[PATCH RESEND v4] selftests/cgroup: Adjust cpu test duration based on HZ

From: Joe Simmons-Talbott

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 16:33:27 EST


For lower HZ values a quota of 1000us is much lower than the amount
of microseconds per tick which makes the tests test_cpucg_max and
test_cpugc_max_nested fail. Increase the test duration to accommodate
for lower HZ values.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260624160358.430354-1-joest@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Joe Simmons-Talbott <joest@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
CC: cui.tao@xxxxxxxxx
v3 -> v4:
- Use usec for adjusting test duration for better accuracy.
- Remove underscore from static function
- Use 1000 as the fallback value for hz since it's the default.

v2 -> v3:
- Instead of changing cpu.max quota extend the test duration based on
the HZ value.
- don't call pclose() if popen() fails.
- check return value of fscanf().

v1 -> v2:
- Try checking /proc/config.gz to get the actual kernel HZ value and
fallback to 1000 if the value cannot be determined.

.../cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h
index febc1723d090..8ebb2b4d4ec0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@

#define MB(x) (x << 20)

+#define NSEC_PER_USEC 1000L
#define USEC_PER_SEC 1000000L
#define NSEC_PER_SEC 1000000000L

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c
index 7a40d76b9548..1f280c1db68a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpu.c
@@ -639,6 +639,31 @@ test_cpucg_nested_weight_underprovisioned(const char *root)
return run_cpucg_nested_weight_test(root, false);
}

+/*
+ * Best effort attempt to get the kernel's HZ value from the config.
+ * Return the HZ value if found otherwise return 1000 (the default) to
+ * indicate failure.
+ */
+static long
+get_config_hz(void)
+{
+ long hz = 1000;
+ FILE *f;
+ char cmd[256] = "zcat /proc/config.gz 2>/dev/null | grep '^CONFIG_HZ='";
+
+ f = popen(cmd, "r");
+
+ if (!f)
+ return hz;
+
+ if (fscanf(f, "CONFIG_HZ=%ld", &hz) == EOF)
+ goto out;
+
+out:
+ pclose(f);
+ return hz;
+}
+
/*
* This test creates a cgroup with some maximum value within a period, and
* verifies that a process in the cgroup is not overscheduled.
@@ -646,15 +671,20 @@ test_cpucg_nested_weight_underprovisioned(const char *root)
static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root)
{
int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ long hz = get_config_hz();
long quota_usec = 1000;
long default_period_usec = 100000; /* cpu.max's default period */
long duration_seconds = 1;

- long duration_usec = duration_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC;
+ long duration_usec, duration_sec, duration_nsec;
long usage_usec, n_periods, remainder_usec, expected_usage_usec;
char *cpucg;
char quota_buf[32];

+ duration_usec = duration_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC * 1000 / hz;
+ duration_sec = duration_usec / USEC_PER_SEC;
+ duration_nsec = duration_usec % USEC_PER_SEC * NSEC_PER_USEC;
+
snprintf(quota_buf, sizeof(quota_buf), "%ld", quota_usec);

cpucg = cg_name(root, "cpucg_test");
@@ -670,8 +700,8 @@ static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root)
struct cpu_hog_func_param param = {
.nprocs = 1,
.ts = {
- .tv_sec = duration_seconds,
- .tv_nsec = 0,
+ .tv_sec = duration_sec,
+ .tv_nsec = duration_nsec,
},
.clock_type = CPU_HOG_CLOCK_WALL,
};
@@ -710,15 +740,20 @@ static int test_cpucg_max(const char *root)
static int test_cpucg_max_nested(const char *root)
{
int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ long hz = get_config_hz();
long quota_usec = 1000;
long default_period_usec = 100000; /* cpu.max's default period */
long duration_seconds = 1;

- long duration_usec = duration_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC;
+ long duration_usec, duration_sec, duration_nsec;
long usage_usec, n_periods, remainder_usec, expected_usage_usec;
char *parent, *child;
char quota_buf[32];

+ duration_usec = duration_seconds * USEC_PER_SEC * 1000 / hz;
+ duration_sec = duration_usec / USEC_PER_SEC;
+ duration_nsec = duration_usec % USEC_PER_SEC * NSEC_PER_USEC;
+
snprintf(quota_buf, sizeof(quota_buf), "%ld", quota_usec);

parent = cg_name(root, "cpucg_parent");
@@ -741,8 +776,8 @@ static int test_cpucg_max_nested(const char *root)
struct cpu_hog_func_param param = {
.nprocs = 1,
.ts = {
- .tv_sec = duration_seconds,
- .tv_nsec = 0,
+ .tv_sec = duration_sec,
+ .tv_nsec = duration_nsec,
},
.clock_type = CPU_HOG_CLOCK_WALL,
};
--
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