6e48d..ce3abf0bdac2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #define PHYS_ID_PATH		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu"
 #define INFO_PATH		"/sys/fs/resctrl/info"
 
+#define CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH		\
+	"%s/%s/mon_data/mon_L3_%02d/llc_occupancy"
+
 /*
  * CPU vendor IDs
  *
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ extern struct resctrl_test mbm_test;
 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_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 dbcd5eea9fbc..324a60818aa1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = {
 	&mba_test,
 	&cmt_test,
 	&l3_cat_test,
+	&l3_cat_occup_test,
 	&l3_noncont_cat_test,
 	&l2_noncont_cat_test,
 };
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 1/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_OCCUP test to verify CAT bounds occupancy

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Richard,

On 6/8/26 4:06 AM, Richard Cheng wrote:
> L3_CAT needs a CPU-exclusive cache portion, so it's skipped when MPAM
> reports every CBM bit as shareable, leaving L3 allocation untested. CMT
> only checks occupancy accuracy, not that a CBM actually limits it.

hmmm ... CMT test ensures that the LLC occupancy is within a % of the size
of the cache allocation. To me this implies that it indeed tests that
the CBM limits the allocation, no?

> 
> L3_CAT_OCCUP gives a group a small CBM, run a workload spanning the
> whole cache, and check every occupancy sample stays within the
> allocation. An unenforced CBM would instead let occupancy grow to the
> full cache.
> 
> Move CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH to resctrl.h to share it with CMT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    | 201 ++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c    |   3 -
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |   4 +
>  .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c |   1 +
>  4 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> index f00b622c1460..16a947f1ed16 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> @@ -402,3 +402,204 @@ struct resctrl_test l2_noncont_cat_test = {
>  	.feature_check = noncont_cat_feature_check,
>  	.run_test = noncont_cat_run_test,
>  };
> +
> +/*
> + * L3_CAT_OCCUP - Verify that a CAT allocation bounds cache occupancy.
> + *
> + * Unlike L3_CAT (which measures interference between groups and needs an
> + * exclusive cache portion), this test gives a control group a strict subset

Please let comment just refer to what this test does. These comments are unlikely
to be updated if L3_CAT ever changes.

> + * of the CBM, then runs a benchmark whose buffer spans the *whole* cache -
> + * i.e. much larger than the allocation. With CAT enforced, the group can
> + * only keep its allocated portion resident, so llc_occupancy settles near
> + * the allocation size. Without enforcement occupancy would instead climb
> + * towards the full cache. This works even when all CBM bits are shareable
> + * (where L3_CAT is skipped).

hmmm ... these statements state as fact what really depends on system load and
interference that this test make no attempt to avoid.

> + */
> +#define CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE		"result_cat_occup"
> +#define CAT_OCCUP_NUM_OF_RUNS		5
> +
> +static int cat_occup_cpu;
> +
> +static int cat_occup_init(const struct resctrl_val_param *param, int domain_id)

Please take a look at recent resctrl selftest changes that provides more
data to the init() that will avoid the cat_occup_cpu global.
Even so, why not just use cmt_init() that reduces interference from rest of
system to improve chances of workload's cache occupancy to match its
cache allocation?

> +{
> +	char schemata[64];
> +
> +	sprintf(llc_occup_path, CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH, RESCTRL_PATH,
> +		param->ctrlgrp, domain_id);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Confine the benchmark to the allocated portion *before* it starts
> +	 * filling (resctrl_val() calls init() before forking the benchmark),
> +	 * so occupancy reflects the restricted CBM from the first sample.
> +	 */
> +	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", param->mask);
> +
> +	return write_schemata(param->ctrlgrp, schemata, cat_occup_cpu, "L3");
> +}
> +
> +static int cat_occup_setup(const struct resctrl_test *test,
> +			   const struct user_params *uparams,
> +			   struct resctrl_val_param *p)
> +{
> +	if (p->num_of_runs >= CAT_OCCUP_NUM_OF_RUNS)
> +		return END_OF_TESTS;
> +
> +	p->num_of_runs++;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

cmt_setup()?

> +
> +static int cat_occup_measure(const struct user_params *uparams,
> +			     struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid)
> +{
> +	sleep(1);
> +	return measure_llc_resctrl(param->filename, bm_pid);
> +}


cmt_measure()?

This test has a lot in common with the existing CMT test since it 
duplicates cmt_setup(), cmt_measure(), and cmt_feature_check(). From what I 
can tell it can use cmt_init() also. Could the implementation be simplified
by instead considering it a CMT test, move code to cmt_test.c, and avoid
all this duplication?

