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-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c
index 564ed45bbf73..0a7d0afb26b8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/rfi_flush.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ int rfi_flush_test(void)
struct perf_event_read v;
__u64 l1d_misses_total = 0;
unsigned long iterations = 100000, zero_size = 24 * 1024;
+ unsigned long l1d_misses_expected;
int rfi_flush_org, rfi_flush;
SKIP_IF(geteuid() != 0);
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ int rfi_flush_test(void)
iter = repetitions;
+ /*
+ * We expect to see l1d miss for each cacheline access when rfi_flush
+ * is set. Allow a small variation on this.
+ */
+ l1d_misses_expected = iterations * (zero_size / CACHELINE_SIZE - 2);
+
again:
FAIL_IF(perf_event_reset(fd));
@@ -78,10 +85,9 @@ again:
FAIL_IF(read(fd, &v, sizeof(v)) != sizeof(v));
- /* Expect at least zero_size/CACHELINE_SIZE misses per iteration */
- if (v.l1d_misses >= (iterations * zero_size / CACHELINE_SIZE) && rfi_flush)
+ if (rfi_flush && v.l1d_misses >= l1d_misses_expected)
passes++;
- else if (v.l1d_misses < iterations && !rfi_flush)
+ else if (!rfi_flush && v.l1d_misses < (l1d_misses_expected / 2))
passes++;
l1d_misses_total += v.l1d_misses;
@@ -92,13 +98,15 @@ again:
if (passes < repetitions) {
printf("FAIL (L1D misses with rfi_flush=%d: %llu %c %lu) [%d/%d failures]\n",
rfi_flush, l1d_misses_total, rfi_flush ? '<' : '>',
- rfi_flush ? (repetitions * iterations * zero_size / CACHELINE_SIZE) : iterations,
+ rfi_flush ? repetitions * l1d_misses_expected :
+ repetitions * l1d_misses_expected / 2,
repetitions - passes, repetitions);
rc = 1;
} else
printf("PASS (L1D misses with rfi_flush=%d: %llu %c %lu) [%d/%d pass]\n",
rfi_flush, l1d_misses_total, rfi_flush ? '>' : '<',
- rfi_flush ? (repetitions * iterations * zero_size / CACHELINE_SIZE) : iterations,
+ rfi_flush ? repetitions * l1d_misses_expected :
+ repetitions * l1d_misses_expected / 2,
passes, repetitions);
if (rfi_flush == rfi_flush_org) {