From: Dmitry Vyukov dvyukov@google.com
Test that POSIX timers using CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID eventually deliver a signal to all running threads. This effectively tests that the kernel doesn't prefer any one thread (or subset of threads) for signal delivery.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov dvyukov@google.com Signed-off-by: Marco Elver elver@google.com --- v6: - Update wording on what the test aims to test. - Fix formatting per checkpatch.pl. --- tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c index 0ba500056e63..8a17c0e8d82b 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c @@ -188,6 +188,80 @@ static int check_timer_create(int which) return 0; }
+int remain; +__thread int got_signal; + +static void *distribution_thread(void *arg) +{ + while (__atomic_load_n(&remain, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)); + return NULL; +} + +static void distribution_handler(int nr) +{ + if (!__atomic_exchange_n(&got_signal, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)) + __atomic_fetch_sub(&remain, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED); +} + +/* + * Test that all running threads _eventually_ receive CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID + * timer signals. This primarily tests that the kernel does not favour any one. + */ +static int check_timer_distribution(void) +{ + int err, i; + timer_t id; + const int nthreads = 10; + pthread_t threads[nthreads]; + struct itimerspec val = { + .it_value.tv_sec = 0, + .it_value.tv_nsec = 1000 * 1000, + .it_interval.tv_sec = 0, + .it_interval.tv_nsec = 1000 * 1000, + }; + + printf("Check timer_create() per process signal distribution... "); + fflush(stdout); + + remain = nthreads + 1; /* worker threads + this thread */ + signal(SIGALRM, distribution_handler); + err = timer_create(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, NULL, &id); + if (err < 0) { + perror("Can't create timer\n"); + return -1; + } + err = timer_settime(id, 0, &val, NULL); + if (err < 0) { + perror("Can't set timer\n"); + return -1; + } + + for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) { + if (pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, distribution_thread, NULL)) { + perror("Can't create thread\n"); + return -1; + } + } + + /* Wait for all threads to receive the signal. */ + while (__atomic_load_n(&remain, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)); + + for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) { + if (pthread_join(threads[i], NULL)) { + perror("Can't join thread\n"); + return -1; + } + } + + if (timer_delete(id)) { + perror("Can't delete timer\n"); + return -1; + } + + printf("[OK]\n"); + return 0; +} + int main(int argc, char **argv) { printf("Testing posix timers. False negative may happen on CPU execution \n"); @@ -217,5 +291,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) if (check_timer_create(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID) < 0) return ksft_exit_fail();
+ if (check_timer_distribution() < 0) + return ksft_exit_fail(); + return ksft_exit_pass(); }