5 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
7 This small document introduces how to test DMA drivers using dmatest module.
9 Part 1 - How to build the test module
10 =====================================
12 The menuconfig contains an option that could be found by following path:
13 Device Drivers -> DMA Engine support -> DMA Test client
15 In the configuration file the option called CONFIG_DMATEST. The dmatest could
16 be built as module or inside kernel. Let's consider those cases.
18 Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module
19 ==========================================
23 % modprobe dmatest channel=dma0chan0 timeout=2000 iterations=1 run=1
28 % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
29 % echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout
30 % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
31 % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
33 ...or on the kernel command line: ::
35 dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.run=1
37 ..hint:: available channel list could be extracted by running the following
42 % ls -1 /sys/class/dma/
44 Once started a message like "dmatest: Started 1 threads using dma0chan0" is
45 emitted. After that only test failure messages are reported until the test
48 Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test.
50 The following command returns the state of the test. ::
52 % cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
54 To wait for test completion userpace can poll 'run' until it is false, or use
55 the wait parameter. Specifying 'wait=1' when loading the module causes module
56 initialization to pause until a test run has completed, while reading
57 /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/wait waits for any running test to complete
58 before returning. For example, the following scripts wait for 42 tests
59 to complete before exiting. Note that if 'iterations' is set to 'infinite' then
64 % modprobe dmatest run=1 iterations=42 wait=1
69 % modprobe dmatest run=1 iterations=42
70 % cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/wait
73 Part 3 - When built-in in the kernel
74 ====================================
76 The module parameters that is supplied to the kernel command line will be used
77 for the first performed test. After user gets a control, the test could be
78 re-run with the same or different parameters. For the details see the above
79 section "Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module..."
81 In both cases the module parameters are used as the actual values for the test
82 case. You always could check them at run-time by running ::
84 % grep -H . /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/*
86 Part 4 - Gathering the test results
87 ===================================
89 Test results are printed to the kernel log buffer with the format: ::
91 "dmatest: result <channel>: <test id>: '<error msg>' with src_off=<val> dst_off=<val> len=<val> (<err code>)"
97 dmatest: result dma0chan0-copy0: #1: No errors with src_off=0x7bf dst_off=0x8ad len=0x3fea (0)
99 The message format is unified across the different types of errors. A number in
100 the parens represents additional information, e.g. error code, error counter,
101 or status. A test thread also emits a summary line at completion listing the
102 number of tests executed, number that failed, and a result code.
107 dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: summary 1 test, 0 failures 1000 iops 100000 KB/s (0)
109 The details of a data miscompare error are also emitted, but do not follow the