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authorMarc Orr <morr@cs.wisc.edu>2014-11-06 05:42:21 -0600
committerMarc Orr <morr@cs.wisc.edu>2014-11-06 05:42:21 -0600
commit3947f88d0fa35d2134fa3e999e05bb184a01e396 (patch)
tree0eeff86094d8721cffb673cb39d9434d55a1ab88 /tests/test-progs/mwait/mwait.c
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downloadgem5-3947f88d0fa35d2134fa3e999e05bb184a01e396.tar.xz
tests: A test program for the new mwait implementation.
This is a simple test program for the new mwait implemenation. It is uses m5threads to create to threads of execution in syscall emulation mode that interact using the mwait instruction. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
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+// author: Marc Orr
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define NUM_TRIES 1000
+
+// Make sure that flags and wait sit in different cache lines
+volatile int flags[10];
+volatile int wait[10];
+
+pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+void *DoWork1(void *threadid)
+{
+ flags[0] = flags[0] + 1;
+ wait[0] = 0;
+ pthread_exit(0);
+}
+
+void *DoWork2(void *threadid)
+{
+ pthread_mutex_lock (&mutex);
+ flags[0] = flags[0] + 1;
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+ pthread_exit(0);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Program main
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int main( int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ // stuff for thread
+ pthread_t threads[1];
+
+ // initialize global variables
+ flags[0] = 0;
+ wait[0] = 1;
+
+ // monitor (via gcc intrinsic)
+ __builtin_ia32_monitor ((void *)&flags, 0, 0);
+
+ // invalidate flags in this cpu's cache
+ pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, DoWork1, NULL);
+ while(wait[0]);
+
+ // launch thread to invalidate address being monitored
+ pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, DoWork2, NULL);
+
+ // wait for other thread to modify flags
+ int mwait_cnt = 0;
+ do {
+ pthread_mutex_lock (&mutex);
+ if(flags[0] != 2) {
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+ __builtin_ia32_mwait(0, 0);
+ } else {
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+ }
+ mwait_cnt++;
+ } while(flags[0] != 2 && mwait_cnt < NUM_TRIES);
+
+ // test may hang if mwait is not working
+ if(flags[0]==2) {
+ printf("mwait regression PASSED, flags[0] = %d\n", flags[0]);
+ } else {
+ printf("mwait regression FAILED, flags[0] = %d\n", flags[0]);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}