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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corp.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2.
+ */
+
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+#include "ebb.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * Test that tries to trigger CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG. Which is a hardware defect
+ * where an exception triggers but we context switch before it is delivered and
+ * lose the exception.
+ */
+
+static int test_body(void)
+{
+	int i, orig_period, max_period;
+	struct event event;
+
+	/* We use PMC4 to make sure the kernel switches all counters correctly */
+	event_init_named(&event, 0x40002, "instructions");
+	event_leader_ebb_init(&event);
+
+	event.attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+	event.attr.exclude_hv = 1;
+	event.attr.exclude_idle = 1;
+
+	FAIL_IF(event_open(&event));
+
+	ebb_enable_pmc_counting(4);
+	setup_ebb_handler(standard_ebb_callee);
+	ebb_global_enable();
+	FAIL_IF(ebb_event_enable(&event));
+
+	/*
+	 * We want a low sample period, but we also want to get out of the EBB
+	 * handler without tripping up again.
+	 *
+	 * This value picked after much experimentation.
+	 */
+	orig_period = max_period = sample_period = 400;
+
+	mtspr(SPRN_PMC4, pmc_sample_period(sample_period));
+
+	while (ebb_state.stats.ebb_count < 1000000) {
+		/*
+		 * We are trying to get the EBB exception to race exactly with
+		 * us entering the kernel to do the syscall. We then need the
+		 * kernel to decide our timeslice is up and context switch to
+		 * the other thread. When we come back our EBB will have been
+		 * lost and we'll spin in this while loop forever.
+		 */
+
+		for (i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
+			sched_yield();
+
+		/* Change the sample period slightly to try and hit the race */
+		if (sample_period >= (orig_period + 200))
+			sample_period = orig_period;
+		else
+			sample_period++;
+
+		if (sample_period > max_period)
+			max_period = sample_period;
+	}
+
+	ebb_freeze_pmcs();
+	ebb_global_disable();
+
+	count_pmc(4, sample_period);
+	mtspr(SPRN_PMC4, 0xdead);
+
+	dump_summary_ebb_state();
+	dump_ebb_hw_state();
+
+	event_close(&event);
+
+	FAIL_IF(ebb_state.stats.ebb_count == 0);
+
+	/* We vary our sample period so we need extra fudge here */
+	FAIL_IF(!ebb_check_count(4, orig_period, 2 * (max_period - orig_period)));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int lost_exception(void)
+{
+	return eat_cpu(test_body);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return test_harness(lost_exception, "lost_exception");
+}