[v2,5/6] app/test: test dmadev instance failure handling

Message ID 20210901163216.120087-6-bruce.richardson@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
Headers
Series add test suite for DMA drivers |

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Bruce Richardson Sept. 1, 2021, 4:32 p.m. UTC
  Add a series of tests to inject bad copy operations into a dmadev to
test the error handling and reporting capabilities. Various combinations
of errors in various positions in a burst are tested, as are errors in
bursts with fence flag set, and multiple errors in a single burst.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
 app/test/test_dmadev.c | 427 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 427 insertions(+)
  

Comments

Mattias Rönnblom Sept. 1, 2021, 7:53 p.m. UTC | #1
On 2021-09-01 18:32, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Add a series of tests to inject bad copy operations into a dmadev to
> test the error handling and reporting capabilities. Various combinations
> of errors in various positions in a burst are tested, as are errors in
> bursts with fence flag set, and multiple errors in a single burst.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
>   app/test/test_dmadev.c | 427 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 427 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test/test_dmadev.c b/app/test/test_dmadev.c
> index 7a808a9cba..5d7b6ddd87 100644
> --- a/app/test/test_dmadev.c
> +++ b/app/test/test_dmadev.c
> @@ -302,6 +302,414 @@ test_enqueue_copies(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan)
>   			|| do_multi_copies(dev_id, vchan, 0, 0, 1);
>   }
>   
> +/* Failure handling test cases - global macros and variables for those tests*/
> +#define COMP_BURST_SZ	16
> +#define OPT_FENCE(idx) ((fence && idx == 8) ? RTE_DMA_OP_FLAG_FENCE : 0)
> +
> +static int
> +test_failure_in_full_burst(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, bool fence,
> +		struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts, unsigned int fail_idx)
> +{
> +	/* Test single full batch statuses with failures */
> +	enum rte_dma_status_code status[COMP_BURST_SZ];
> +	struct rte_dmadev_stats baseline, stats;
> +	uint16_t invalid_addr_id = 0;
> +	uint16_t idx;
> +	uint16_t count, status_count;
> +	unsigned int i;
> +	bool error = 0;

error = false;

