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* NAME
* rdtsc-latency.c
*
* DESCRIPTION
* Simple program to measure the time between several pairs of calls to
* rdtsc(). Based off of gtod-latency.c
*
* USAGE:
* Use run_auto.sh script in current directory to build and run test.
* Use "-j" to enable jvm simulator.
*
* AUTHOR
* Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>
*
* HISTORY
* 2006-Nov-15: Initial version by Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>
*
*****************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <librttest.h>
#include <libtsc.h>
#define ITERATIONS 1000000
void usage(void)
{
rt_help();
printf("rdtsc-latency specific options:\n");
printf(" This testcase don't expect any commandline options\n");
}
int parse_args(int c, char *v)
{
int handled = 1;
switch (c) {
case 'h':
usage();
exit(0);
default:
handled = 0;
break;
}
return handled;
}
/* return difference in nanoseconds */
unsigned long long tv_minus(struct timeval *tv_start, struct timeval *tv_end)
{
unsigned long long nsecs;
nsecs = (tv_end->tv_sec - tv_start->tv_sec) * 1000000000ULL;
nsecs += (tv_end->tv_usec - tv_start->tv_usec) * 1000;
return nsecs;
}
/* calculate the tsc period */
unsigned long long tsc_period_ps(void)
{
struct timeval tv_start;
struct timeval tv_end;
unsigned long long tsc_start, tsc_end;
rdtscll(tsc_start);
gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL);
sleep(1);
rdtscll(tsc_end);
gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
return (1000 * tv_minus(&tv_start, &tv_end)) / tsc_minus(tsc_start,
tsc_end);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i, err;
unsigned long long deltas[ITERATIONS];
unsigned long long max, min, avg, tsc_a, tsc_b, tsc_period;
struct sched_param param;
#ifdef TSC_UNSUPPORTED
printf("Error: test cannot be executed on an arch wihout TSC.\n");
return ENOTSUP;
#endif
setup();
rt_init("h", parse_args, argc, argv);
/* no arguments */
if (argc > 1) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s accepts no arguments\n", argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
/* switch to SCHED_FIFO 99 */
param.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO);
err = sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m);
/* Check that the user has the appropriate privileges */
if (err) {
if (errno == EPERM) {
fprintf(stderr,
"This program runs with a scheduling policy of SCHED_FIFO at priority %d\n",
param.sched_priority);
fprintf(stderr,
"You don't have the necessary privileges to create such a real-time process.\n");
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to set scheduler, errno %d\n",
errno);
}
exit(1);
}
/* calculate the tsc period in picoseconds */
tsc_period = tsc_period_ps();
/* collect ITERATIONS pairs of gtod calls */
max = min = avg = 0;
for (i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
rdtscll(tsc_a);
rdtscll(tsc_b);
deltas[i] = (tsc_minus(tsc_a, tsc_b) * tsc_period) / 1000; /* tsc period is in ps */
if (i == 0 || deltas[i] < min)
min = deltas[i];
if (deltas[i] > max)
max = deltas[i];
avg += deltas[i];
}
avg /= ITERATIONS;
/* report on deltas */
printf("Calculated tsc period = %llu ps\n", tsc_period);
printf("%d pairs of rdtsc() calls completed\n", ITERATIONS);
printf("Time between calls:\n");
printf(" Max: %llu ns\n", max);
printf(" Min: %llu ns\n", min);
printf(" Avg: %llu ns\n", avg);
return 0;
}