[PATCH 2/3] selftests/resctrl: Add L3_CAT_VALIDATE to check invalid CBMs
From: Richard Cheng
Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 07:16:52 EST
A CAT allocation is a CBM, and the kernel must refuse masks that can't
describe a valid allocation. Nothing in the suite check this.
Implement L3_CAT_VALIDATE, first confirm a valid full mask is accepted,
then write an empty mask and a mask with bits outside cbm_mask and
confirm each is refused. A mask below min_cbm_bits is also checked where
the platform needs more than one bit.
Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h | 1 +
.../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 81 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
index 16a947f1ed16..d236988916d9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -603,3 +603,82 @@ struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test = {
.run_test = cat_occup_run_test,
.cleanup = cat_occup_test_cleanup,
};
+
+/*
+ * L3_CAT_VALIDATE - Verify the kernel rejects invalid L3 CBM writes.
+ *
+ * CAT allocation accepts a Capacity Bit Mask (CBM). The kernel must reject
+ * masks that cannot represent a valid allocation: an empty mask, a mask with
+ * bits outside cbm_mask, or (where the platform requires it) a mask with
+ * fewer than min_cbm_bits bits. A rejected schemata write makes
+ * write_schemata() return non-zero, which is the signal this test checks.
+ */
+static int cat_validate_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
+ const struct user_params *uparams)
+{
+ unsigned long full_mask, bad_mask;
+ unsigned int min_cbm_bits, start;
+ char schemata[64];
+ int count_of_bits, ret;
+
+ ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_mask);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = resource_info_unsigned_get(test->resource, "min_cbm_bits",
+ &min_cbm_bits);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ count_of_bits = count_bits(full_mask);
+
+ /* A valid full CBM must be accepted */
+ snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", full_mask);
+ if (write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Valid CBM 0x%lx was rejected\n", full_mask);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* An empty mask must be rejected. */
+ if (!write_schemata("", "0", uparams->cpu, test->resource)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Empty CBM was accepted, must be rejected\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* A mask with a bit outside cbm_mask must be rejected. */
+ bad_mask = full_mask | (1UL << count_of_bits);
+ snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", bad_mask);
+ if (!write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Out-of-range CBM 0x%lx was accepted, must be rejected\n",
+ bad_mask);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * A mask with fewer than min_cbm_bits bits must be rejected. When
+ * min_cbm_bits is 1 the only sub-minimum mask is the empty mask
+ * This case only applies when the platform requires more contiguous bits.
+ */
+ if (min_cbm_bits > 1) {
+ count_contiguous_bits(full_mask, &start);
+ bad_mask = create_bit_mask(start, min_cbm_bits - 1);
+ snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", bad_mask);
+ if (!write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("CBM 0x%lx with too few bits was accepted\n",
+ bad_mask);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ksft_print_msg("Pass: CAT rejects invalid CBM writes\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+struct resctrl_test l3_cat_validate_test = {
+ .name = "L3_CAT_VALIDATE",
+ .group = "CAT",
+ .resource = "L3",
+ .feature_check = test_resource_feature_check,
+ .run_test = cat_validate_run_test,
+};
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index ce3abf0bdac2..e2e3cf7833bc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ extern struct resctrl_test mba_test;
extern struct resctrl_test cmt_test;
extern struct resctrl_test l3_cat_test;
extern struct resctrl_test l3_cat_occup_test;
+extern struct resctrl_test l3_cat_validate_test;
extern struct resctrl_test l3_noncont_cat_test;
extern struct resctrl_test l2_noncont_cat_test;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index 324a60818aa1..66739e96f33c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static struct resctrl_test *resctrl_tests[] = {
&cmt_test,
&l3_cat_test,
&l3_cat_occup_test,
+ &l3_cat_validate_test,
&l3_noncont_cat_test,
&l2_noncont_cat_test,
};
--
2.43.0