Re: [RFC v2 3/3] selftests/vm: add script helper for CONFIG_TEST_VMALLOC_MODULE

From: Uladzislau Rezki
Date: Tue Jan 01 2019 - 12:13:21 EST


On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 10:47:55AM -0700, shuah wrote:
> On 12/31/18 6:26 AM, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > Add the test script for the kernel test driver to analyse vmalloc
> > allocator for benchmarking and stressing purposes. It is just a kernel
> > module loader. You can specify and pass different parameters in order
> > to investigate allocations behaviour. See "usage" output for more
> > details.
> >
> > Also add basic vmalloc smoke test to the "run_vmtests" suite.
>
> Thanks for the test. A few comments below.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests | 11 ++
> > tools/testing/selftests/vm/test_vmalloc.sh | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 184 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/vm/test_vmalloc.sh
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests
> > index 88cbe5575f0c..56053ac2bf47 100755
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests
> > @@ -200,4 +200,15 @@ else
> > echo "[PASS]"
> > fi
> > +echo "------------------------------------"
> > +echo "running vmalloc stability smoke test"
> > +echo "------------------------------------"
> > +./test_vmalloc.sh smoke
> > +if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> > + echo "[FAIL]"
> > + exitcode=1
>
> Please handle skil cases - exit code for skip is 4.
>
Will add skip case.


> > +else
> > + echo "[PASS]"
> > +fi
> > +
> > exit $exitcode
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/test_vmalloc.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/test_vmalloc.sh
> > new file mode 100755
> > index 000000000000..f4f0d3990f2c
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/test_vmalloc.sh
> > @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
> > +#!/bin/bash
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +#
> > +# Copyright (C) 2018 Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > +#
> > +# This is a test script for the kernel test driver to analyse vmalloc
> > +# allocator. Therefore it is just a kernel module loader. You can specify
> > +# and pass different parameters in order to:
> > +# a) analyse performance of vmalloc allocations;
> > +# b) stressing and stability check of vmalloc subsystem.
> > +
> > +TEST_NAME="vmalloc"
> > +DRIVER="test_${TEST_NAME}"
> > +
> > +# 1 if fails
> > +exitcode=1
> > +
> > +#
> > +# Static templates for performance, stressing and smoke tests.
> > +# Also it is possible to pass any supported parameters manualy.
> > +#
> > +PERF_PARAM="single_cpu_test=1 sequential_test_order=1 test_repeat_count=3"
> > +SMOKE_PARAM="single_cpu_test=1 test_loop_count=10000 test_repeat_count=10"
> > +STRESS_PARAM="test_repeat_count=20"
> > +
> > +check_test_requirements()
> > +{
> > + uid=$(id -u)
> > + if [ $uid -ne 0 ]; then
> > + echo "$0: Must be run as root"
> > + exit $exitcode
>
> This is a skip and not a fail.
>
Will update it. Agree it should not interrupt test sequence.

> > + fi
> > +
> > + if ! which modprobe > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> > + echo "$0: You need modprobe installed"
> > + exit $exitcode
>
> This is a skip and not a fail.
>
Will update it.

> > + fi
> > +
> > + if ! modinfo $DRIVER > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> > + echo "$0: You must have the following enabled in your kernel:"
> > + echo "CONFIG_TEST_VMALLOC=m"
> > + exit $exitcode
>
> This is a skip and not a fail.
>
Will update it.

