[PATCH v1 4/8] selftests: arm64: Document what the SVE ptrace test is doing
Mark Brown
broonie at kernel.org
Mon Sep 13 05:55:01 PDT 2021
Before we go modifying it further let's add some comments and output
clarifications explaining what this test is actually doing.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c
index d2ec48f649f9..fc4a672825eb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static int do_parent(pid_t child)
}
}
+ /* New process should start with FPSIMD registers only */
sve = get_sve(pid, &svebuf, &svebufsz);
if (!sve) {
int e = errno;
@@ -191,14 +192,15 @@ static int do_parent(pid_t child)
goto error;
} else {
- ksft_test_result_pass("get_sve\n");
+ ksft_test_result_pass("get_sve(FPSIMD)\n");
}
ksft_test_result((sve->flags & SVE_PT_REGS_MASK) == SVE_PT_REGS_FPSIMD,
- "FPSIMD registers\n");
+ "Set FPSIMD registers\n");
if ((sve->flags & SVE_PT_REGS_MASK) != SVE_PT_REGS_FPSIMD)
goto error;
+ /* Try to set a known FPSIMD state via PT_REGS_SVE */
fpsimd = (struct user_fpsimd_state *)((char *)sve +
SVE_PT_FPSIMD_OFFSET);
for (i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ static int do_parent(pid_t child)
goto error;
}
+ /* Zero the first SVE Z register */
vq = sve_vq_from_vl(sve->vl);
newsvebufsz = SVE_PT_SVE_ZREG_OFFSET(vq, 1);
@@ -245,6 +248,7 @@ static int do_parent(pid_t child)
goto error;
}
+ /* Try to read back the value we just set */
new_sve = get_sve(pid, &newsvebuf, &newsvebufsz);
if (!new_sve) {
int e = errno;
@@ -257,12 +261,13 @@ static int do_parent(pid_t child)
}
ksft_test_result((new_sve->flags & SVE_PT_REGS_MASK) == SVE_PT_REGS_SVE,
- "SVE registers\n");
+ "Get SVE registers\n");
if ((new_sve->flags & SVE_PT_REGS_MASK) != SVE_PT_REGS_SVE)
goto error;
dump_sve_regs(new_sve, 3, sizeof fpsimd->vregs[0]);
+ /* Verify that the register we set has the value we expected */
p = (unsigned char *)new_sve + SVE_PT_SVE_ZREG_OFFSET(vq, 1);
for (i = 0; i < sizeof fpsimd->vregs[0]; ++i) {
unsigned char expected = i;
--
2.20.1
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