> +
> +static int cat_occup_check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param,
> +				   size_t alloc_span, size_t cache_size,
> +				   int no_of_bits)
> +{
> +	char *token_array[8], temp[512];
> +	unsigned long occu, max_occu = 0, ceiling, floor;

Please follow kernel coding style (throughout this series) by, in this example,
using reverse-fir tree ordering.

> +	int runs = 0;
> +	int fail = 0;
> +	FILE *fp;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Check every sample, not an average: CAT is a hard limit, so a single

hmmm ... "is a hard limit" does not match what the code does

> +	 * sample above the allocation is a real violation that an average
> +	 * could mask.
> +	 */
> +	ceiling = alloc_span + (cache_size - alloc_span) / 2;
> +	floor = alloc_span / 2;
> +
> +	ksft_print_msg("Checking for pass/fail\n");
> +	fp = fopen(param->filename, "r");
> +	if (!fp) {
> +		ksft_perror("Error in opening file");
> +
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	while (fgets(temp, sizeof(temp), fp)) {
> +		char *token = strtok(temp, ":\t");
> +		int fields = 0;
> +
> +		while (token) {
> +			token_array[fields++] = token;
> +			token = strtok(NULL, ":\t");
> +		}
> +
> +		/* Field 3 is the resctrl-reported llc_occupancy value. */
> +		occu = strtoul(token_array[3], NULL, 0);
> +		runs++;
> +
> +		if (occu > max_occu)
> +			max_occu = occu;
> +
> +		if (occu > ceiling) {
> +			ksft_print_msg("Fail: run %d occupancy %lu exceeds ceiling %lu\n",
> +				       runs, occu, ceiling);
> +			fail = 1;

KSFT_FAIL is available to avoid using magic numbers.

> +		}
> +	}
> +	fclose(fp);
> +
> +	if (!runs) {
> +		ksft_print_msg("No occupancy samples collected\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (max_occu < floor) {
> +		ksft_print_msg("Fail: peak occupancy %lu never reached floor %lu\n",
> +			       max_occu, floor);

I think this test should be dropped. We cannot control the environments in which
the tests are run and legitimate interference may cause this test to fail without
it meaning that there is a bug in resctrl. 


> +		fail = 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	ksft_print_msg("%s CAT confines occupancy to the allocated %d-bit portion\n",
> +		       fail ? "Fail:" : "Pass:", no_of_bits);
> +	ksft_print_msg("occupancy=%lu alloc=%zu full=%zu ceiling=%lu floor=%lu\n",
> +		       max_occu, alloc_span, cache_size, ceiling, floor);
> +
> +	return fail;
> +}
> +
> +static void cat_occup_test_cleanup(void)
> +{
> +	remove(CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE);
> +}
> +
> +static int cat_occup_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
> +			      const struct user_params *uparams)
> +{
> +	struct fill_buf_param fill_buf = {};
> +	unsigned long cache_total_size = 0;
> +	unsigned long full_mask;
> +	int count_of_bits;
> +	size_t alloc_span;
> +	int n, ret;
> +
> +	ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = get_cache_size(uparams->cpu, test->resource, &cache_total_size);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +	ksft_print_msg("Cache size :%lu\n", cache_total_size);
> +
> +	count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Allocate a strict subset of the cache so the benchmark buffer
> +	 * is larger than the allocation and CAT has something to enforce.
> +	 */
> +	n = uparams->bits ? : count_of_bits / 2;
> +	if (n < 1 || n >= count_of_bits) {
> +		ksft_print_msg("Invalid number of CBM bits %d, expected 1 to %d\n",
> +			       n, count_of_bits - 1);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	struct resctrl_val_param param = {
> +		.ctrlgrp	= "c1",
> +		.filename	= CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE,
> +		.mask		= ~(full_mask << n) & full_mask,
> +		.num_of_runs	= 0,
> +		.init		= cat_occup_init,
> +		.setup		= cat_occup_setup,
> +		.measure	= cat_occup_measure,
> +	};
> +
> +	alloc_span = cache_portion_size(cache_total_size, param.mask, full_mask);
> +
> +	/* Benchmark buffer spans the full cache: larger than the allocation. */
> +	fill_buf.buf_size = cache_total_size;
> +	fill_buf.memflush = uparams->fill_buf ? uparams->fill_buf->memflush : true;
> +	param.fill_buf = &fill_buf;

