librm_test.c File Reference

Real mode transition self-tests. More...

#include <ipxe/test.h>
#include <ipxe/profile.h>
#include <realmode.h>

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Macros
#define	PROFILE_COUNT   4096
	Number of sample iterations for profiling.

Functions
	FILE_LICENCE (GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL)
static __asmcall __used void	librm_test_call (struct i386_all_regs *ix86 __unused)
	Dummy function for profiling tests.
static void	librm_test_exec (void)
	Perform real mode transition self-tests.
	REQUIRING_SYMBOL (librm_test)
	REQUIRE_OBJECT (test)

Variables
static struct profiler p2r_profiler	__profiler = { .name = "p2r" }
	Protected-to-real mode transition profiler.
struct self_test librm_test	__self_test
	Real mode transition self-test.

Detailed Description

Real mode transition self-tests.

This file allows for easy measurement of the time taken to perform real mode transitions, which may have a substantial overhead when running under a hypervisor.

Definition in file librm_test.c.

Macro Definition Documentation

PROFILE_COUNT

#define PROFILE_COUNT   4096

Number of sample iterations for profiling.

Definition at line 44 of file librm_test.c.

Function Documentation

FILE_LICENCE()

FILE_LICENCE

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GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL

)

librm_test_call()

__asmcall __used void librm_test_call ( struct i386_all_regs *ix86 __unused )

static

Dummy function for profiling tests.

Definition at line 62 of file librm_test.c.

                                                        {
        /* Do nothing */
}

References __unused.

Referenced by librm_test_exec().

librm_test_exec()

void librm_test_exec ( void )

static

Perform real mode transition self-tests.

Definition at line 70 of file librm_test.c.

                                     {
        unsigned int i;
        unsigned long timestamp;
        uint32_t timestamp_lo;
        uint32_t timestamp_hi;
        uint32_t started;
        uint32_t stopped;
        uint32_t discard_d;
 
        /* Profile mode transitions.  We want to profile each
         * direction of the transition separately, so perform an RDTSC
         * while in real mode and tweak the profilers' start/stop
         * times appropriately.
         */
        for ( i = 0 ; i < PROFILE_COUNT ; i++ ) {
                profile_start ( &p2r_profiler );
                __asm__ __volatile__ ( REAL_CODE ( "rdtsc\n\t" )
                                       : "=a" ( timestamp_lo ),
                                         "=d" ( timestamp_hi )
                                       : );
                timestamp = timestamp_lo;
                if ( sizeof ( timestamp ) > sizeof ( timestamp_lo ) )
                        timestamp |= ( ( ( uint64_t ) timestamp_hi ) << 32 );
                profile_start_at ( &r2p_profiler, timestamp );
                profile_stop ( &r2p_profiler );
                profile_stop_at ( &p2r_profiler, timestamp );
        }
 
        /* Profile complete real-mode call cycle */
        for ( i = 0 ; i < PROFILE_COUNT ; i++ ) {
                profile_start ( &real_call_profiler );
                __asm__ __volatile__ ( REAL_CODE ( "" ) : );
                profile_stop ( &real_call_profiler );
        }
 
        /* Profile complete virtual call cycle */
        for ( i = 0 ; i < PROFILE_COUNT ; i++ ) {
                __asm__ __volatile__ ( REAL_CODE ( "rdtsc\n\t"
                                                   "movl %k0, %k2\n\t"
                                                   VIRT_CALL ( librm_test_call )
                                                   "rdtsc\n\t" )
                                       : "=a" ( stopped ), "=d" ( discard_d ),
                                         "=R" ( started ) : );
                profile_start_at ( &virt_call_profiler, started );
                profile_stop_at ( &virt_call_profiler, stopped );
        }
}

References __asm__(), __volatile__(), librm_test_call(), PROFILE_COUNT, profile_start(), profile_start_at(), profile_stop(), profile_stop_at(), REAL_CODE, started, profiler::stopped, timestamp, and VIRT_CALL.

REQUIRING_SYMBOL()

REQUIRING_SYMBOL

(

librm_test

)

REQUIRE_OBJECT()

REQUIRE_OBJECT

(

test

)

References test.

Variable Documentation

__profiler

struct profiler virt_call_profiler __profiler = { .name = "p2r" }

static

Protected-to-real mode transition profiler.

Virtual call profiler.

Real-mode call profiler.

Real-to-protected mode transition profiler.

Definition at line 47 of file librm_test.c.

{ .name = "p2r" };

__self_test

struct self_test librm_test __self_test

Initial value:

= {
        .name = "librm",
        .exec = librm_test_exec,
}

Real mode transition self-test.

Definition at line 119 of file librm_test.c.

                                          {
        .name = "librm",
        .exec = librm_test_exec,
};