Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] [tools]: android/ion: userspace test utility for ion buffer sharing

[Pintu Kumar]

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:48:59PM -0400, Pintu Agarwal wrote:
>> This is a test utility to verify ION buffer sharing in user space
>> between 2 independent processes.
>> It uses unix domain socket as IPC to transfer an FD to another process
>> and install it.
>>
>> This utility demonstrates how ION buffer sharing can be implemented between
>> two user space processes, using various heap ids.
>>
>> This utility is verified on Ubuntu 32-bit machine using 2 independent
>> process such as: ionapp_export (server) and ionapp_import (client).
>> First the server needs to be run to export FD to the client.
>> This utility works only if /dev/ion interface is present.
>>
>> Here is a sample demo example:
>>
>> linux/tools/android/ion$ sudo ./ionapp_export.out -i 1 -s 10
>> heap_type: 2, heap_size: 10
>> Fill buffer content:
>> 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd
>> Sharing fd: 6, Client fd: 5
>> <ion_close_buffer_fd>: buffer release successfully....
>>
>> linux/tools/android/ion$ sudo ./ionapp_import.out
>> Received buffer fd: 4
>> Read buffer content:
>> 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd
>> 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0
>> 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0
>> Fill buffer content:
>> 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd
>> 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd
>> 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd 0xfd
>> <ion_close_buffer_fd>: buffer release successfully....
>
> Can you tie this into the kselftest framework, to make automated tests
> of this kernel feature easier?
>
Ok, I can explore more about kselftest framework and make it part of
it in the next version.
I can move the whole thing later into: tools/testing/selftests/<android>/<ion>/
Thanks for your feedback.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h