This prevents usage of user provided benchmark. Please compare with cmt_run_test()
initialization. You can find more details about how the workload and parameters are
communicated in e958c21e2ede ("selftests/resctrl: Make benchmark parameter passing robust")

> +	cat_occup_cpu = uparams->cpu;
> +
> +	remove(param.filename);
> +
> +	ret = resctrl_val(test, uparams, &param);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return cat_occup_check_results(&param, alloc_span, cache_total_size, n);
> +}

Fundamentally this looks like a duplicate of cmt_run_test()? Only differences I see
is the size of the buffer and how the test results are checked for pass/fail. Looking
at the pass/fail I do not see a big difference with what the CMT test tests. I do not
see what value this tests add beyond what the CMT test already provides.


> +
> +static bool cat_occup_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
> +{
> +	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
> +	       resctrl_mon_feature_exists("L3_MON", "llc_occupancy");
> +}
> +
> +struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test = {
> +	.name = "L3_CAT_OCCUP",
> +	.group = "CAT",
> +	.resource = "L3",
> +	.feature_check = cat_occup_feature_check,
> +	.run_test = cat_occup_run_test,
> +	.cleanup = cat_occup_test_cleanup,
> +};
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> index d09e693dc739..ef51daa8061a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> @@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
>  #define MAX_DIFF		2000000
>  #define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	15
>  
> -#define CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH		\
> -	"%s/%s/mon_data/mon_L3_%02d/llc_occupancy"
> -
>  static int cmt_init(const struct resctrl_val_param *param, int domain_id)
>  {
>  	sprintf(llc_occup_path, CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH, RESCTRL_PATH,
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> index afe635b6e48d..ce3abf0bdac2 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
>  #define PHYS_ID_PATH		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu"
>  #define INFO_PATH		"/sys/fs/resctrl/info"
>  
> +#define CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH		\
> +	"%s/%s/mon_data/mon_L3_%02d/llc_occupancy"
> +
>  /*
>   * CPU vendor IDs
>   *
> @@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ extern struct resctrl_test mbm_test;
>  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_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 dbcd5eea9fbc..324a60818aa1 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = {
>  	&mba_test,
>  	&cmt_test,
>  	&l3_cat_test,
> +	&l3_cat_occup_test,
>  	&l3_noncont_cat_test,
>  	&l2_noncont_cat_test,
>  };

Reinette

Re: [PATCH 1/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_OCCUP test to verify CAT bounds occupancy

[Richard Cheng]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 03:18:40PM +0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>

Hi Reinette,

Thanks for the review !
 
> On 6/8/26 4:06 AM, Richard Cheng wrote:
> > L3_CAT needs a CPU-exclusive cache portion, so it's skipped when MPAM
> > reports every CBM bit as shareable, leaving L3 allocation untested. CMT
> > only checks occupancy accuracy, not that a CBM actually limits it.
> 
> hmmm ... CMT test ensures that the LLC occupancy is within a % of the size
> of the cache allocation. To me this implies that it indeed tests that
> the CBM limits the allocation, no?
> 

Yes you're correct on this. I based the patch on older version of the CMT test.
After rebasing, I see the current CMT already uses a workload larger than the allocation
and configures the root group with the complementary CBM.

It now covers what I wanted to test.

I think we're good to drop this patch in v2.


