/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Microsoft Research Singularity // // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. // // File: CalibrateTimers.cs // // Note: // // #define VERBOSE using System; using Microsoft.Singularity.Hal; using Microsoft.Singularity.Hal.Acpi; namespace Microsoft.Singularity.Hal { [ CLSCompliant(false) ] internal sealed class CalibrateTimers { private static int ApproxLog10(ulong value) { ulong thresh = 4; for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { if (thresh >= value) { return i; } thresh *= 10; } return 0; } private static int MinSpread(ulong [] values, int width) { ulong maxIre = 0; // Inverse-relative error int minCenter = 0; for (int i = 0; i < values.Length - width; i++) { ulong delta = values[i + width - 1] - values[i]; ulong ire = values[i + width / 2] / (delta + 1); if (ire > maxIre) { maxIre = ire; minCenter = i + width / 2; } } return minCenter; } private static void DisplayResults(ulong tscHz, int i8254Hz) { DebugStub.Print("TSC measured at {0} MHz\n", __arglist((int)(tscHz / 1000000))); DebugStub.Print("i8254 measured at {0} Hz\n", __arglist(i8254Hz)); } internal static bool Run(PMTimer pmtimer, Timer8254LegacyPC i8254) { const int testRuns = 8; int attempts = 0; const uint pmMask = 0xffffffu; const ulong tscMask = 0xffffffffffff; const int i8254Mask = 0xffff; ulong [] tscHz = new ulong[testRuns]; ulong [] i8254Hz = new ulong[testRuns]; uint [] pmGoal = new uint[testRuns]; uint [] pmActual = new uint[testRuns]; i8254.Timer2Start(); measure: attempts ++; for (uint i = 0; i < testRuns; i++) { uint testHz = 2u + (i % 5u); uint pmAccum = 0; uint pmLast = pmtimer.Value & pmMask; uint pmEnd = PMTimer.FrequencyHz / testHz; ulong tscStart = Processor.CycleCount; ulong tscEnd = 0; int i8254Accum = 0; int i8254Last = i8254.Timer2Read(); while (pmAccum < pmEnd) { // Spin to burn on few // clock cycles. On real hardware we stall // reading the timers. On VPC we see the // PMTimer go backwards occasionally when // hammering it so we call SpinWait to // reduce the chance of observing it go // backwards. // // Note: We explicitly use Thread.SpinWait // since it will not be optimized out, // unlike a simple spin loop. System.Threading.Thread.SpinWait(10000); uint pmNow = pmtimer.Value & pmMask; if (pmNow < pmLast) { // On VPC the PM // timer occasionally goes backwards and // this leads to bogus calibration // points. if (pmLast - pmNow < PMTimer.FrequencyHz / 2) { // ignore measurement continue; } // Clock wrap, measurement okay. } pmAccum += (pmNow + (pmMask + 1) - pmLast) & pmMask; pmLast = pmNow; tscEnd = Processor.CycleCount; int i8254Now = i8254.Timer2Read(); i8254Accum += ((i8254Mask + 1) + i8254Last - i8254Now) & i8254Mask; i8254Last = i8254Now; } ulong tscDelta = (tscEnd + (tscMask + 1) - tscStart) & tscMask; tscHz[i] = tscDelta * PMTimer.FrequencyHz / pmAccum; i8254Hz[i] = (ulong)i8254Accum * PMTimer.FrequencyHz / pmAccum; pmGoal[i] = pmEnd; pmActual[i] = pmAccum; } #region -*- temporary failure debugging support -*- ulong[] tscHzBackup = new ulong[tscHz.Length]; ulong[] i8254HzBackup = new ulong[i8254Hz.Length]; Array.Copy(tscHz, tscHzBackup, tscHz.Length); Array.Copy(i8254Hz, i8254HzBackup, i8254Hz.Length); #endregion Array.Sort(tscHz); Array.Sort(i8254Hz); bool