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tests: optimize xtimer drift for size
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Joakim Nohlgård 6 years ago committed by GitHub
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tests/xtimer_drift/README.md
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# xtimer_drift test application
Make note of the PC clock when starting this test. Let it run for a while, and
compare the printed time against the expected time from the PC clock. The
difference is the RIOT timer drift, this is likely caused by either:
- an inaccurate hardware timer, or
- bugs in the software (xtimer or periph/timer)
This test will run a periodic timer every `TEST_INTERVAL` microseconds (`TEST_HZ`).
The current time will be printed once per second, along with the difference
between the actual and expected `xtimer_now` value. The first output variable
`drift`, represents the total offset since start between `xtimer_now` and the
expected time. The second output variable `jitter`, represents the difference
in drift from the last printout. Two other threads are also running only to
cause CPU load with extra interrupts and context switches.

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tests/xtimer_drift/main.c
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2017 HAW Hamburg
* Copyright (C) 2015 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
* Copyright (C) 2015 Eistec AB
* 2013 INRIA
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* @author Oliver Hahm <oliver.hahm@inria.fr>
* @author Christian Mehlis <mehlis@inf.fu-berlin.de>
* @author Joakim Nohlgård <joakim.nohlgard@eistec.se>
* @author Sebastian Meiling <s@mlng.net>
*
* @}
*/
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#include "xtimer.h"
#include "thread.h"
#include "msg.h"
#include "log.h"
/* We generate some context switching and IPC traffic by using multiple threads
* and generate some xtimer load by scheduling several messages to be called at
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* TEST_MSG_RX_USLEEP is a tiny sleep inside the message reception thread to
* cause extra context switches.
*/
#define TEST_HZ (64LU)
#define TEST_INTERVAL (1000000LU / TEST_HZ)
#define TEST_MSG_RX_USLEEP (200LU)
#define TEST_HZ (64LU)
#define TEST_INTERVAL (1000000LU / TEST_HZ)
#define TEST_MSG_RX_USLEEP (200LU)
#define TEST_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE (4U)
char slacker_stack1[THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT];
char slacker_stack2[THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT];
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(void) arg;
timex_t now;
printf("Starting thread %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", thread_getpid());
LOG_DEBUG("run thread %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", thread_getpid());
/* we need a queue if the second message arrives while the first is still processed */
/* without a queue, the message would get lost */
msg_t msgq[4];
msg_init_queue(msgq, 4);
/* we need a queue if a 2nd message arrives while the first is processed */
msg_t msgq[TEST_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE];
msg_init_queue(msgq, TEST_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE);
while (1) {
msg_t m;
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void *worker_thread(void *arg)
{
(void) arg;
uint32_t loop_counter = 0;
uint32_t start = 0;
uint32_t last = 0;
printf("Starting thread %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", thread_getpid());
LOG_DEBUG("run thread %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", thread_getpid());
while (1) {
msg_t m;
msg_receive(&m);
xtimer_ticks32_t ticks = xtimer_now();
uint32_t now = xtimer_usec_from_ticks(ticks);
if (start == 0) {
start = now;
last = start;
++loop_counter;
continue;
}
uint32_t us, sec;
us = now % US_PER_SEC;
sec = now / US_PER_SEC;
if ((loop_counter % TEST_HZ) == 0) {
else if ((loop_counter % TEST_HZ) == 0) {
uint32_t us = now % US_PER_SEC;
uint32_t sec = now / US_PER_SEC;
uint32_t expected = start + loop_counter * TEST_INTERVAL;
int32_t drift = now - expected;
expected = last + TEST_HZ * TEST_INTERVAL;
int32_t jitter = now - expected;
printf("now=%" PRIu32 ".%06" PRIu32 " (0x%08" PRIx32 " ticks), ",
sec, us, ticks.ticks32);
printf("drift=%" PRId32 " us, jitter=%" PRId32 " us\n", drift, jitter);
sec, us, ticks.ticks32);
printf("drift=%" PRId32 " us, jitter=%" PRId32 " us\n",
drift, jitter);
last = now;
}
++loop_counter;
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int main(void)
{
LOG_DEBUG("[INIT]\n");
msg_t m;
/* create and trigger first background thread */
kernel_pid_t pid1 = thread_create(slacker_stack1, sizeof(slacker_stack1),
THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1,
THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
slacker_thread, NULL, "slacker1");
puts("xtimer_drift test application");
puts("Make note of the PC clock when starting this test, let run for a while, "
"compare the printed time against the expected time from the PC clock.");
puts("The difference is the RIOT timer drift, this is likely caused by either: "
"an inaccurate hardware timer, or bugs in the software (xtimer or periph/timer).");
printf("This test will run a periodic timer every %lu microseconds (%lu Hz), ",
(unsigned long)TEST_INTERVAL, (unsigned long)TEST_HZ);
puts("The current time will be printed once per second, along with the "
"difference between the actual and expected xtimer_now value.");
puts("The first output variable, 'drift', represents the total offset since "
"start between xtimer_now and the expected time.");
puts("The second output variable, 'jitter', represents the difference in drift from the last printout.");
puts("Two other threads are also running only to cause extra interrupts and context switches.");
puts(" <====== PC clock if running in pyterm.");
puts("");
puts(" =======================");
puts(" ===== Test begins =====");
puts(" =======================");
kernel_pid_t pid1 = thread_create(
slacker_stack1,
sizeof(slacker_stack1),
THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1,
THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
slacker_thread,
NULL,
"slacker1");
puts("sending 1st msg");
LOG_DEBUG("+ msg 1");
m.content.ptr = &msg_a;
msg_try_send(&m, pid1);
puts("sending 2nd msg");
LOG_DEBUG("+ msg 2");
m.content.ptr = &msg_b;
msg_try_send(&m, pid1);
kernel_pid_t pid2 = thread_create(
slacker_stack2,
sizeof(slacker_stack2),
THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1,
THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
slacker_thread,
NULL,
"slacker2");
/* create and trigger second background thread */
kernel_pid_t pid2 = thread_create(slacker_stack2, sizeof(slacker_stack2),
THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1,
THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
slacker_thread, NULL, "slacker2");
puts("sending 3rd msg");
LOG_DEBUG("+ msg 3");
m.content.ptr = &msg_c;
msg_try_send(&m, pid2);
puts("sending 4th msg");
LOG_DEBUG("+ msg 4");
m.content.ptr = &msg_d;
msg_try_send(&m, pid2);
kernel_pid_t pid3 = thread_create(
worker_stack,
sizeof(worker_stack),
THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1,
THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
worker_thread,
NULL,
"worker");
/* create and trigger worker thread */
kernel_pid_t pid3 = thread_create(worker_stack, sizeof(worker_stack),
THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1,
THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST,
worker_thread, NULL, "worker");
puts("[START]\n");
xtimer_ticks32_t last_wakeup = xtimer_now();
while (1) {
xtimer_periodic_wakeup(&last_wakeup, TEST_INTERVAL);

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