> > 
> > L3_CAT_OCCUP gives a group a small CBM, run a workload spanning the
> > whole cache, and check every occupancy sample stays within the
> > allocation. An unenforced CBM would instead let occupancy grow to the
> > full cache.
> > 
> > Move CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH to resctrl.h to share it with CMT.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    | 201 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c    |   3 -
> >  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |   4 +
> >  .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c |   1 +
> >  4 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> > index f00b622c1460..16a947f1ed16 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> > @@ -402,3 +402,204 @@ struct resctrl_test l2_noncont_cat_test = {
> >  	.feature_check = noncont_cat_feature_check,
> >  	.run_test = noncont_cat_run_test,
> >  };
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * L3_CAT_OCCUP - Verify that a CAT allocation bounds cache occupancy.
> > + *
> > + * Unlike L3_CAT (which measures interference between groups and needs an
> > + * exclusive cache portion), this test gives a control group a strict subset
> 
> Please let comment just refer to what this test does. These comments are unlikely
> to be updated if L3_CAT ever changes.
> 
> > + * of the CBM, then runs a benchmark whose buffer spans the *whole* cache -
> > + * i.e. much larger than the allocation. With CAT enforced, the group can
> > + * only keep its allocated portion resident, so llc_occupancy settles near
> > + * the allocation size. Without enforcement occupancy would instead climb
> > + * towards the full cache. This works even when all CBM bits are shareable
> > + * (where L3_CAT is skipped).
> 
> hmmm ... these statements state as fact what really depends on system load and
> interference that this test make no attempt to avoid.
> 
> > + */
> > +#define CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE		"result_cat_occup"
> > +#define CAT_OCCUP_NUM_OF_RUNS		5
> > +
> > +static int cat_occup_cpu;
> > +
> > +static int cat_occup_init(const struct resctrl_val_param *param, int domain_id)
> 
> Please take a look at recent resctrl selftest changes that provides more
> data to the init() that will avoid the cat_occup_cpu global.
> Even so, why not just use cmt_init() that reduces interference from rest of
> system to improve chances of workload's cache occupancy to match its
> cache allocation?
> 
> > +{
> > +	char schemata[64];
> > +
> > +	sprintf(llc_occup_path, CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH, RESCTRL_PATH,
> > +		param->ctrlgrp, domain_id);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Confine the benchmark to the allocated portion *before* it starts
> > +	 * filling (resctrl_val() calls init() before forking the benchmark),
> > +	 * so occupancy reflects the restricted CBM from the first sample.
> > +	 */
> > +	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", param->mask);
> > +
> > +	return write_schemata(param->ctrlgrp, schemata, cat_occup_cpu, "L3");
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int cat_occup_setup(const struct resctrl_test *test,
> > +			   const struct user_params *uparams,
> > +			   struct resctrl_val_param *p)
> > +{
> > +	if (p->num_of_runs >= CAT_OCCUP_NUM_OF_RUNS)
> > +		return END_OF_TESTS;
> > +
> > +	p->num_of_runs++;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> cmt_setup()?
> 
> > +
> > +static int cat_occup_measure(const struct user_params *uparams,
> > +			     struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid)
> > +{
> > +	sleep(1);
> > +	return measure_llc_resctrl(param->filename, bm_pid);
> > +}
> 
> 
> cmt_measure()?
> 
> This test has a lot in common with the existing CMT test since it 
> duplicates cmt_setup(), cmt_measure(), and cmt_feature_check(). From what I 
> can tell it can use cmt_init() also. Could the implementation be simplified
> by instead considering it a CMT test, move code to cmt_test.c, and avoid
> all this duplication?
> 
> > +
> > +static int cat_occup_check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param,
> > +				   size_t alloc_span, size_t cache_size,
> > +				   int no_of_bits)
> > +{
> > +	char *token_array[8], temp[512];
> > +	unsigned long occu, max_occu = 0, ceiling, floor;
> 
> Please follow kernel coding style (throughout this series) by, in this example,
> using reverse-fir tree ordering.
> 
> > +	int runs = 0;
> > +	int fail = 0;
> > +	FILE *fp;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Check every sample, not an average: CAT is a hard limit, so a single
> 
> hmmm ... "is a hard limit" does not match what the code does
> 
> > +	 * sample above the allocation is a real violation that an average
> > +	 * could mask.
> > +	 */
> > +	ceiling = alloc_span + (cache_size - alloc_span) / 2;
> > +	floor = alloc_span / 2;
> > +
> > +	ksft_print_msg("Checking for pass/fail\n");
> > +	fp = fopen(param->filename, "r");
> > +	if (!fp) {
> > +		ksft_perror("Error in opening file");
> > +
> > +		return -1;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	while (fgets(temp, sizeof(temp), fp)) {
> > +		char *token = strtok(temp, ":\t");
> > +		int fields = 0;
> > +
> > +		while (token) {
> > +			token_array[fields++] = token;
> > +			token = strtok(NULL, ":\t");
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		/* Field 3 is the resctrl-reported llc_occupancy value. */
> > +		occu = strtoul(token_array[3], NULL, 0);
> > +		runs++;
> > +
> > +		if (occu > max_occu)
> > +			max_occu = occu;
> > +
> > +		if (occu > ceiling) {
> > +			ksft_print_msg("Fail: run %d occupancy %lu exceeds ceiling %lu\n",
> > +				       runs, occu, ceiling);
> > +			fail = 1;
> 
