tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vmx_syscall.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vmx_syscall.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vmx_syscall.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 1734 bytes
- Lines
- 93
- Domain
- Support Tooling And Documentation
- Bucket
- tools
- Inferred role
- Support Tooling And Documentation: syscall or user/kernel boundary
- Status
- core implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Defines or participates in a user/kernel boundary; inspect argument validation, copy_from_user/copy_to_user, credentials, and dispatch target.
Dependency Surface
altivec.hstdio.hunistd.hsys/syscall.hsys/time.hstdlib.hsys/types.hsys/wait.hutils.h
Detected Declarations
function vmx_syscallfunction test_vmx_syscallfunction main
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
* Copyright 2015, Cyril Bur, IBM Corp.
*
* This test attempts to see if the VMX registers change across a syscall (fork).
*/
#include <altivec.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include "utils.h"
vector int varray[] = {{1, 2, 3, 4}, {5, 6, 7, 8}, {9, 10,11,12},
{13,14,15,16},{17,18,19,20},{21,22,23,24},
{25,26,27,28},{29,30,31,32},{33,34,35,36},
{37,38,39,40},{41,42,43,44},{45,46,47,48}};
extern int test_vmx(vector int *varray, pid_t *pid);
int vmx_syscall(void)
{
pid_t fork_pid;
int i;
int ret;
int child_ret;
for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
/* test_vmx will fork() */
ret = test_vmx(varray, &fork_pid);
if (fork_pid == -1)
return -1;
if (fork_pid == 0)
exit(ret);
waitpid(fork_pid, &child_ret, 0);
if (ret || child_ret)
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
int test_vmx_syscall(void)
{
/*
* Setup an environment with much context switching
*/
pid_t pid2;
pid_t pid;
int ret;
int child_ret;
// vcmpequd used in vmx_asm.S is v2.07
SKIP_IF(!have_hwcap2(PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07));
pid = fork();
FAIL_IF(pid == -1);
pid2 = fork();
ret = vmx_syscall();
/* Can't FAIL_IF(pid2 == -1); because we've already forked */
if (pid2 == -1) {
/*
* Couldn't fork, ensure child_ret is set and is a fail
*/
ret = child_ret = 1;
} else {
if (pid2)
waitpid(pid2, &child_ret, 0);
else
exit(ret);
}
ret |= child_ret;
if (pid)
waitpid(pid, &child_ret, 0);
else
exit(ret);
FAIL_IF(ret || child_ret);
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
return test_harness(test_vmx_syscall, "vmx_syscall");
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `altivec.h`, `stdio.h`, `unistd.h`, `sys/syscall.h`, `sys/time.h`, `stdlib.h`, `sys/types.h`, `sys/wait.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function vmx_syscall`, `function test_vmx_syscall`, `function main`.
- Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
- Implementation status: core implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
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