Current cpu.max tests (both the normal one and the nested one) are broken.
They setup cpu.max with 1000 us quota and the default period (100,000 us). A cpu hog is run for a duration of 1s as per wall clock time. This corresponds to 10 periods, hence an expected usage of 10,000 us. We want the measured usage (as per cpu.stat) to be close to 10,000 us.
Previously, this approximate equality test was done by `!values_close(usage_usec, expected_usage_usec, 95)`: if the absolute difference between usage_usec and expected_usage_usec is greater than 95% of their sum, then we pass. And expected_usage_usec was set to 1,000,000 us. Mathematically, this translates to the following being true for pass:
|usage - expected_usage| > (usage + expected_usage)*0.95
If usage > expected_usage: usage - expected_usage > (usage + expected_usage)*0.95 0.05*usage > 1.95*expected_usage usage > 39*expected_usage = 39s
If usage < expected_usage: expected_usage - usage > (usage + expected_usage)*0.95 0.05*expected_usage > 1.95*usage usage < 0.0256*expected_usage = 25,600 us
Combined,
Pass if usage < 25,600 us or > 39 s,
which makes no sense given that all we need is for usage_usec to be close to 10,000 us.
Fix this by explicitly calcuating the expected usage duration based on the configured quota, default period, and the duration, and compare usage_usec and expected_usage_usec using values_close() with a 10% error margin.
Also, use snprintf to get the quota string to write to cpu.max instead of hardcoding the quota, ensuring a single source of truth.
Remove the check comparing user_usec and expected_usage_usec, since on running this test modified with printfs, it's seen that user_usec and usage_usec can regularly exceed the theoretical expected_usage_usec:
$ sudo ./test_cpu user: 10485, usage: 10485, expected: 10000 ok 1 test_cpucg_max user: 11127, usage: 11127, expected: 10000 ok 2 test_cpucg_max_nested $ sudo ./test_cpu user: 10286, usage: 10286, expected: 10000 ok 1 test_cpucg_max user: 10404, usage: 11271, expected: 10000 ok 2 test_cpucg_max_nested
Hence, a values_close() check of usage_usec and expected_usage_usec is sufficient.
Fixes: a79906570f9646ae17 ("cgroup: Add test_cpucg_max_nested() testcase") Fixes: 889ab8113ef1386c57 ("cgroup: Add test_cpucg_max() testcase") Acked-by: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com Signed-off-by: Shashank Balaji shashank.mahadasyam@sony.com
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Changes in v3: - Simplified commit message - Explained why the "user_usec >= expected_usage_usec" check is removed - Added fixes tags and Michal's Acked-by - No code changes - v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250703120325.2905314-1-shashank.mahadasyam@son...
Changes in v2: - Incorporate Michal's suggestions: - Merge two patches into one - Generate the quota string from the variable instead of hardcoding it - Use values_close() instead of labs() - Explicitly calculate expected_usage_usec - v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250701-kselftest-cgroup-fix-cpu-max-v1-0-04950... --- tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c index a2b50af8e9ee..2a60e6c41940 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#define _GNU_SOURCE #include <linux/limits.h> +#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/sysinfo.h> #include <sys/wait.h> #include <errno.h> @@ -645,10 +646,16 @@ test_cpucg_nested_weight_underprovisioned(const char *root) static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root) { int ret = KSFT_FAIL; - long usage_usec, user_usec; - long usage_seconds = 1; - long expected_usage_usec = usage_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC; + long quota_usec = 1000; + long default_period_usec = 100000; /* cpu.max's default period */ + long duration_seconds = 1; + + long duration_usec = duration_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC; + long usage_usec, n_periods, remainder_usec, expected_usage_usec; char *cpucg; + char quota_buf[32]; + + snprintf(quota_buf, sizeof(quota_buf), "%ld", quota_usec);
cpucg = cg_name(root, "cpucg_test"); if (!cpucg) @@ -657,13 +664,13 @@ static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root) if (cg_create(cpucg)) goto cleanup;
- if (cg_write(cpucg, "cpu.max", "1000")) + if (cg_write(cpucg, "cpu.max", quota_buf)) goto cleanup;
struct cpu_hog_func_param param = { .nprocs = 1, .ts = { - .tv_sec = usage_seconds, + .tv_sec = duration_seconds, .tv_nsec = 0, }, .clock_type = CPU_HOG_CLOCK_WALL, @@ -672,14 +679,19 @@ static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root) goto cleanup;
usage_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "usage_usec"); - user_usec = cg_read_key_long(cpucg, "cpu.stat", "user_usec"); - if (user_usec <= 0) + if (usage_usec <= 0) goto cleanup;
- if (user_usec >= expected_usage_usec) - goto cleanup; + /* + * The following calculation applies only since + * the cpu hog is set to run as per wall-clock time + */ + n_periods = duration_usec / default_period_usec; + remainder_usec = duration_usec - n_periods * default_period_usec; + expected_usage_usec + = n_periods * quota_usec + MIN(remainder_usec, quota_usec);
- if (values_close(usage_usec, expected_usage_usec, 95)) + if (!values_close(usage_usec, expected_usage_usec, 10)) goto cleanup;
ret = KSFT_PASS; @@ -698,10 +710,16 @@ static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root) static int test_cpucg_max_nested(const char *root) { int ret = KSFT_FAIL; - long usage_usec, user_usec; - long usage_seconds = 1; - long expected_usage_usec = usage_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC; + long quota_usec = 1000; + long default_period_usec = 100000; /* cpu.max's default period */ + long duration_seconds = 1; + + long duration_usec = duration_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC; + long usage_usec, n_periods, remainder_usec, expected_usage_usec; char *parent, *child; + char quota_buf[32]; + + snprintf(quota_buf, sizeof(quota_buf), "%ld", quota_usec);
parent = cg_name(root, "cpucg_parent"); child = cg_name(parent, "cpucg_child"); @@ -717,13 +735,13 @@ static int test_cpucg_max_nested(const char *root) if (cg_create(child)) goto cleanup;
- if (cg_write(parent, "cpu.max", "1000")) + if (cg_write(parent, "cpu.max", quota_buf)) goto cleanup;
struct cpu_hog_func_param param = { .nprocs = 1, .ts = { - .tv_sec = usage_seconds, + .tv_sec = duration_seconds, .tv_nsec = 0, }, .clock_type = CPU_HOG_CLOCK_WALL, @@ -732,14 +750,19 @@ static int test_cpucg_max_nested(const char *root) goto cleanup;
usage_usec = cg_read_key_long(child, "cpu.stat", "usage_usec"); - user_usec = cg_read_key_long(child, "cpu.stat", "user_usec"); - if (user_usec <= 0) + if (usage_usec <= 0) goto cleanup;
- if (user_usec >= expected_usage_usec) - goto cleanup; + /* + * The following calculation applies only since + * the cpu hog is set to run as per wall-clock time + */ + n_periods = duration_usec / default_period_usec; + remainder_usec = duration_usec - n_periods * default_period_usec; + expected_usage_usec + = n_periods * quota_usec + MIN(remainder_usec, quota_usec);
- if (values_close(usage_usec, expected_usage_usec, 95)) + if (!values_close(usage_usec, expected_usage_usec, 10)) goto cleanup;
ret = KSFT_PASS;