> KSFT_FAIL is available to avoid using magic numbers.
> 
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +	fclose(fp);
> > +
> > +	if (!runs) {
> > +		ksft_print_msg("No occupancy samples collected\n");
> > +		return -1;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (max_occu < floor) {
> > +		ksft_print_msg("Fail: peak occupancy %lu never reached floor %lu\n",
> > +			       max_occu, floor);
> 
> I think this test should be dropped. We cannot control the environments in which
> the tests are run and legitimate interference may cause this test to fail without
> it meaning that there is a bug in resctrl. 
> 
> 
> > +		fail = 1;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	ksft_print_msg("%s CAT confines occupancy to the allocated %d-bit portion\n",
> > +		       fail ? "Fail:" : "Pass:", no_of_bits);
> > +	ksft_print_msg("occupancy=%lu alloc=%zu full=%zu ceiling=%lu floor=%lu\n",
> > +		       max_occu, alloc_span, cache_size, ceiling, floor);
> > +
> > +	return fail;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void cat_occup_test_cleanup(void)
> > +{
> > +	remove(CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int cat_occup_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
> > +			      const struct user_params *uparams)
> > +{
> > +	struct fill_buf_param fill_buf = {};
> > +	unsigned long cache_total_size = 0;
> > +	unsigned long full_mask;
> > +	int count_of_bits;
> > +	size_t alloc_span;
> > +	int n, ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = get_cache_size(uparams->cpu, test->resource, &cache_total_size);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +	ksft_print_msg("Cache size :%lu\n", cache_total_size);
> > +
> > +	count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Allocate a strict subset of the cache so the benchmark buffer
> > +	 * is larger than the allocation and CAT has something to enforce.
> > +	 */
> > +	n = uparams->bits ? : count_of_bits / 2;
> > +	if (n < 1 || n >= count_of_bits) {
> > +		ksft_print_msg("Invalid number of CBM bits %d, expected 1 to %d\n",
> > +			       n, count_of_bits - 1);
> > +		return -1;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	struct resctrl_val_param param = {
> > +		.ctrlgrp	= "c1",
> > +		.filename	= CAT_OCCUP_RESULT_FILE,
> > +		.mask		= ~(full_mask << n) & full_mask,
> > +		.num_of_runs	= 0,
> > +		.init		= cat_occup_init,
> > +		.setup		= cat_occup_setup,
> > +		.measure	= cat_occup_measure,
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	alloc_span = cache_portion_size(cache_total_size, param.mask, full_mask);
> > +
> > +	/* Benchmark buffer spans the full cache: larger than the allocation. */
> > +	fill_buf.buf_size = cache_total_size;
> > +	fill_buf.memflush = uparams->fill_buf ? uparams->fill_buf->memflush : true;
> > +	param.fill_buf = &fill_buf;
> 
> This prevents usage of user provided benchmark. Please compare with cmt_run_test()
> initialization. You can find more details about how the workload and parameters are
> communicated in e958c21e2ede ("selftests/resctrl: Make benchmark parameter passing robust")
> 
> > +	cat_occup_cpu = uparams->cpu;
> > +
> > +	remove(param.filename);
> > +
> > +	ret = resctrl_val(test, uparams, &param);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	return cat_occup_check_results(&param, alloc_span, cache_total_size, n);
> > +}
> 
> Fundamentally this looks like a duplicate of cmt_run_test()? Only differences I see
> is the size of the buffer and how the test results are checked for pass/fail. Looking
> at the pass/fail I do not see a big difference with what the CMT test tests. I do not
> see what value this tests add beyond what the CMT test already provides.
> 
> 
> > +
> > +static bool cat_occup_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
> > +{
> > +	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
> > +	       resctrl_mon_feature_exists("L3_MON", "llc_occupancy");
> > +}
> > +
> > +struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test = {
> > +	.name = "L3_CAT_OCCUP",
> > +	.group = "CAT",
> > +	.resource = "L3",
> > +	.feature_check = cat_occup_feature_check,
> > +	.run_test = cat_occup_run_test,
> > +	.cleanup = cat_occup_test_cleanup,
> > +};
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> > index d09e693dc739..ef51daa8061a 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c
> > @@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
> >  #define MAX_DIFF		2000000
> >  #define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	15
> >  
> > -#define CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH		\
> > -	"%s/%s/mon_data/mon_L3_%02d/llc_occupancy"
> > -
> >  static int cmt_init(const struct resctrl_val_param *param, int domain_id)
> >  {
> >  	sprintf(llc_occup_path, CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH, RESCTRL_PATH,
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> > index afe635b6e48d..ce3abf0bdac2 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> > @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
> >  #define PHYS_ID_PATH		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu"
> >  #define INFO_PATH		"/sys/fs/resctrl/info"
> >  
> > +#define CON_MON_LCC_OCCUP_PATH		\
> > +	"%s/%s/mon_data/mon_L3_%02d/llc_occupancy"
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * CPU vendor IDs
> >   *
> > @@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ extern struct resctrl_test mbm_test;
> >  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_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 dbcd5eea9fbc..324a60818aa1 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = {
> >  	&mba_test,
> >  	&cmt_test,
> >  	&l3_cat_test,
> > +	&l3_cat_occup_test,
> >  	&l3_noncont_cat_test,
> >  	&l2_noncont_cat_test,
> >  };
> 
> Reinette

