From: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com>
To: khorenko@virtuozzo.com
Cc: devel@openvz.org
Subject: [Devel] [PATCH vz10 3/3] selftests: timers: measure the cpu timers on the clock they count
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 01:46:00 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831224603.1641737-3-eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831224603.1641737-1-eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com>
Commit b00385b8d081 ("selftests/posix_timers: Use CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
for ITIMER_PROF measurements") gave ITIMER_PROF the clock it counts,
as measuring a cpu timer against the wall says nothing on a machine
where the task does not have a cpu to itself. The other cpu timers
are still measured against CLOCK_REALTIME and fail the same way.
With four busy loops on the two cpus of a test machine:
not ok 2 ITIMER_VIRTUAL
not ok 5 timer_create() per CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
not ok 6 timer_create() per CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
ITIMER_VIRTUAL counts the time the task spends in userspace, so take
CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID for it as well; the loop it runs stays in
userspace, so what that clock adds for system time is far inside the
half a second the check allows. check_timer_create() arms its timer on
the clock it is given, so measure on that one.
The test then passes whole on that machine, 19 of 19, busy or idle.
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-143363
Feature: fix selftests
Signed-off-by: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova@virtuozzo.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
index 077a98fb1b1d..66993bd632ec 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ static void check_itimer(int which, const char *name)
done = 0;
- if (which == ITIMER_VIRTUAL)
+ if (which == ITIMER_VIRTUAL) {
+ clock_id = CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID;
signal(SIGVTALRM, sig_handler);
- else if (which == ITIMER_PROF) {
+ } else if (which == ITIMER_PROF) {
clock_id = CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID;
signal(SIGPROF, sig_handler);
}
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ static void check_timer_create(int which, const char *name)
struct itimerspec val = {
.it_value.tv_sec = DELAY,
};
- int clock_id = CLOCK_REALTIME;
+ int clock_id = which;
timer_t id;
done = 0;
--
2.55.0
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 22:45 [Devel] [PATCH vz10 1/3] ms/selftests/posix_timers: Use CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID for ITIMER_PROF measurements Eva Kurchatova
2026-08-31 22:45 ` [Devel] [PATCH vz10 2/3] selftests: timers: count what tick is worth in the drift estimate Eva Kurchatova
2026-08-31 22:46 ` Eva Kurchatova [this message]
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