Re: [RFC 1/4] rseq/param_test: Convert test_data_entry::count to intptr_t

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Jul 27 2016 - 23:08:04 EST


----- On Jul 27, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Boqun Feng boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The current semantics of do_resq() is to do a intptr_t type store in
> successful cases, however, in test_percpu_{inc,spinlock}, we use
> test_data_entry::count as the location to store, whose type is int.
>
> intptr_t and int have different size on LP64 systems, and despite the
> inconsistency of types, having test_data_entry::count as int needs more
> care on endian handling.
>
> To make things simpler and more consistent, convert
> test_data_entry::count to type intptr_t, which also makes the coming
> tests for ppc64le and ppc64 share the same code.

Folded into my rseq tests patch for next round, thanks!

I also took care of basic_percpu_ops_test.c which had the
same issue.

Thanks!

Mathieu

>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
> index f95fba5a1b2a..db25e0a818e5 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct percpu_lock {
> };
>
> struct test_data_entry {
> - int count;
> + intptr_t count;
> } __attribute__((aligned(128)));
>
> struct spinlock_test_data {
> @@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ void *test_percpu_spinlock_thread(void *arg)
> void test_percpu_spinlock(void)
> {
> const int num_threads = opt_threads;
> - int i, sum, ret;
> + int i, ret;
> + intptr_t sum;
> pthread_t test_threads[num_threads];
> struct spinlock_test_data data;
> struct spinlock_thread_test_data thread_data[num_threads];
> @@ -308,7 +309,8 @@ void *test_percpu_inc_thread(void *arg)
> void test_percpu_inc(void)
> {
> const int num_threads = opt_threads;
> - int i, sum, ret;
> + int i, ret;
> + intptr_t sum;
> pthread_t test_threads[num_threads];
> struct inc_test_data data;
> struct inc_thread_test_data thread_data[num_threads];
> --
> 2.9.0

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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