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1*4882a593Smuzhiyunresctrl_tests - resctrl file system test suit
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3*4882a593SmuzhiyunAuthors:
4*4882a593Smuzhiyun	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
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7*4882a593Smuzhiyunresctrl_tests tests various resctrl functionalities and interfaces including
8*4882a593Smuzhiyunboth software and hardware.
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10*4882a593SmuzhiyunCurrently it supports Memory Bandwidth Monitoring test and Memory Bandwidth
11*4882a593SmuzhiyunAllocation test on Intel RDT hardware. More tests will be added in the future.
12*4882a593SmuzhiyunAnd the test suit can be extended to cover AMD QoS and ARM MPAM hardware
13*4882a593Smuzhiyunas well.
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15*4882a593SmuzhiyunBUILD
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18*4882a593SmuzhiyunRun "make" to build executable file "resctrl_tests".
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20*4882a593SmuzhiyunRUN
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23*4882a593SmuzhiyunTo use resctrl_tests, root or sudoer privileges are required. This is because
24*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe test needs to mount resctrl file system and change contents in the file
25*4882a593Smuzhiyunsystem.
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27*4882a593SmuzhiyunExecuting the test without any parameter will run all supported tests:
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29*4882a593Smuzhiyun	sudo ./resctrl_tests
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31*4882a593SmuzhiyunOVERVIEW OF EXECUTION
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34*4882a593SmuzhiyunA test case has four stages:
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36*4882a593Smuzhiyun  - setup: mount resctrl file system, create group, setup schemata, move test
37*4882a593Smuzhiyun    process pids to tasks, start benchmark.
38*4882a593Smuzhiyun  - execute: let benchmark run
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun  - verify: get resctrl data and verify the data with another source, e.g.
40*4882a593Smuzhiyun    perf event.
41*4882a593Smuzhiyun  - teardown: umount resctrl and clear temporary files.
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43*4882a593SmuzhiyunARGUMENTS
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46*4882a593SmuzhiyunParameter '-h' shows usage information.
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48*4882a593Smuzhiyunusage: resctrl_tests [-h] [-b "benchmark_cmd [options]"] [-t test list] [-n no_of_bits]
49*4882a593Smuzhiyun        -b benchmark_cmd [options]: run specified benchmark for MBM, MBA and CQM default benchmark is builtin fill_buf
50*4882a593Smuzhiyun        -t test list: run tests specified in the test list, e.g. -t mbm,mba,cqm,cat
51*4882a593Smuzhiyun        -n no_of_bits: run cache tests using specified no of bits in cache bit mask
52*4882a593Smuzhiyun        -p cpu_no: specify CPU number to run the test. 1 is default
53*4882a593Smuzhiyun        -h: help
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