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MicroTESK : An ADL-Based Reconfigurable Test Program Generator for Microprocessors

RAS. ISP. MicroTESK : An ADL-Based Reconfigurable Test Program Generator for Microprocessors. Alexander Kamkin , Andrey Tatarnikov { kamkin , andrewt }@ ispras.ru. Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPRAS) http://hardware.ispras.ru.

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MicroTESK : An ADL-Based Reconfigurable Test Program Generator for Microprocessors

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  1. RAS ISP MicroTESK: An ADL-Based Reconfigurable Test Program Generator for Microprocessors Alexander Kamkin, AndreyTatarnikov {kamkin, andrewt}@ispras.ru Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPRAS) http://hardware.ispras.ru

  2. Design and Verification of Microprocessors • Hardware Description Languages (HDL) • Verilog • VHDL • Architecture Description Languages (ADL) • nML • Sim-nML SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  3. Levels of Microprocessor Verification • Unit-Level (via Input and Output Signals) • Core-Level Verification (via Test Programs)

  4. lui s1, 0x2779 ori s1, s1, 0x0 lui s3, 0x4ee ori s3, s3, 0xf add v0, a0, a2 sub t1, t3, t5 add t7, s1, s3 Approaches to Test Program Construction Design ? • Manual Development • Random Generation • Template-Based Generation • Advanced Model-Based Generation Requirements Test Programs SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  5. Constraint-Based Test Program Generation Input Values Constraints (Invariants) Output Values (Test Data) • Features: • Context-Independent Solver Engines (e.g. Z3) • Flexible Language (SMT-LIB) • Rich Set of Supported Theories • Benefits: • Less Effort to Create Tests • Better Coverage • Less Testing Bugs SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  6. Evolution of Test Program Generators • Generator for a Particular Microprocessor • Model-Based Generator • Generation Core • Microprocessor Model • Instruction Set Model • Testing Knowledge • Reconfigurable Model-Based Generator • Generation Core • Microprocessor Description/Configuration SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  7. Motivation of the Project MicroTESK • Reduce Effort Needed to Switch to New Designs • Simplify Development of Test Cases Main Requirements: • It should be easy to change the instruction set: • add/remove microprocessor instructions • modify instructions’ semantics • It should be easy to change microarchitectural properties: • cache memory configuration • address translation algorithm • It should be able to generate test programs automatically according to high-level parameters SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  8. Design Model (Instruction Set, Resources) Testing Knowledge General Structure of MicroTESK MicroTESK Model Libraries Engine Specifications (ADL, Configuration) ADL Translator Model API Modeling Engineer Test Template Generator Basic TK Testtemplates Testtemplates User–Defined TestTemplates Test Program Generator TestTemplates CSP Solver API Verification Engineer Test programs CSP Solver Test programs Test Programs SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  9. Architectural Description (nML/Sim-nML) Test Template ALU r(), r(), r(); ADD R, r(), r();; default; SUB r(), R, r();; overflow; opADD(rd: GPR, rs: GPR, rt: GPR) action = { if(NotWordValue(rs) || NotWordValue(rt))then UNPREDICTABLE(); endif; tmp_word = rs<31..31>::rs<31..0> + rs<31..31>::rt<31..0>; if(tmp_word<32..32> != tmp_word<31..31>)then SignalException("IntegerOverflow"); else rd = sign_extend(tmp_word<31..0>); endif; } syntax = format("add %s, %s, %s", rd.syntax, rs.syntax, rt.syntax) op ALU = ADD | SUB | ... Precondition Test Situations Equivalence Classes SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  10. Memory Configuration Test Template LD r(), 0x0, r();; hit(TLB, loaded::PFN1);; miss(L1);; hit(L2); ... SD r(), 0x0, r();; hit(TLB, loaded::PFN2);; equals(PFN1, PFN2);; hit(L1); Buffer Configuration • Buffer associativity • Number of rows in a buffer • Structure of data item (fields and their size) • Index function that calculates the position of data by its address • Predicate checking whether it is hit or miss • Data displacement strategy buffer L1 = { set = 4 length = 128 line = { tag:card(27), data:card(32) } index(addr:36) = { addr<8..2> } match(addr:36) = { addr<35..9> == tag<0..26> } policy = LRU } SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  11. Constraints (define-sort DWORD64 () (_ BitVec 64)) (define-fun INT_ZERO () DWORD64 (_ bv0 64)) (define-fun INT_BASE_SIZE () DWORD64 (_ bv32 64)) (define-fun INT_SIGN_MASK () DWORD64 (bvshl (bvnot INT_ZERO) INT_BASE_SIZE)) (define-fun IsValidPos ((x!1 DWORD64)) Bool (ite (= (bvand x!1 INT_SIGN_MASK) INT_ZERO) true false)) (define-fun IsValidNeg ((x!1 DWORD64)) Bool (ite (= (bvand x!1 INT_SIGN_MASK) INT_SIGN_MASK) true false)) (define-fun IsValidSignedInt ((x!1 DWORD64)) Bool (ite (or (IsValidPos x!1) (IsValidNeg x!1)) true false)) • Preconditions • Possible Value Ranges • Value Dependencies • Pseudorandom Values (declare-const rs DWORD64) (declare-const rt DWORD64) (assert (IsValidSignedInt rs)) (assert (IsValidSignedInt rt)) (assert (not (IsValidSignedInt (bvadd rs rt)))) (assert (not (= rs rt))) (check-sat) (get-value (rs rt)) SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  12. Test Templates • Preconditions • Whole Class of Values • Custom Sequencing • Combinatorics class MyTemplate < Template def test() data = [ [0xEF, 0xFF], [0x1EF, 0x1FF], [0xFEF, 0xFFF] ]; data.each { |d| xor r0, r0, r0; ori r(2), r0, d[0]; ori r(4), r0, d[1]; ld tmp1=r(1), 0x0, r(2);; hit([L1(), L2()], [25, 50, 75]); ld tmp2=r(3), 0x0, r(4);; hit([L1(), L2()], [25, 50, 75]); dadd r(5), tmp1, tmp2;; overflow; } end end # class MyTemplate SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  13. Conclusion • Adapting the Model-Based Testing Approach for Verification Engineers • Domain-Oriented Languages • Handling Frequent Design Changes and Maintenance of the Models • Easy-to-Modify Specifications / Configurations • Push-Button Test Generation Techniques SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

  14. Thank You!Questions? SYRCoSe 2012: Testing and Monitoring of Computer Systems– May 30, 2012 - Perm, Russia

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