add test for the cache-flush logic which was previously not tested

offloading-cacher/main.cpp

@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ void InitCache(const std::string& device) {
     }
 }
 
-double* GetRandomArray(const size_t size) {
-    double* array = new double[size];
+uint8_t* GetRandomArray(const size_t size) {
+    uint8_t* array = new uint8_t[size];
 
-    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> unif(std::numeric_limits<double>::min(), std::numeric_limits<double>::max());
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<uint8_t> unif(std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min(), std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max());
     std::default_random_engine re;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ double* GetRandomArray(const size_t size) {
     return array;
 }
 
-bool IsEqual(const double* a, const double* b, const size_t size) {
+bool IsEqual(const uint8_t* a, const uint8_t* b, const size_t size) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
         try {
             if (a[i] != b[i]) return false;
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ bool IsEqual(const double* a, const double* b, const size_t size) {
     return true;
 }
 
-void PerformAccessAndTest(double* src, const size_t size, const int tid) {
+std::unique_ptr<dsacache::CacheData> PerformAccessAndTest(uint8_t* src, const size_t size, const int tid) {
     std::unique_ptr<dsacache::CacheData> data_cache = CACHE.Access(
             reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(src),
-            size * sizeof(double)
+            size * sizeof(uint8_t)
     );
 
-    double* cached_imm = reinterpret_cast<double *>(data_cache->GetDataLocation());
+    uint8_t* cached_imm = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(data_cache->GetDataLocation());
 
     // check the value immediately just to see if ram or cache was returned
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void PerformAccessAndTest(double* src, const size_t size, const int tid) {
 
     // gets the cache-data-location from the struct
 
-    double* cached = reinterpret_cast<double *>(data_cache->GetDataLocation());
+    uint8_t* cached = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(data_cache->GetDataLocation());
 
     // tests on the resulting value
 
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ void PerformAccessAndTest(double* src, const size_t size, const int tid) {
     else {
         std::cerr << "[" << tid << "] Cached data is wrong." << std::endl;
     }
+
+    return std::move(data_cache);
 }
 
 void RunTestST(const size_t size) {
-    double* data = GetRandomArray(size);
+    uint8_t* data = GetRandomArray(size);
 
     static constexpr int tid = 0;
 
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ void RunTestST(const size_t size) {
 }
 
 void RunTestMT(const size_t size) {
-    double* data = GetRandomArray(size);
+    uint8_t* data = GetRandomArray(size);
 
     #pragma omp parallel
     {
@@ -153,14 +155,44 @@ void RunTestMT(const size_t size) {
     }
 }
 
+void RunTestFlush(const size_t size) {
+    uint8_t* data1 = GetRandomArray(size);
+    uint8_t* data2 = GetRandomArray(size);
+    uint8_t* data3 = GetRandomArray(size);
+
+    static constexpr int tid = 0;
+
+    std::cout << "[" << tid << "] first access to data d1 and keepalive --- " << std::endl;
+
+    const auto c1 = PerformAccessAndTest(data1, size, tid);
+
+    std::cout << "[" << tid << "] second access to d2 lets d2 vanish --- " << std::endl;
+
+    PerformAccessAndTest(data2, size, tid);
+
+    std::cout << "[" << tid << "] third access to d3 should clear d2 --- " << std::endl;
+
+    PerformAccessAndTest(data3, size, tid);
+
+    std::cout << "[" << tid << "] end of block and test d1 == cache1 --- " << std::endl;
+
+    if (IsEqual(data1, c1->GetDataLocation(), size)) {
+        std::cout << "[" << tid << "] Cached d1 is still correct." << std::endl;
+    }
+    else {
+        std::cerr << "[" << tid << "] Cached d1 is bad." << std::endl;
+    }
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (argc != 4) {
-        std::cerr << "This application requires four parameters!" << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "This application requires three parameters!" << std::endl;
 
         std::cout << "Please provide the following positional arguments: [device] [mode] [size]" << std::endl;
         std::cout << "[device] from { default, xeonmax } which influences cache and execution placement" << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "[mode] from { st, mt } or single and multi threaded respectively" << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "[size] positive integral number, amount of float64 in data array" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "[mode] from { st, mt, flt } or single and multi threaded and flushtest respectively" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "[size] positive integral number, amount of bytes in data array" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "for flushtest the given size should be 1/3 of the available cache size" << std::endl;
 
         exit(-1);
     }
@@ -186,6 +218,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     else if (mode == "mt") {
         RunTestMT(size);
     }
+    else if (mode == "flt") {
+        RunTestFlush(size);
+    }
     else {
         std::cerr << "Given Mode '" << mode << "' not supported!" << std::endl;
         exit(-1);