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+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build (freebsd && (386 || amd64 || arm || arm64 || riscv64)) || (linux && (386 || amd64 || arm || arm64 || loong64 || mips64 || mips64le || ppc64 || ppc64le || riscv64 || s390x))
+
+package runtime_test
+
+import (
+ "bytes"
+ "internal/testenv"
+ "os"
+ "os/exec"
+ "path/filepath"
+ "testing"
+ "time"
+)
+
+// TestUsingVDSO tests that we are actually using the VDSO to fetch
+// the time.
+func TestUsingVDSO(t *testing.T) {
+ const calls = 100
+
+ if os.Getenv("GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS") == "1" {
+ // Fetch the time a lot.
+ var total int64
+ for i := 0; i < calls; i++ {
+ total += time.Now().UnixNano()
+ }
+ os.Exit(0)
+ }
+
+ t.Parallel()
+
+ // Look for strace in /bin or /usr/bin. Don't assume that some
+ // strace on PATH is the one that we want.
+ strace := "/bin/strace"
+ if _, err := os.Stat(strace); err != nil {
+ strace = "/usr/bin/strace"
+ if _, err := os.Stat(strace); err != nil {
+ t.Skipf("skipping test because strace not found: %v", err)
+ }
+ }
+
+ exe, err := os.Executable()
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Skipf("skipping because Executable failed: %v", err)
+ }
+
+ t.Logf("GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS=1 %s -f -e clock_gettime %s -test.run=TestUsingVDSO", strace, exe)
+ cmd := testenv.Command(t, strace, "-f", "-e", "clock_gettime", exe, "-test.run=TestUsingVDSO")
+ cmd = testenv.CleanCmdEnv(cmd)
+ cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS=1")
+ out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+ if len(out) > 0 {
+ t.Logf("%s", out)
+ }
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatal(err)
+ }
+
+ if got := bytes.Count(out, []byte("gettime")); got >= calls {
+ t.Logf("found %d gettime calls, want < %d", got, calls)
+
+ // Try to double-check that a C program uses the VDSO.
+ tempdir := t.TempDir()
+ cfn := filepath.Join(tempdir, "time.c")
+ cexe := filepath.Join(tempdir, "time")
+ if err := os.WriteFile(cfn, []byte(vdsoCProgram), 0o644); err != nil {
+ t.Fatal(err)
+ }
+ cc := os.Getenv("CC")
+ if cc == "" {
+ cc, err = exec.LookPath("gcc")
+ if err != nil {
+ cc, err = exec.LookPath("clang")
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Skip("can't verify VDSO status, no C compiler")
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ t.Logf("%s -o %s %s", cc, cexe, cfn)
+ cmd = testenv.Command(t, cc, "-o", cexe, cfn)
+ cmd = testenv.CleanCmdEnv(cmd)
+ out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
+ if len(out) > 0 {
+ t.Logf("%s", out)
+ }
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Skipf("can't verify VDSO status, C compiled failed: %v", err)
+ }
+
+ t.Logf("%s -f -e clock_gettime %s", strace, cexe)
+ cmd = testenv.Command(t, strace, "-f", "-e", "clock_gettime", cexe)
+ cmd = testenv.CleanCmdEnv(cmd)
+ out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
+ if len(out) > 0 {
+ t.Logf("%s", out)
+ }
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Skipf("can't verify VDSO status, C program failed: %v", err)
+ }
+
+ if cgot := bytes.Count(out, []byte("gettime")); cgot >= 100 {
+ t.Logf("found %d gettime calls, want < %d", cgot, 100)
+ t.Log("C program does not use VDSO either")
+ return
+ }
+
+ // The Go program used the system call but the C
+ // program did not. This is a VDSO failure for Go.
+ t.Errorf("did not use VDSO system call")
+ }
+}
+
+const vdsoCProgram = `
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+int main() {
+ int i;
+ time_t tot;
+ for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+ struct timespec ts;
+ clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+ tot += ts.tv_nsec;
+ }
+ printf("%d\n", (int)(tot));
+ return 0;
+}
+`