Prime+Scope implementation, including a "PrimeTime"

implementation for finding prime patterns

demo/Makefile.in

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ FILES= \
 	L3-capture.c \
 	L3-capturecount.c \
 	L3-scan.c \
+	PS.c \
+	PS-prime-time.c \
 	L2-capture.c \
 	L2-rattle.c \
 	L2-sequence.c \

demo/PS-prime-time.c

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <mastik/ps.h>
+#include <mastik/pt.h>
+#include <mastik/l3.h>
+
+int main() {
+  pt_t patterns = pt_prepare(NULL, NULL);
+  pt_results_t results = generate_prime_patterns(patterns);
+
+  printf("EVCr    | Cycles | Pattern\n");
+  for(int i = 0; i < PT_RESULTS_COUNT; i++){
+    printf("%7.3f%% | %6d | ", results->evcrs[i]*100, results->cycles[i]);
+    dump_ppattern(results->patterns[i]);
+    printf("\n");
+  }
+
+  free(results);
+}

demo/PS.c

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sched.h>
+#undef _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <mastik/ps.h>
+#include <mastik/low.h>
+
+void pin_to_core(int core) {
+  cpu_set_t cpu_set;
+  CPU_ZERO(&cpu_set);
+  CPU_SET(core, &cpu_set);
+  sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpu_set);
+}
+
+enum SHARED_STATE {
+  STATE_INIT,
+  STATE_SHOULD_ACCESS,
+};
+volatile enum SHARED_STATE* shared_state;
+
+pid_t setup_child(void* target) {
+  shared_state = mmap(NULL, sizeof(enum SHARED_STATE), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+  *shared_state = STATE_INIT;
+
+  pid_t child_pid = fork();
+  if(child_pid == 0) {
+    prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL);
+    pin_to_core(3);
+    while(1) {
+      while(*shared_state == STATE_INIT) {}
+      mfence();
+      memaccesstime(target);
+      mfence();
+      *shared_state = STATE_INIT;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return child_pid;
+}
+
+void cleanup_child(pid_t pid) {
+  kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+  waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
+  munmap((void*)shared_state, sizeof(enum SHARED_STATE));
+}
+
+#define TARGET_LINE 31
+#define TRIALS 100
+int main() {
+  // Intel Core i5-8250U: R4_S4_P0S123S1231S23 [99.98% Success rate, 1625 cycles]
+  uint8_t _pat[13] = {0, PATTERN_TARGET, 1, 2, 3, PATTERN_TARGET, 1, 2, 3, 1, PATTERN_TARGET, 2, 3};
+  ppattern_t best_pat = construct_pattern(4, 4, _pat, sizeof(_pat));
+
+  mm_t mm = mm_prepare(NULL, NULL, NULL);
+  assert(mm);
+  ps_t ps = ps_prepare(best_pat, NULL, mm);
+  assert(ps);
+
+  void* target = mm_requestline(mm, L3, TARGET_LINE);
+  // NOTE: We are somwhat abusing this for demonstration purposes -
+  //       we are relying on the fact that Linux uses copy-on-write for
+  //       for MAP_PRIVATE mmap-allocations: This line comes from the
+  //       mm->memory buffer, which is MAP_PRIVATE and so in theory it
+  //       is not shared with the forked process, but practically it is.
+
+  ps_monitor(ps, TARGET_LINE);
+
+  pid_t child_pid = setup_child(target);
+  pin_to_core(2);
+
+  int success = 0;
+  for(int i = 0; i < TRIALS; i++) {
+    ps_prime(ps);
+
+    uint16_t t_res;
+
+    ps_scope(ps, &t_res);
+    if(t_res > L3_THRESHOLD)
+      continue;
+
+    ps_scope(ps, &t_res);
+    if(t_res > L3_THRESHOLD)
+      continue;
+
+    *shared_state = STATE_SHOULD_ACCESS;
+    mfence();
+    while(*shared_state == STATE_SHOULD_ACCESS) {}
+    mfence();
+
+    ps_scope(ps, &t_res);
+    if(t_res < L3_THRESHOLD)
+      continue;
+
+    success += 1;
+  }
+
+  printf("%d/%d Successful\n", success, TRIALS);
+
+  ps_release(ps);
+  cleanup_child(child_pid);
+
+  return 0;
+}

mastik/ps.h

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef __PS_H__
+#define __PS_H__ 1
+
+#include <mastik/lx.h>
+#include <mastik/l3.h>
+
+#define PATTERN_CAPACITY 20
+#define PATTERN_TARGET 0xFF
+struct prime_pattern {
+  uint8_t repeat;
+  uint8_t stride;
+  // The largest offset from i
+  uint8_t width;
+  uint8_t length;
+  // 0xFF denotes the target, other values denote offset from i
+  uint8_t pattern[PATTERN_CAPACITY];
+};
+typedef struct prime_pattern ppattern_t;
+ppattern_t construct_pattern(uint8_t repeat, uint8_t stride, uint8_t* pattern, uint8_t length);
+void dump_ppattern(ppattern_t pattern);
+void access_pattern(vlist_t evset, int associativity, ppattern_t pattern);
+
+typedef struct ps *ps_t;
+ps_t ps_prepare(ppattern_t prime_pattern, l3info_t l3info, mm_t mm);
+
+int ps_monitor(ps_t ps, int line);
+int ps_unmonitor(ps_t ps, int line);
+void ps_unmonitorall(ps_t ps);
+int ps_getmonitoredset(ps_t ps, int *lines, int nlines);
+
+void ps_prime(ps_t ps);
+void ps_scope(ps_t ps, uint16_t* results);
+// Returns the first line that is accessed, or (-1) if no monitored line
+// was accessed before running through all iterations
+int ps_prime_and_scope(ps_t ps, int iterations);
+
+void ps_release(ps_t ps);
+
+#endif // __PS_H__

mastik/pt.h

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef __PRIME_TIME_H__
+#define __PRIME_TIME_H__ 1
+
+#include <mastik/ps.h>
+
+typedef struct prime_time* pt_t;
+
+#define PT_RESULTS_COUNT 100
+struct pt_results {
+    ppattern_t patterns[PT_RESULTS_COUNT];
+    float evcrs[PT_RESULTS_COUNT];
+    int cycles[PT_RESULTS_COUNT];
+};
+typedef struct pt_results* pt_results_t;
+
+pt_t pt_prepare(l3info_t l3info, mm_t mm);
+void pt_release(pt_t pt);
+
+// Results have to be free()-ed
+pt_results_t generate_prime_patterns(pt_t patterns);
+
+#endif // __PRIME_TIME_H__

src/Makefile.in

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ LIBSRCS= \
 	lx.c \
 	mm.c \
 	pda.c \
+	ps.c \
+	pt.c \
 	util.c \
 	symbol.c \
 	synctrace.c \