[PATCH v3 13/13] selftests/cgroup: Add kernel-noise isolation test to cpuset selftest

From: Jing Wu

Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 23:18:14 EST


Add test_hk_noise_isolated() to test_cpuset_prs.sh to verify that
creating and destroying an isolated cpuset partition updates both the
domain isolation state and the kernel-noise (nohz_full) state.

For domain isolation, the test checks cpuset.cpus.isolated before and
after the partition create/destroy cycle.

For kernel-noise isolation, the test reads
/sys/devices/system/cpu/nohz_full to confirm that the CPUs placed in
an isolated partition appear in the nohz_full mask while the partition
is active, and are removed from it once the partition is destroyed.
This sysfs attribute only exists when CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is enabled;
the nohz_full checks are skipped when it is absent so the test remains
usable on kernels without NO_HZ_FULL.

Add cpu_in_cpulist() to correctly determine whether a CPU number falls
within a kernel cpulist string (e.g. "4-7"). A plain grep cannot
detect membership in the interior of a range; cpu_in_cpulist() walks
each comma-separated element and handles both single values and
lo-hi ranges explicitly.

The test also covers: rejection of all-CPU isolation, the SMT sibling
constraint, nested partition inheritance, and a 100-cycle pressure test.
nohz_full is verified to be restored to its pre-test value after each
create/destroy cycle and after the pressure test.

Fix awk invocation to drop the spurious -e flag.

Signed-off-by: Jing Wu <realwujing@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <yuanql9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 204 +++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 203 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index a56f4153c64df..047db14953fac 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ skip_test() {
WAIT_INOTIFY=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)/wait_inotify

# Find cgroup v2 mount point
-CGROUP2=$(mount -t cgroup2 | head -1 | awk -e '{print $3}')
+CGROUP2=$(mount -t cgroup2 | head -1 | awk '{print $3}')
[[ -n "$CGROUP2" ]] || skip_test "Cgroup v2 mount point not found!"
SUBPARTS_CPUS=$CGROUP2/.__DEBUG__.cpuset.cpus.subpartitions
CPULIST=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.effective)
@@ -1204,9 +1204,211 @@ test_inotify()
echo "" > cpuset.cpus
}