> > + fi
> > +}
> > +
> > +run_perfformance_check()
> > +{
> > + echo "Run performance tests to evaluate how fast vmalloc allocation is."
> > + echo "It runs all test cases on one single CPU with sequential order."
> > +
> > + modprobe $DRIVER $PERF_PARAM > /dev/null 2>&1
> > + echo "Done."
> > + echo "Ccheck the kernel message buffer to see the summary."
> > +}
> > +
> > +run_stability_check()
> > +{
> > + echo "Run stability tests. In order to stress vmalloc subsystem we run"
> > + echo "all available test cases on all available CPUs simultaneously."
> > + echo "It will take time, so be patient."
> > +
> > + modprobe $DRIVER $STRESS_PARAM > /dev/null 2>&1
> > + echo "Done."
> > + echo "Check the kernel ring buffer to see the summary."
> > +}
> > +
> > +run_smoke_check()
> > +{
> > + echo "Run smoke test. Note, this test provides basic coverage."
> > + echo "Please check $0 output how it can be used"
> > + echo "for deep performance analysis as well as stress testing."
> > +
> > + modprobe $DRIVER $SMOKE_PARAM > /dev/null 2>&1
> > + echo "Done."
> > + echo "Check the kernel ring buffer to see the summary."
> > +}
> > +
> > +usage()
> > +{
> > + echo -n "Usage: $0 [ performance ] | [ stress ] | | [ smoke ] | "
> > + echo "manual parameters"
> > + echo
> > + echo "Valid tests and parameters:"
> > + echo
> > + modinfo $DRIVER
> > + echo
> > + echo "Example usage:"
> > + echo
> > + echo "# Shows help message"
> > + echo "./${DRIVER}.sh"
> > + echo
> > + echo "# Runs 1 test(id_1), repeats it 5 times on all online CPUs"
> > + echo "./${DRIVER}.sh run_test_mask=1 test_repeat_count=5"
> > + echo
> > + echo -n "# Runs 4 tests(id_1|id_2|id_4|id_16) on one CPU with "
> > + echo "sequential order"
> > + echo -n "./${DRIVER}.sh single_cpu_test=1 sequential_test_order=1 "
> > + echo "run_test_mask=23"
> > + echo
> > + echo -n "# Runs all tests on all online CPUs, shuffled order, repeats "
> > + echo "20 times"
> > + echo "./${DRIVER}.sh test_repeat_count=20"
> > + echo
> > + echo "# Performance analysis"
> > + echo "./${DRIVER}.sh performance"
> > + echo
> > + echo "# Stress testing"
> > + echo "./${DRIVER}.sh stress"
> > + echo
> > + exit $exitcode
> > +}
> > +
> > +function validate_passed_args()
> > +{
> > + VALID_ARGS=`modinfo $DRIVER | awk '/parm:/ {print $2}' | sed 's/:.*//'`
> > +
> > + #
> > + # Something has been passed, check it.
> > + #
> > + for passed_arg in $@; do
> > + key=${passed_arg//=*/}
> > + val="${passed_arg:$((${#key}+1))}"
> > + valid=0
> > +
> > + for valid_arg in $VALID_ARGS; do
> > + if [[ $key = $valid_arg ]] && [[ $val -gt 0 ]]; then
> > + valid=1
> > + break
> > + fi
> > + done
> > +
> > + if [[ $valid -ne 1 ]]; then
> > + echo "Error: key or value is not correct: ${key} $val"
> > + exit $exitcode
> > + fi
> > + done
> > +}
> > +
> > +function run_manual_check()
> > +{
> > + #
> > + # Validate passed parameters. If there is wrong one,
> > + # the script exists and does not execute further.
> > + #
> > + validate_passed_args $@
> > +
> > + echo "Run the test with following parameters: $@"
> > + modprobe $DRIVER $@ > /dev/null 2>&1
> > + echo "Done."
> > + echo "Check the kernel ring buffer to see the summary."
> > +}
> > +
> > +function run_test()
> > +{
> > + if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
> > + usage
> > + else
> > + if [[ "$1" = "performance" ]]; then
> > + run_perfformance_check
> > + elif [[ "$1" = "stress" ]]; then
> > + run_stability_check
> > + elif [[ "$1" = "smoke" ]]; then
> > + run_smoke_check
> > + else
> > + run_manual_check $@
> > + fi
> > + fi
> > +}
> > +
> > +check_test_requirements
> > +run_test $@
> > +
> > +exit 0
> >
>
> thanks,
> -- Shuah