1/* 2 * Tests for prctl(PR_GET_TSC, ...) / prctl(PR_SET_TSC, ...) 3 * 4 * Tests if the control register is updated correctly 5 * when set with prctl() 6 * 7 * Warning: this test will cause a very high load for a few seconds 8 * 9 */ 10 11#include <stdio.h> 12#include <stdlib.h> 13#include <unistd.h> 14#include <signal.h> 15#include <inttypes.h> 16#include <wait.h> 17 18 19#include <sys/prctl.h> 20#include <linux/prctl.h> 21 22/* Get/set the process' ability to use the timestamp counter instruction */ 23#ifndef PR_GET_TSC 24#define PR_GET_TSC 25 25#define PR_SET_TSC 26 26# define PR_TSC_ENABLE 1 /* allow the use of the timestamp counter */ 27# define PR_TSC_SIGSEGV 2 /* throw a SIGSEGV instead of reading the TSC */ 28#endif 29 30/* snippet from wikipedia :-) */ 31 32static uint64_t rdtsc(void) 33{ 34uint32_t lo, hi; 35/* We cannot use "=A", since this would use %rax on x86_64 */ 36__asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=a" (lo), "=d" (hi)); 37return (uint64_t)hi << 32 | lo; 38} 39 40int should_segv = 0; 41 42static void sigsegv_cb(int sig) 43{ 44 if (!should_segv) 45 { 46 fprintf(stderr, "FATAL ERROR, rdtsc() failed while enabled\n"); 47 exit(0); 48 } 49 if (prctl(PR_SET_TSC, PR_TSC_ENABLE) < 0) 50 { 51 perror("prctl"); 52 exit(0); 53 } 54 should_segv = 0; 55 56 rdtsc(); 57} 58 59static void task(void) 60{ 61 signal(SIGSEGV, sigsegv_cb); 62 alarm(10); 63 for(;;) 64 { 65 rdtsc(); 66 if (should_segv) 67 { 68 fprintf(stderr, "FATAL ERROR, rdtsc() succeeded while disabled\n"); 69 exit(0); 70 } 71 if (prctl(PR_SET_TSC, PR_TSC_SIGSEGV) < 0) 72 { 73 perror("prctl"); 74 exit(0); 75 } 76 should_segv = 1; 77 } 78} 79 80 81int main(int argc, char **argv) 82{ 83 int n_tasks = 100, i; 84 85 fprintf(stderr, "[No further output means we're allright]\n"); 86 87 for (i=0; i<n_tasks; i++) 88 if (fork() == 0) 89 task(); 90 91 for (i=0; i<n_tasks; i++) 92 wait(NULL); 93 94 exit(0); 95} 96 97