+#
+# cpu_in_cpulist <cpu> <cpulist>
+#
+# Return 0 if <cpu> appears in <cpulist> (a kernel cpumask list such as
+# "0-3,8-31"), non-zero otherwise. The kernel cpulist format uses ranges
+# ("lo-hi") and comma-separated items; a simple grep cannot detect that a
+# number falls in the middle of a range, so walk each element explicitly.
+#
+cpu_in_cpulist()
+{
+ local cpu=$1 list=$2 range lo hi
+ for range in $(echo "$list" | tr ',' ' '); do
+ if [[ "$range" == *-* ]]; then
+ lo=${range%-*}
+ hi=${range#*-}
+ [[ $cpu -ge $lo && $cpu -le $hi ]] && return 0
+ else
+ [[ $cpu -eq $range ]] && return 0
+ fi
+ done
+ return 1
+}
+
+#
+# Test that isolated partition creation/destruction drives kernel-noise
+# housekeeping mask updates and remains correct under pressure.
+#
+# Requires: >=8 CPUs, no isolcpus= boot conflict, root
+#
+test_hk_noise_isolated()
+{
+ local ISOL_BEFORE TEST_CPUS i PART ISOL_AFTER ISOL_RESTORE
+ local NOHZ_FILE NOHZ_BEFORE NOHZ_AFTER NOHZ_RESTORE
+ local HK_NOHZ_CHECK=0
+ local LOOPS=100
+
+ [[ $NR_CPUS -ge 8 ]] || {
+ echo "HK-noise test skipped: need >=8 CPUs, have $NR_CPUS"
+ return 0
+ }
+
+ # Detect whether CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is active: the sysfs attribute
+ # /sys/devices/system/cpu/nohz_full exposes the current nohz_full
+ # cpumask and is only present when NO_HZ_FULL is enabled.
+ NOHZ_FILE=/sys/devices/system/cpu/nohz_full
+ [[ -r "$NOHZ_FILE" ]] && HK_NOHZ_CHECK=1
+
+ cd $CGROUP2/test
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition 2>/dev/null
+ echo "" > cpuset.cpus 2>/dev/null
+
+ ISOL_BEFORE=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.isolated)
+ [[ $HK_NOHZ_CHECK -eq 1 ]] && NOHZ_BEFORE=$(cat $NOHZ_FILE)
+ TEST_CPUS="4-7"
+ echo $TEST_CPUS > cpuset.cpus
+
+ #
+ # Basic create/destroy cycle — verify domain isolation and
+ # kernel-noise (nohz_full) changes together.
+ #
+ console_msg "HK-noise: basic create/destroy cycle"
+ echo isolated > cpuset.cpus.partition
+
+ ISOL_AFTER=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.isolated)
+ [[ $ISOL_AFTER != "$ISOL_BEFORE" ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: isolated set unchanged after partition create"
+ exit 1
+ }
+
+ if [[ $HK_NOHZ_CHECK -eq 1 ]]; then
+ NOHZ_AFTER=$(cat $NOHZ_FILE)
+ # Verify that the newly isolated CPUs (4-7) appear in nohz_full.
+ # nohz_full = inverse of housekeeping, so isolating 4-7 should
+ # add them to nohz_full.
+ for cpu in 4 5 6 7; do
+ if ! cpu_in_cpulist $cpu "$NOHZ_AFTER"; then
+ echo "FAIL: cpu${cpu} not in nohz_full after isolation" \
+ "(got: '$NOHZ_AFTER')"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ done
+ console_msg "HK-noise: nohz_full after isolation: $NOHZ_AFTER"
+ fi
+
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition
+
+ ISOL_RESTORE=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.isolated)
+ [[ $ISOL_RESTORE = "$ISOL_BEFORE" ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: expected '$ISOL_BEFORE' after destroy, got '$ISOL_RESTORE'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+
+ if [[ $HK_NOHZ_CHECK -eq 1 ]]; then
+ NOHZ_RESTORE=$(cat $NOHZ_FILE)
+ [[ "$NOHZ_RESTORE" = "$NOHZ_BEFORE" ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: nohz_full not restored: expected '$NOHZ_BEFORE'," \
+ "got '$NOHZ_RESTORE'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ fi
+
+ #
+ # Reject all-CPU isolation (must leave at least one housekeeping CPU)
+ #
+ console_msg "HK-noise: reject all-CPU isolation"
+ echo 0-$((NR_CPUS - 1)) > cpuset.cpus
+ echo isolated > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ PART=$(cat cpuset.cpus.partition)
+ [[ $PART = *invalid* || $PART = member ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: all-CPU isolation was not rejected, got '$PART'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+
+ #
+ # SMT safety: partial sibling isolation
+ #
+ console_msg "HK-noise: SMT sibling constraint"
+ echo $TEST_CPUS > cpuset.cpus
+ echo isolated > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ PART=$(cat cpuset.cpus.partition)
+ [[ $PART = isolated ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: could not create isolated partition, got '$PART'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition
+
+ #
+ # Nested partition: parent root → child isolated
+ #
+ console_msg "HK-noise: nested partition inheritance"
+ echo $TEST_CPUS > cpuset.cpus
+ test_partition root
+ mkdir -p HK_SUB
+ cd HK_SUB
+ echo 4-5 > cpuset.cpus
+ echo isolated > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ ISOL_AFTER=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.isolated)
+ [[ -n $ISOL_AFTER ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: nested isolated partition not reflected in cpuset.cpus.isolated"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ cd $CGROUP2/test
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ rmdir HK_SUB 2>/dev/null
+
+ #
+ # Pressure test: 100 create/destroy cycles
+ #
+ console_msg "HK-noise: pressure test ($LOOPS cycles)"
+ echo $TEST_CPUS > cpuset.cpus
+ for i in $(seq 1 $LOOPS); do
+ echo isolated > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ PART=$(cat cpuset.cpus.partition)
+ [[ $PART = isolated ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: cycle $i create failed, got '$PART'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ PART=$(cat cpuset.cpus.partition)
+ [[ $PART = member ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: cycle $i destroy failed, got '$PART'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ done
+
+ #
+ # Stability: after pressure test, verify final state
+ #
+ console_msg "HK-noise: post-pressure cleanup"
+ echo isolated > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ ISOL_AFTER=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.isolated)
+ [[ -n $ISOL_AFTER ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: isolated set empty after pressure test"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ echo member > cpuset.cpus.partition
+ echo "" > cpuset.cpus
+ ISOL_RESTORE=$(cat $CGROUP2/cpuset.cpus.isolated)
+ [[ $ISOL_RESTORE = "$ISOL_BEFORE" ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: final isolated '$ISOL_RESTORE' != '$ISOL_BEFORE'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+
+ if [[ $HK_NOHZ_CHECK -eq 1 ]]; then
+ NOHZ_RESTORE=$(cat $NOHZ_FILE)
+ [[ "$NOHZ_RESTORE" = "$NOHZ_BEFORE" ]] || {
+ echo "FAIL: nohz_full not restored after pressure test:" \
+ "expected '$NOHZ_BEFORE', got '$NOHZ_RESTORE'"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ fi
+
+ cd $CGROUP2
+ if [[ $HK_NOHZ_CHECK -eq 1 ]]; then
+ console_msg "HK-noise: PASSED (with nohz_full verification)"
+ else
+ console_msg "HK-noise: PASSED (nohz_full skipped: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL not active)"
+ fi
+}
+
trap cleanup 0 2 3 6
run_state_test TEST_MATRIX
run_remote_state_test REMOTE_TEST_MATRIX
test_isolated
test_inotify
+test_hk_noise_isolated
echo "All tests PASSED."

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