nt-lite/code/user/tests/pcache_pressure/pcache_pressure.c

// Sequential file-cache pressure test.
// Reads a large read-only asset through SysReadFile and checks that the
// read-only page cache stays bounded by dropping clean pages.

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ntlite/syscall.h>

#define READ_CHUNK 4096u
#define MIN_PRESSURE_BYTES (3u * 1024u * 1024u)
#define RESIDENT_LIMIT_PAGES 640u

static uint8_t gBuf[READ_CHUNK];

static void print(const char* s) {
    SYS_WRITE_CONSOLE_REQUEST req = { SysSvFromCstr(s) };
    SysWriteConsole(&req);
}

static void print_u64(uint64_t v) {
    char buf[32];
    int i = 0;
    if (v == 0) { print("0"); return; }
    while (v && i < (int)sizeof(buf)) {
        buf[i++] = (char)('0' + (v % 10));
        v /= 10;
    }
    while (i--) {
        char c[2] = { buf[i], 0 };
        print(c);
    }
}

static void exit_now(int code) {
    for (;;) SysExitProcess(code);
}

static void fail(const char* msg) {
    print("pcache_pressure: ");
    print(msg);
    print("\n");
    exit_now(1);
}

static void fail_status(const char* what, uint32_t status) {
    print("pcache_pressure: ");
    print(what);
    print(" failed status=");
    print_u64(status);
    print("\n");
    exit_now(1);
}

static uint32_t query_cache(SYS_FILE_CACHE_STATS* out) {
    return SysQueryKernelStats(SYS_KERNEL_STATS_FILE_CACHE, out, sizeof(*out), 0);
}

static uint32_t open_first_large(uint32_t* fileOut, const char** pathOut, uint64_t* sizeOut) {
    static const char* candidates[] = {
        "1:/apps/video.bk2",
        "0:/apps/video.bk2",
        "/apps/video.bk2",
        "video.bk2",

        "1:/apps/doom1.wad",
        "0:/apps/doom1.wad",
        "/apps/doom1.wad",
        "doom1.wad",
    };

    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(candidates) / sizeof(candidates[0]); ++i) {
        uint32_t h = 0;
        SYS_OPEN_FILE_REQUEST req = SysMakeOpenFileRequest(SysSvFromCstr(candidates[i]),
                                                               SYS_FILE_ACCESS_READ | SYS_FILE_ACCESS_QUERY,
                                                               SYS_FILE_OPEN_EXISTING,
                                                               SYS_FILE_FLAG_NONE,
                                                               &h);
        uint32_t s = SysOpenFile(&req);
        if (s != NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS)
            continue;

        uint64_t size = 0;
        s = SysGetFileSize(h, &size);
        if (s != NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS) {
            SysCloseHandle(h);
            continue;
        }
        if (size >= MIN_PRESSURE_BYTES) {
            *fileOut = h;
            *pathOut = candidates[i];
            *sizeOut = size;
            return NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS;
        }

        SysCloseHandle(h);
    }

    return NTLSTATUS_NOT_FOUND;
}

int main(void) {
    print("pcache_pressure: start\n");

    SYS_FILE_CACHE_STATS before;
    SYS_FILE_CACHE_STATS after;
    if (query_cache(&before) != NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS)
        fail("initial cache stats query failed");

    uint32_t file = 0;
    const char* path = 0;
    uint64_t size = 0;
    uint32_t s = open_first_large(&file, &path, &size);
    if (s != NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS)
        fail_status("open large asset", s);

    print("pcache_pressure: using ");
    print(path ? path : "<unknown>");
    print(" size=");
    print_u64(size);
    print("\n");

    uint64_t total = 0;
    uint64_t target = size < (8u * 1024u * 1024u) ? size : (8u * 1024u * 1024u);
    while (total < target) {
        size_t got = 0;
        SYS_FILE_IO_REQUEST readReq = SysMakeFileIoRequest(file, gBuf, sizeof(gBuf), &got);
        s = SysReadFile(&readReq);
        if (s != NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS)
            fail_status("read", s);
        if (got == 0)
            break;
        total += got;
    }

    SysCloseHandle(file);

    if (total < MIN_PRESSURE_BYTES)
        fail("asset read was too short to pressure the cache");

    if (query_cache(&after) != NTLSTATUS_SUCCESS)
        fail("final cache stats query failed");

    uint64_t loads = after.Loads - before.Loads;
    uint64_t hits  = after.Hits  - before.Hits;
    uint64_t drops = after.Drops - before.Drops;
    uint64_t raReq = after.ReadAheadRequests - before.ReadAheadRequests;
    uint64_t raLoad = after.ReadAheadPagesLoaded - before.ReadAheadPagesLoaded;
    uint64_t raThrottle = after.ReadAheadPagesThrottled - before.ReadAheadPagesThrottled;
    uint64_t batchReads = after.BatchReads - before.BatchReads;
    uint64_t batchPages = after.BatchPagesLoaded - before.BatchPagesLoaded;

    print("pcache_pressure: read bytes="); print_u64(total);
    print(" loads+="); print_u64(loads);
    print(" hits+="); print_u64(hits);
    print(" drops+="); print_u64(drops);
    print(" resident="); print_u64(after.ResidentPages);
    print(" active="); print_u64(after.ActivePages);
    print(" standby="); print_u64(after.StandbyPages);
    print(" max="); print_u64(after.MaxResidentPages);
    print(" readahead-req+="); print_u64(raReq);
    print(" readahead-load+="); print_u64(raLoad);
    print(" readahead-throttle+="); print_u64(raThrottle);
    print(" batch-reads+="); print_u64(batchReads);
    print(" batch-pages+="); print_u64(batchPages);
    print("\n");

    if (loads < 512)
        fail("expected at least 512 cache page loads");
    if (after.ResidentPages > RESIDENT_LIMIT_PAGES)
        fail("resident page cache exceeded pressure bound");
    if (loads > RESIDENT_LIMIT_PAGES && drops == 0)
        fail("cache did not drop clean pages under pressure");

    print("pcache_pressure: PASS\n");
    exit_now(0);
    return 0;
}