Agreed for the above comments, I'll drop this change for v2.
Thanks for pointing this out.

Best regards,
Richard Cheng.

[PATCH 2/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_VALIDATE to check invalid CBMs

[Richard Cheng]

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,
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 platform needs more than one bit.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
---
 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,
+				 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;
+
+	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;
+	}
+
+	/* An empty mask must be rejected. */
+	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;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * 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);
+		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_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,
 };
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 2/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_VALIDATE to check invalid CBMs

[Reinette Chatre]

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 <icheng@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  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

[PATCH 3/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_BIT_USAGE to check bit_usage tracks allocation

[Richard Cheng]

info/L3/bit_usage annotates every cache portion as used by software ('X
or 'S') or not ('H' or '0'). Nothing in the suite checks it's reported
correctly.

Implement L3_BIT_USAGE to set the root group's CBM to a few masks and
confirm that, for every portion, bit_usage marks it software-used
exactly when it is in the CBM. With only the root group present this
must track the mask bit-for-bit.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    | 153 ++++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |   1 +
 .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c |   1 +
 3 files changed, 155 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
index d236988916d9..62af8ac98109 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -682,3 +682,156 @@ struct resctrl_test l3_cat_validate_test = {
 	.feature_check = test_resource_feature_check,
 	.run_test = cat_validate_run_test,
 };
+
+/*
+ * L3_BIT_USAGE - Verify info/L3/bit_usage reflects the allocation.
+ *
+ * bit_usage annotates each cache portion: 'X'/'S' mean a portion is used by
+ * software, 'H'/'0' mean it is not. With only the root group present, a
+ * portion is software-used exactly when it is in the root CBM, so bit_usage
+ * must track the CBM bit-for-bit.
+ */
+#define BIT_USAGE_LEN	256
+
+static bool bit_usage_sw_used(char c)
+{
+	return c == 'X' || c == 'S';
+}
+
+static bool bit_usage_not_used(char c)
+{
+	return c == 'H' || c == '0';
+}
+
+static int bit_usage_for_domain(const char *resource, int domain_id,
+				char *out, size_t len)
+{
+	char path[1024], raw[BIT_USAGE_LEN], *tok, *save;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/bit_usage", INFO_PATH, resource);
+	fp = fopen(path, "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		ksft_perror("Error opening bit_usage");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (!fgets(raw, sizeof(raw), fp)) {
+		ksft_perror("Error reading bit_usage");
+		fclose(fp);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	/* bit_usage is "id=chars;id=chars;..."; return the chars for domain_id. */
+	for (tok = strtok_r(raw, ";\n", &save); tok; tok = strtok_r(NULL, ";\n", &save)) {
+		char *eq = strchr(tok, '=');
+
+		if (!eq)
+			continue;
+		*eq = '\0';
+		if (atoi(tok) == domain_id) {
+			snprintf(out, len, "%s", eq + 1);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ksft_print_msg("No bit_usage entry for domain %d\n", domain_id);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int bit_usage_check_mask(const struct resctrl_test *test, int cpu,
+				int domain_id, unsigned long mask,
+				int count_of_bits)
+{
+	char schemata[64], usage[BIT_USAGE_LEN];
+	int i, ret;
+
+	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", mask);
+	ret = write_schemata("", schemata, cpu, test->resource);
+	if (ret) {
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to set CBM 0x%lx\n", mask);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = bit_usage_for_domain(test->resource, domain_id, usage, sizeof(usage));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (strlen(usage) != count_of_bits) {
+		ksft_print_msg("bit_usage \"%s\" has %zu chars, expected %d\n",
+			       usage, strlen(usage), count_of_bits);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* bit_usage prints the highest portion first, so usage[0] is bit N-1. */
+	for (i = 0; i < count_of_bits; i++) {
+		int bit = count_of_bits - 1 - i;
+		bool in_cbm = (mask >> bit) & 1;
+		char c = usage[i];
+
+		if (!bit_usage_sw_used(c) && !bit_usage_not_used(c)) {
+			ksft_print_msg("Unexpected bit_usage char '%c' for CBM 0x%lx\n",
+				       c, mask);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (in_cbm != bit_usage_sw_used(c)) {
+			ksft_print_msg("CBM 0x%lx portion %d shows '%c', %s allocation\n",
+				       mask, bit, c, in_cbm ? "in" : "not in");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bit_usage_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
+			      const struct user_params *uparams)
+{
+	unsigned long full_mask, masks[3];
+	char schemata[64];
+	int count_of_bits, domain_id, i, ret;
+
+	ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = get_domain_id(test->resource, uparams->cpu, &domain_id);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask);
+
+	masks[0] = full_mask;					/* every portion */
+	masks[1] = create_bit_mask(0, count_of_bits / 2);	/* low half */
+	masks[2] = full_mask & ~masks[1];			/* high half */
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+		ret = bit_usage_check_mask(test, uparams->cpu, domain_id,
+					   masks[i], count_of_bits);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* Restore the root group to the full CBM. */
+	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", full_mask);
+	write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ksft_print_msg("Pass: bit_usage reflects the allocation\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static bool bit_usage_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
+{
+	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
+	       resource_info_file_exists(test->resource, "bit_usage");
+}
+
+struct resctrl_test l3_bit_usage_test = {
+	.name = "L3_BIT_USAGE",
+	.group = "CAT",
+	.resource = "L3",
+	.feature_check = bit_usage_feature_check,
+	.run_test = bit_usage_run_test,
+};
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index e2e3cf7833bc..270af2b26ba7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ 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_bit_usage_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 66739e96f33c..e622928a2d7d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = {
 	&l3_cat_test,
 	&l3_cat_occup_test,
 	&l3_cat_validate_test,
+	&l3_bit_usage_test,
 	&l3_noncont_cat_test,
 	&l2_noncont_cat_test,
 };
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 3/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_BIT_USAGE to check bit_usage tracks allocation