> +	int err_count = 0;
> +
> +	rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, vchan, &baseline); /* get a baseline set of stats */
> +	for (i = 0; i < COMP_BURST_SZ; i++) {
> +		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
> +				(i == fail_idx ? 0 : (srcs[i]->buf_iova + srcs[i]->data_off)),
> +				dsts[i]->buf_iova + dsts[i]->data_off,
> +				COPY_LEN, OPT_FENCE(i));
> +		if (id < 0) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", i);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +		if (i == fail_idx)
> +			invalid_addr_id = id;
> +	}
> +	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
> +	rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, vchan, &stats);
> +	if (stats.submitted != baseline.submitted + COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Submitted stats value not as expected, %"PRIu64" not %"PRIu64"\n",
> +				stats.submitted, baseline.submitted + COMP_BURST_SZ);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +	count = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error);
> +	if (count != fail_idx) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_completed for failure test. Got returned %u not %u.\n",
> +				count, fail_idx);
> +		rte_dmadev_dump(dev_id, stdout);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (error == false) {
if (!error)
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. has_error is not set\n",
> +				fail_idx);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (idx != invalid_addr_id - 1) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. Got last idx %u, not %u\n",
> +				fail_idx, idx, invalid_addr_id - 1);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* all checks ok, now verify calling completed() again always returns 0 */
> +	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
> +		if (rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error) != 0
> +				|| error == false || idx != (invalid_addr_id - 1)) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with follow-up completed calls for fail idx %u\n",
> +					fail_idx);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	status_count = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ,
> +			&idx, status);
> +	/* some HW may stop on error and be restarted after getting error status for single value
> +	 * To handle this case, if we get just one error back, wait for more completions and get
> +	 * status for rest of the burst
> +	 */
> +	if (status_count == 1) {
> +		await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +		status_count += rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ - 1,
> +					&idx, &status[1]);
> +	}
> +	/* check that at this point we have all status values */
> +	if (status_count != COMP_BURST_SZ - count) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error with completed_status calls for fail idx %u. Got %u not %u\n",
> +				fail_idx, status_count, COMP_BURST_SZ - count);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	/* now verify just one failure followed by multiple successful or skipped entries */
> +	if (status[0] == RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error with status returned for fail idx %u. First status was not failure\n",
> +				fail_idx);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	for (i = 1; i < status_count; i++) {
> +		/* after a failure in a burst, depending on ordering/fencing,
> +		 * operations may be successful or skipped because of previous error.
> +		 */
> +		if (status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL
> +				&& status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_NOT_ATTEMPTED) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with status calls for fail idx %u. Status for job %u (of %u) is not successful\n",
> +					fail_idx, count + i, COMP_BURST_SZ);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/* check the completed + errors stats are as expected */
> +	rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, vchan, &stats);
> +	if (stats.completed != baseline.completed + COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Completed stats value not as expected, %"PRIu64" not %"PRIu64"\n",
> +				stats.completed, baseline.completed + COMP_BURST_SZ);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	for (i = 0; i < status_count; i++)
> +		err_count += (status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL);
> +	if (stats.errors != baseline.errors + err_count) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("'Errors' stats value not as expected, %"PRIu64" not %"PRIu64"\n",
> +				stats.errors, baseline.errors + err_count);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +test_individual_status_query_with_failure(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, bool fence,
> +		struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts, unsigned int fail_idx)
> +{
> +	/* Test gathering batch statuses one at a time */
> +	enum rte_dma_status_code status[COMP_BURST_SZ];
> +	uint16_t invalid_addr_id = 0;
> +	uint16_t idx;
> +	uint16_t count = 0, status_count = 0;
> +	unsigned int j;
> +	bool error = false;
> +
> +	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
> +		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
> +				(j == fail_idx ? 0 : (srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off)),
> +				dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
> +				COPY_LEN, OPT_FENCE(j));
> +		if (id < 0) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +		if (j == fail_idx)
> +			invalid_addr_id = id;
> +	}
> +	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
> +	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +	/* use regular "completed" until we hit error */
> +	while (!error) {
> +		uint16_t n = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, 1, &idx, &error);
> +		count += n;
> +		if (n > 1 || count >= COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error - too many completions got\n");
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +		if (n == 0 && !error) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error, unexpectedly got zero completions after %u completed\n",
> +					count);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	if (idx != invalid_addr_id - 1) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, last successful index not as expected, got %u, expected %u\n",
> +				idx, invalid_addr_id - 1);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* use completed_status until we hit end of burst */
> +	while (count + status_count < COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +		uint16_t n = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, 1, &idx,
> +				&status[status_count]);
> +		await_hw(dev_id, vchan); /* allow delay to ensure jobs are completed */
> +		status_count += n;
> +		if (n != 1) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error: unexpected number of completions received, %u, not 1\n",
> +					n);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/* check for single failure */
> +	if (status[0] == RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, unexpected successful DMA transaction\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	for (j = 1; j < status_count; j++) {
> +		if (status[j] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL
> +				&& status[j] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_NOT_ATTEMPTED) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error, unexpected DMA error reported\n");
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +test_single_item_status_query_with_failure(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan,
> +		struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts, unsigned int fail_idx)
> +{
> +	/* When error occurs just collect a single error using "completed_status()"
> +	 * before going to back to completed() calls
> +	 */
> +	enum rte_dma_status_code status;
> +	uint16_t invalid_addr_id = 0;
> +	uint16_t idx;
> +	uint16_t count, status_count, count2;
> +	unsigned int j;
> +	bool error = 0;

Same here.

> +
> +	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
> +		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
> +				(j == fail_idx ? 0 : (srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off)),
> +				dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
> +				COPY_LEN, 0);
> +		if (id < 0) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +		if (j == fail_idx)
> +			invalid_addr_id = id;
> +	}
> +	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
> +	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +	/* get up to the error point */
> +	count = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error);
> +	if (count != fail_idx) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_completed for failure test. Got returned %u not %u.\n",
> +				count, fail_idx);
> +		rte_dmadev_dump(dev_id, stdout);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (error == false) {

And here.

> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. has_error is not set\n",
> +				fail_idx);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (idx != invalid_addr_id - 1) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. Got last idx %u, not %u\n",
> +				fail_idx, idx, invalid_addr_id - 1);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* get the error code */
> +	status_count = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, 1, &idx, &status);
> +	if (status_count != 1) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error with completed_status calls for fail idx %u. Got %u not %u\n",
> +				fail_idx, status_count, COMP_BURST_SZ - count);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (status == RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error with status returned for fail idx %u. First status was not failure\n",
> +				fail_idx);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	/* delay in case time needed after err handled to complete other jobs */
> +	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +	/* get the rest of the completions without status */
> +	count2 = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error);
> +	if (error == true) {

if (error)

> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, got further errors post completed_status() call, for failure case %u.\n",
> +				fail_idx);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	if (count + status_count + count2 != COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error, incorrect number of completions received, got %u not %u\n",
> +				count + status_count + count2, COMP_BURST_SZ);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +test_multi_failure(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts,
> +		const unsigned int *fail, size_t num_fail)
> +{
> +	/* test having multiple errors in one go */
> +	enum rte_dma_status_code status[COMP_BURST_SZ];
> +	unsigned int i, j;
> +	uint16_t count, err_count = 0;
> +	bool error = 0;

false

> +
> +	/* enqueue and gather completions in one go */
> +	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
> +		uintptr_t src = srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off;
> +		/* set up for failure if the current index is anywhere is the fails array */
> +		for (i = 0; i < num_fail; i++)
> +			if (j == fail[i])
> +				src = 0;
> +
> +		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
> +				src, dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
> +				COPY_LEN, 0);
> +		if (id < 0) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
> +	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +	count = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, NULL, status);
> +	while (count < COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +		await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +		uint16_t ret = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ - count,
> +				NULL, &status[count]);
> +		if (ret == 0) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error getting all completions for jobs. Got %u of %u\n",
> +					count, COMP_BURST_SZ);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +		count += ret;
> +	}
> +	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> +		if (status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL)
> +			err_count++;
> +	}

Remove {} around the loop?

> +	if (err_count != num_fail) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error: Invalid number of failed completions returned, %u; expected %zu\n",
> +			err_count, num_fail);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* enqueue and gather completions in bursts, but getting errors one at a time */
> +	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
> +		uintptr_t src = srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off;
> +		/* set up for failure if the current index is anywhere is the fails array */
> +		for (i = 0; i < num_fail; i++)
> +			if (j == fail[i])
> +				src = 0;
> +
> +		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
> +				src, dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
> +				COPY_LEN, 0);
> +		if (id < 0) {
> +			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
> +	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +
> +	count = 0;
> +	err_count = 0;
> +	while (count + err_count < COMP_BURST_SZ) {
> +		count += rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, NULL, &error);
> +		if (error) {
> +			uint16_t ret = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, 1,
> +					NULL, status);
> +			if (ret != 1) {
> +				PRINT_ERR("Error getting error-status for completions\n");
> +				return -1;
> +			}
> +			err_count += ret;
> +			await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	if (err_count != num_fail) {
> +		PRINT_ERR("Error: Incorrect number of failed completions received, got %u not %zu\n",
> +				err_count, num_fail);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +test_completion_status(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, bool fence)
> +{
> +	const unsigned int fail[] = {0, 7, 14, 15};
> +	struct rte_mbuf *srcs[COMP_BURST_SZ], *dsts[COMP_BURST_SZ];
> +	unsigned int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < COMP_BURST_SZ; i++) {
> +		srcs[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(pool);
> +		dsts[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(pool);
> +	}
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(fail); i++) {
> +		if (test_failure_in_full_burst(dev_id, vchan, fence, srcs, dsts, fail[i]) < 0)
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		if (test_individual_status_query_with_failure(dev_id, vchan, fence,
> +				srcs, dsts, fail[i]) < 0)
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		/* test is run the same fenced, or unfenced, but no harm in running it twice */
> +		if (test_single_item_status_query_with_failure(dev_id, vchan,
> +				srcs, dsts, fail[i]) < 0)
> +			return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (test_multi_failure(dev_id, vchan, srcs, dsts, fail, RTE_DIM(fail)) < 0)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < COMP_BURST_SZ; i++) {
> +		rte_pktmbuf_free(srcs[i]);
> +		rte_pktmbuf_free(dsts[i]);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>   static int
>   test_dmadev_instance(uint16_t dev_id)
>   {
> @@ -386,6 +794,25 @@ test_dmadev_instance(uint16_t dev_id)
>   	if (check_stats(&stats, true) < 0)
>   		goto err;
>   
> +	/* to test error handling we can provide null pointers for source or dest in copies. This
> +	 * requires VA mode in DPDK, since NULL(0) is a valid physical address.
> +	 */
> +	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA) {
> +		rte_dmadev_stats_reset(dev_id, vchan);
> +		printf("DMA Dev: %u, Running Completion Handling Tests (errors expected)\n",
> +				dev_id);
> +		if (test_completion_status(dev_id, vchan, false) != 0) /* without fences */
> +			goto err;
> +		if (test_completion_status(dev_id, vchan, true) != 0) /* with fences */
> +			goto err;
> +		rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, 0, &stats);
> +		printf("Ops submitted: %"PRIu64"\t", stats.submitted);
> +		printf("Ops completed: %"PRIu64"\t", stats.completed);
> +		printf("Errors: %"PRIu64"\n", stats.errors);
> +		if (check_stats(&stats, false) < 0) /* don't check stats.errors this time */
> +			goto err;
> +	}
> +
>   	rte_mempool_free(pool);
>   	rte_dmadev_stop(dev_id);
>   	rte_dmadev_stats_reset(dev_id, vchan);
>
  
