papi_tot_ins.c

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/* This file attempts to test the retired instruction event */
/* As implemented by PAPI_TOT_INS               */
 
/* For more info on the causes of overcount on x86 systems  */
/* See the ISPASS2013 paper:                    */
/*  "Non-Determinism and Overcount on Modern Hardware   */
/*      Performance Counter Implementations"        */
 
/* by Vince Weaver, <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>          */
 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
 
#include "papi.h"
#include "papi_test.h"
 
#include "display_error.h"
#include "testcode.h"
 
#define NUM_RUNS 100
 
 
   /* Test a simple loop of 1 million instructions             */
   /* Most implementations should count be correct within 1%   */
   /* This loop in in assembly language, as compiler generated */
   /* code varies too much.                                    */
 
static void test_million(int quiet) {
 
    int i,result,ins_result;
 
    long long count,high=0,low=0,total=0,average=0;
    double error;
    int eventset=PAPI_NULL;
 
    if (!quiet) {
        printf("\nTesting a loop of 1 million instructions (%d times):\n",
        NUM_RUNS);
    }
 
    result=PAPI_create_eventset(&eventset);
    if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "PAPI_create_eventset", result );
    }
 
    result=PAPI_add_named_event(eventset,"PAPI_TOT_INS");
    if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
        if (!quiet) printf("Could not add PAPI_TOT_INS\n");
        test_skip( __FILE__, __LINE__, "adding PAPI_TOT_INS", result );
    }
 
    for(i=0;i<NUM_RUNS;i++) {
 
        PAPI_reset(eventset);
        PAPI_start(eventset);
 
        ins_result=instructions_million();
 
        result=PAPI_stop(eventset,&count);
 
        if (ins_result==CODE_UNIMPLEMENTED) {
            fprintf(stderr,"\tCode unimplemented\n");
            test_skip( __FILE__, __LINE__, "unimplemented", 0);
        }
 
        if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
            test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__,
                "reading PAPI_TOT_INS", result );
        }
 
        if (count>high) high=count;
        if ((low==0) || (count<low)) low=count;
        total+=count;
    }
 
    average=total/NUM_RUNS;
 
    error=display_error(average,high,low,1000000ULL,quiet);
 
    if ((error > 1.0) || (error<-1.0)) {
 
#if defined(__PPC__)
 
        if(!quiet) {
            printf("If PPC is off by 50%%, this might be due to\n"
                "\"folded\" branch instructions on PPC32\n");
        }
#endif
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "validation", result );
 
    }
}
 
/* Test fldcw.  Pentium 4 overcounts this instruction */
 
static void test_fldcw(int quiet) {
 
    (void)quiet;
 
#if defined(__i386__) || (defined __x86_64__)
    int i,result,ins_result;
    int eventset=PAPI_NULL;
 
    long long count,high=0,low=0,total=0,average=0;
    double error;
 
    if (!quiet) {
        printf("\nTesting a fldcw loop of 900,000 instructions (%d times):\n",
        NUM_RUNS);
    }
 
    result=PAPI_create_eventset(&eventset);
    if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "PAPI_create_eventset", result );
    }
 
    result=PAPI_add_named_event(eventset,"PAPI_TOT_INS");
    if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "adding PAPI_TOT_INS", result );
    }
 
    for(i=0;i<NUM_RUNS;i++) {
 
        PAPI_reset(eventset);
        PAPI_start(eventset);
 
        ins_result=instructions_fldcw();
 
        result=PAPI_stop(eventset,&count);
 
        if (ins_result==CODE_UNIMPLEMENTED) {
            test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "Code unimplemented", 1 );
        }
 
        if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
            test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "Unexpected error on read", 1 );
        }
 
        if (count>high) high=count;
        if ((low==0) || (count<low)) low=count;
        total+=count;
    }
 
    average=total/NUM_RUNS;
 
    error=display_error(average,high,low,900000ULL,quiet);
 
    if ((error > 1.0) || (error<-1.0)) {
 
        if (!quiet) {
            printf("On Pentium 4 machines, the fldcw instruction counts as 2.\n");
            printf("This will lead to an overcount of 22%%\n");
        }
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "Error too high", 1 );
    }
#endif
}
 
/* Test rep-prefixed instructions. */
/* HW counters count this as one each, not one per repeat */
 
static void test_rep(int quiet) {
 
    (void)quiet;
 
#if defined(__i386__) || (defined __x86_64__)
    int i,result,ins_result;
    int eventset=PAPI_NULL;
 
    long long count,high=0,low=0,total=0,average=0;
    double error;
 
    if(!quiet) {
        printf("\nTesting a 16k rep loop (%d times):\n", NUM_RUNS);
    }
 
    result=PAPI_create_eventset(&eventset);
    if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "PAPI_create_eventset", result );
    }
 
    result=PAPI_add_named_event(eventset,"PAPI_TOT_INS");
    if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "adding PAPI_TOT_INS", result );
    }
 
    for(i=0;i<NUM_RUNS;i++) {
 
        PAPI_reset(eventset);
        PAPI_start(eventset);
 
        ins_result=instructions_rep();
 
        result=PAPI_stop(eventset,&count);
 
        if (ins_result==CODE_UNIMPLEMENTED) {
            fprintf(stderr,"\tCode unimplemented\n");
            test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "Code unimplemented", 1 );
        }
 
        if (result!=PAPI_OK) {
            test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "Unexpected error on read", 1 );
        }
 
        if (count>high) high=count;
        if ((low==0) || (count<low)) low=count;
        total+=count;
    }
 
    average=total/NUM_RUNS;
 
    error=display_error(average,high,low,6002,quiet);
 
    if ((error > 10.0) || (error<-10.0)) {
        if (!quiet) {
            printf("Instruction count off by more than 10%%\n");
        }
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "Error too high", 1 );
    }
#endif
}
 
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
    int retval;
    int quiet=0;
 
    (void)argc;
    (void)argv;
 
    quiet=tests_quiet(argc,argv);
 
    if (!quiet) {
        printf("\nThis test checks that the \"PAPI_TOT_INS\" generalized "
            "event is working.\n");
    }
 
    /* Init the PAPI library */
    retval = PAPI_library_init( PAPI_VER_CURRENT );
    if ( retval != PAPI_VER_CURRENT ) {
        test_fail( __FILE__, __LINE__, "PAPI_library_init", retval );
    }
 
    test_million(quiet);
    test_fldcw(quiet);
    test_rep(quiet);
 
    if (!quiet) printf("\n");
 
    test_pass( __FILE__ );
 
    PAPI_shutdown();
 
    return 0;
}