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Richard,

Thank you very much for creating this test.

On 6/8/26 4:06 AM, Richard Cheng wrote:
> info/L3/bit_usage annotates every cache portion as used by software ('X
> or 'S') or not ('H' or '0'). Nothing in the suite checks it's reported
> correctly.
> 
> Implement L3_BIT_USAGE to set the root group's CBM to a few masks and
> confirm that, for every portion, bit_usage marks it software-used
> exactly when it is in the CBM. With only the root group present this
> must track the mask bit-for-bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    | 153 ++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |   1 +
>  .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 155 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> index d236988916d9..62af8ac98109 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
> @@ -682,3 +682,156 @@ struct resctrl_test l3_cat_validate_test = {
>  	.feature_check = test_resource_feature_check,
>  	.run_test = cat_validate_run_test,
>  };
> +
> +/*
> + * L3_BIT_USAGE - Verify info/L3/bit_usage reflects the allocation.
> + *
> + * bit_usage annotates each cache portion: 'X'/'S' mean a portion is used by
> + * software, 'H'/'0' mean it is not. With only the root group present, a
> + * portion is software-used exactly when it is in the root CBM, so bit_usage
> + * must track the CBM bit-for-bit.
> + */
> +#define BIT_USAGE_LEN	256
> +
> +static bool bit_usage_sw_used(char c)

There is a bit of redundancy here with the multiple appearances of "use".
How about "bit_sw_used()" or "bit_used_by_sw()" or ...?

> +{
> +	return c == 'X' || c == 'S';
> +}
> +
> +static bool bit_usage_not_used(char c)

(same comment about multiple "use" appearances)

> +{
> +	return c == 'H' || c == '0';
> +}
> +
> +static int bit_usage_for_domain(const char *resource, int domain_id,
> +				char *out, size_t len)
> +{
> +	char path[1024], raw[BIT_USAGE_LEN], *tok, *save;
> +	FILE *fp;
> +
> +	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/bit_usage", INFO_PATH, resource);
> +	fp = fopen(path, "r");
> +	if (!fp) {
> +		ksft_perror("Error opening bit_usage");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (!fgets(raw, sizeof(raw), fp)) {
> +		ksft_perror("Error reading bit_usage");
> +		fclose(fp);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	fclose(fp);
> +
> +	/* bit_usage is "id=chars;id=chars;..."; return the chars for domain_id. */
> +	for (tok = strtok_r(raw, ";\n", &save); tok; tok = strtok_r(NULL, ";\n", &save)) {
> +		char *eq = strchr(tok, '=');
> +
> +		if (!eq)
> +			continue;
> +		*eq = '\0';

Above looks like a re-implementation of strtok?