noisyClock = false; // Re-measure if values are obviously bogus as can occur with // VPC. Check is minimum value is less than n% of maximum // value. bool tscFailed = tscHz[0] < 3 * tscHz[testRuns - 1] / 4; bool i8254Failed = i8254Hz[0] < 3 * i8254Hz[testRuns - 1] / 4; if (tscFailed || i8254Failed) { if (attempts < 10) { noisyClock = true; DebugStub.Print("CLOCK CALIBRATION FAILED"); if (tscFailed && i8254Failed) { DebugStub.Print(" (tsc and i2854) "); } else if (tscFailed) { DebugStub.Print(" (tsc only) " ); } else { DebugStub.Print(" (i8254 only) " ); } DebugStub.Print("RETRYING.\n"); for (int i = 0; i < tscHzBackup.Length; i++) { DebugStub.Print("tscHz {0} i8254Hz {1} pmGoal {2} pmActual {3}\n", __arglist(tscHzBackup[i], i8254HzBackup[i], pmGoal[i], pmActual[i])); } goto measure; } else { DebugStub.Print("ALL CLOCK CALIBRATION ATTEMPTS FAILED.\n"); // TODO: // Try to calibrate with rtClock // SlowCalibration(rtClock, timer8254); Processor.CyclesPerSecond = 1800 * 1000 * 1000; i8254.SetTicksPerSecond(1193180); return true; } } ulong tscHzEstimate = tscHz[MinSpread(tscHz, 3)]; int i8254HzEstimate = (int) i8254Hz[MinSpread(i8254Hz, 3)]; DisplayResults(tscHzEstimate, i8254HzEstimate); // Set measured frequencies in appropriate places. Processor.CyclesPerSecond = tscHzEstimate; i8254.SetTicksPerSecond(i8254HzEstimate); // // Range of measurements is a pretty good indicator of VPCness // since it may have been descheduled during these measurements // so timer measurements will be poor. // int oValue = ApproxLog10(tscHzEstimate); int oRange = ApproxLog10(tscHz[testRuns - 1] - tscHz[0]); if (oValue - oRange < 5) { DebugStub.Print("*** Noisy timing measurements. Looks like measurement on VPC or bad hardware. ***\n"); noisyClock = true; } return noisyClock; } internal static void Run(RTClockLegacyPC rtc, Timer8254LegacyPC i8254) { // This test uses the RTC's update-in-progress bit, UIP, as // a measure of 1 second of time. The UIP set period is // around 240us which means we can safely read the // i8254 in a loop without worrying about missing the // bit being set / cleared because of i/o operations. // // This test fails horribly on VPC. It has problems with the // update-in-progress bit in the RTC. Fortunately we should // not get here on VPC. // // NB This routine does not try to be as rigorous as // the PM Timer version as each calibration run // takes much longer. const int testRuns = 2; int i8254Last = 0; int i8254Now = 0; int i8254Accum = 0; int [] i8254Hz = new int [testRuns]; ulong tscLast = 0; ulong tscNow = 0; ulong [] tscHz = new ulong[testRuns]; i8254.Timer2Start(); do { tscLast = Processor.CycleCount; i8254Last = i8254.Timer2Read(); } while (rtc.UpdateInProgress() == false); for (int i = 0; i < testRuns; i++) { while (rtc.UpdateInProgress() == true) ; do { tscNow = Processor.CycleCount; i8254Now = i8254.Timer2Read(); i8254Accum += (0x10000 + i8254Last - i8254Now) & 0xffff; i8254Last = i8254Now; } while (rtc.UpdateInProgress() == false); tscHz[i] = (tscNow + 0x1000000000000 - tscLast)&0xffffffffffff; tscLast = tscNow; i8254Hz[i] = i8254Accum; i8254Accum = 0; } DisplayResults(tscHz[testRuns - 1], i8254Hz[testRuns - 1]); Processor.CyclesPerSecond = tscHz[testRuns - 1]; i8254.SetTicksPerSecond(i8254Hz[testRuns - 1]); } } }