[PATCH v3 2/2] powerpc/selftests/copyloops: extend selftest to exercise __copy_tofrom_user_power7_vmx
From: Sayali Patil <hidden>
Date: 2026-03-04 05:35:24
Subsystem:
kernel selftest framework, the rest · Maintainers:
Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, Linus Torvalds
The new PowerPC VMX fast path (__copy_tofrom_user_power7_vmx) is not
exercised by existing copyloops selftests. This patch updates
the selftest to exercise the VMX variant, ensuring the VMX copy path
is validated.
Changes include:
- COPY_LOOP=test___copy_tofrom_user_power7_vmx with -D VMX_TEST is used
in existing selftest build targets.
- Inclusion of ../utils.c to provide get_auxv_entry() for hardware
feature detection.
- At runtime, the test skips execution if Altivec is not available.
- Copy sizes above VMX_COPY_THRESHOLD are used to ensure the VMX
path is taken.
This enables validation of the VMX fast path without affecting systems
that do not support Altivec.
Signed-off-by: Sayali Patil <redacted>
---
v2->v3
No changes in the patch.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260228135319.238985-2-sayalip@linux.ibm.com/ (local)
---
.../selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore | 4 ++--
.../testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/Makefile | 11 ++++++++---
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/stubs.S | 8 --------
.../selftests/powerpc/copyloops/validate.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore
index 7283e8b07b75..80d4270a71ac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ copyuser_64_t0 copyuser_64_t1 copyuser_64_t2 -copyuser_p7_t0 -copyuser_p7_t1 +copyuser_p7 +copyuser_p7_vmx memcpy_64_t0 memcpy_64_t1 memcpy_64_t2
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/Makefile
index 42940f92d832..0c8efb0bddeb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/Makefile@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 TEST_GEN_PROGS := copyuser_64_t0 copyuser_64_t1 copyuser_64_t2 \ - copyuser_p7_t0 copyuser_p7_t1 \ + copyuser_p7 copyuser_p7_vmx \ memcpy_64_t0 memcpy_64_t1 memcpy_64_t2 \ memcpy_p7_t0 memcpy_p7_t1 copy_mc_64 \ copyuser_64_exc_t0 copyuser_64_exc_t1 copyuser_64_exc_t2 \
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ $(OUTPUT)/copyuser_64_t%: copyuser_64.S $(EXTRA_SOURCES) -D SELFTEST_CASE=$(subst copyuser_64_t,,$(notdir $@)) \ -o $@ $^ -$(OUTPUT)/copyuser_p7_t%: copyuser_power7.S $(EXTRA_SOURCES) +$(OUTPUT)/copyuser_p7: copyuser_power7.S $(EXTRA_SOURCES) $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \ -D COPY_LOOP=test___copy_tofrom_user_power7 \ - -D SELFTEST_CASE=$(subst copyuser_p7_t,,$(notdir $@)) \ + -o $@ $^ + +$(OUTPUT)/copyuser_p7_vmx: copyuser_power7.S $(EXTRA_SOURCES) ../utils.c + $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \ + -D COPY_LOOP=test___copy_tofrom_user_power7_vmx \ + -D VMX_TEST \ -o $@ $^ # Strictly speaking, we only need the memcpy_64 test cases for big-endian
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/stubs.S b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/stubs.S
index ec8bcf2bf1c2..3a9cb8c9a3ee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/stubs.S
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/stubs.S@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@ #include <asm/ppc_asm.h> -FUNC_START(enter_vmx_usercopy) - li r3,1 - blr - -FUNC_START(exit_vmx_usercopy) - li r3,0 - blr - FUNC_START(enter_vmx_ops) li r3,1 blr
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/validate.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/validate.c
index 0f6873618552..fb822534fbe9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/validate.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/validate.c@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ #define BUFLEN (MAX_LEN+MAX_OFFSET+2*MIN_REDZONE) #define POISON 0xa5 +#ifdef VMX_TEST +#define VMX_COPY_THRESHOLD 3328 +#endif + unsigned long COPY_LOOP(void *to, const void *from, unsigned long size); static void do_one(char *src, char *dst, unsigned long src_off,
@@ -81,8 +85,12 @@ int test_copy_loop(void) /* Fill with sequential bytes */ for (i = 0; i < BUFLEN; i++) fill[i] = i & 0xff; - +#ifdef VMX_TEST + /* Force sizes above kernel VMX threshold (3328) */ + for (len = VMX_COPY_THRESHOLD + 1; len < MAX_LEN; len++) { +#else for (len = 1; len < MAX_LEN; len++) { +#endif for (src_off = 0; src_off < MAX_OFFSET; src_off++) { for (dst_off = 0; dst_off < MAX_OFFSET; dst_off++) { do_one(src, dst, src_off, dst_off, len,
@@ -96,5 +104,10 @@ int test_copy_loop(void) int main(void) { +#ifdef VMX_TEST + /* Skip if Altivec not present */ + SKIP_IF_MSG(!have_hwcap(PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC), "ALTIVEC not supported"); +#endif + return test_harness(test_copy_loop, str(COPY_LOOP)); }
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