> +		if (atoi(tok) == domain_id) {
> +			snprintf(out, len, "%s", eq + 1);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	ksft_print_msg("No bit_usage entry for domain %d\n", domain_id);
> +	return -1;
> +}
> +
> +static int bit_usage_check_mask(const struct resctrl_test *test, int cpu,
> +				int domain_id, unsigned long mask,
> +				int count_of_bits)
> +{
> +	char schemata[64], usage[BIT_USAGE_LEN];
> +	int i, ret;
> +
> +	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", mask);
> +	ret = write_schemata("", schemata, cpu, test->resource);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		ksft_print_msg("Failed to set CBM 0x%lx\n", mask);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = bit_usage_for_domain(test->resource, domain_id, usage, sizeof(usage));
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (strlen(usage) != count_of_bits) {
> +		ksft_print_msg("bit_usage \"%s\" has %zu chars, expected %d\n",
> +			       usage, strlen(usage), count_of_bits);
> +		return 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* bit_usage prints the highest portion first, so usage[0] is bit N-1. */
> +	for (i = 0; i < count_of_bits; i++) {
> +		int bit = count_of_bits - 1 - i;
> +		bool in_cbm = (mask >> bit) & 1;
> +		char c = usage[i];
> +
> +		if (!bit_usage_sw_used(c) && !bit_usage_not_used(c)) {

Could this be simplified (by avoiding double negative) to 
		if (bit_usage_sw_used(c) && bit_usage_not_used(c)) ?

> +			ksft_print_msg("Unexpected bit_usage char '%c' for CBM 0x%lx\n",

I think "Conflicting" instead of  "Unexpected" would be more specific about what
the issue is.

> +				       c, mask);
> +			return 1;
> +		}
> +		if (in_cbm != bit_usage_sw_used(c)) {
> +			ksft_print_msg("CBM 0x%lx portion %d shows '%c', %s allocation\n",
> +				       mask, bit, c, in_cbm ? "in" : "not in");
> +			return 1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int bit_usage_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
> +			      const struct user_params *uparams)
> +{
> +	unsigned long full_mask, masks[3];
> +	char schemata[64];
> +	int count_of_bits, domain_id, i, ret;

(reverse fir)

> +
> +	ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = get_domain_id(test->resource, uparams->cpu, &domain_id);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;

Since this function does not use domain ID, could this be simplified by letting
bit_usage_check_mask() determine the domain ID itself?

> +
> +	count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask);
> +
> +	masks[0] = full_mask;					/* every portion */
> +	masks[1] = create_bit_mask(0, count_of_bits / 2);	/* low half */
> +	masks[2] = full_mask & ~masks[1];			/* high half */

Please do not use tail comments. Instead move comments above the line they
apply to.

> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
> +		ret = bit_usage_check_mask(test, uparams->cpu, domain_id,
> +					   masks[i], count_of_bits);
> +		if (ret)
> +			break;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Restore the root group to the full CBM. */
> +	snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", full_mask);
> +	write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource);

It is not necessary to restore the state - resctrl fs is unmounted after every test.

> +
> +	if (!ret)
> +		ksft_print_msg("Pass: bit_usage reflects the allocation\n");
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static bool bit_usage_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
> +{
> +	return test_resource_feature_check(test) &&
> +	       resource_info_file_exists(test->resource, "bit_usage");
> +}
> +
> +struct resctrl_test l3_bit_usage_test = {
> +	.name = "L3_BIT_USAGE",
> +	.group = "CAT",
> +	.resource = "L3",
> +	.feature_check = bit_usage_feature_check,
> +	.run_test = bit_usage_run_test,
> +};
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> index e2e3cf7833bc..270af2b26ba7 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
> @@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ 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_bit_usage_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 66739e96f33c..e622928a2d7d 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = {
>  	&l3_cat_test,
>  	&l3_cat_occup_test,
>  	&l3_cat_validate_test,
> +	&l3_bit_usage_test,
>  	&l3_noncont_cat_test,
>  	&l2_noncont_cat_test,
>  };

Reinette