Conor Walsh Sept. 3, 2021, 4:08 p.m. UTC | #2
> Add a series of tests to inject bad copy operations into a dmadev to
> test the error handling and reporting capabilities. Various combinations
> of errors in various positions in a burst are tested, as are errors in
> bursts with fence flag set, and multiple errors in a single burst.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Conor Walsh <conor.walsh@intel.com>
  
Kevin Laatz Sept. 3, 2021, 4:21 p.m. UTC | #3
On 01/09/2021 17:32, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Add a series of tests to inject bad copy operations into a dmadev to
> test the error handling and reporting capabilities. Various combinations
> of errors in various positions in a burst are tested, as are errors in
> bursts with fence flag set, and multiple errors in a single burst.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
>   app/test/test_dmadev.c | 427 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 427 insertions(+)
>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com>
  

Patch

diff --git a/app/test/test_dmadev.c b/app/test/test_dmadev.c
index 7a808a9cba..5d7b6ddd87 100644
--- a/app/test/test_dmadev.c
+++ b/app/test/test_dmadev.c
@@ -302,6 +302,414 @@  test_enqueue_copies(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan)
 			|| do_multi_copies(dev_id, vchan, 0, 0, 1);
 }
 
+/* Failure handling test cases - global macros and variables for those tests*/
+#define COMP_BURST_SZ	16
+#define OPT_FENCE(idx) ((fence && idx == 8) ? RTE_DMA_OP_FLAG_FENCE : 0)
+
+static int
+test_failure_in_full_burst(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, bool fence,
+		struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts, unsigned int fail_idx)
+{
+	/* Test single full batch statuses with failures */
+	enum rte_dma_status_code status[COMP_BURST_SZ];
+	struct rte_dmadev_stats baseline, stats;
+	uint16_t invalid_addr_id = 0;
+	uint16_t idx;
+	uint16_t count, status_count;
+	unsigned int i;
+	bool error = 0;
+	int err_count = 0;
+
+	rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, vchan, &baseline); /* get a baseline set of stats */
+	for (i = 0; i < COMP_BURST_SZ; i++) {
+		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
+				(i == fail_idx ? 0 : (srcs[i]->buf_iova + srcs[i]->data_off)),
+				dsts[i]->buf_iova + dsts[i]->data_off,
+				COPY_LEN, OPT_FENCE(i));
+		if (id < 0) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", i);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (i == fail_idx)
+			invalid_addr_id = id;
+	}
+	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
+	rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, vchan, &stats);
+	if (stats.submitted != baseline.submitted + COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Submitted stats value not as expected, %"PRIu64" not %"PRIu64"\n",
+				stats.submitted, baseline.submitted + COMP_BURST_SZ);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+	count = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error);
+	if (count != fail_idx) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_completed for failure test. Got returned %u not %u.\n",
+				count, fail_idx);
+		rte_dmadev_dump(dev_id, stdout);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (error == false) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. has_error is not set\n",
+				fail_idx);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (idx != invalid_addr_id - 1) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. Got last idx %u, not %u\n",
+				fail_idx, idx, invalid_addr_id - 1);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* all checks ok, now verify calling completed() again always returns 0 */
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+		if (rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error) != 0
+				|| error == false || idx != (invalid_addr_id - 1)) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with follow-up completed calls for fail idx %u\n",
+					fail_idx);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	status_count = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ,
+			&idx, status);
+	/* some HW may stop on error and be restarted after getting error status for single value
+	 * To handle this case, if we get just one error back, wait for more completions and get
+	 * status for rest of the burst
+	 */
+	if (status_count == 1) {
+		await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+		status_count += rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ - 1,
+					&idx, &status[1]);
+	}
+	/* check that at this point we have all status values */
+	if (status_count != COMP_BURST_SZ - count) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error with completed_status calls for fail idx %u. Got %u not %u\n",
+				fail_idx, status_count, COMP_BURST_SZ - count);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* now verify just one failure followed by multiple successful or skipped entries */
+	if (status[0] == RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error with status returned for fail idx %u. First status was not failure\n",
+				fail_idx);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	for (i = 1; i < status_count; i++) {
+		/* after a failure in a burst, depending on ordering/fencing,
+		 * operations may be successful or skipped because of previous error.
+		 */
+		if (status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL
+				&& status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_NOT_ATTEMPTED) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with status calls for fail idx %u. Status for job %u (of %u) is not successful\n",
+					fail_idx, count + i, COMP_BURST_SZ);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* check the completed + errors stats are as expected */
+	rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, vchan, &stats);
+	if (stats.completed != baseline.completed + COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Completed stats value not as expected, %"PRIu64" not %"PRIu64"\n",
+				stats.completed, baseline.completed + COMP_BURST_SZ);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < status_count; i++)
+		err_count += (status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL);
+	if (stats.errors != baseline.errors + err_count) {
+		PRINT_ERR("'Errors' stats value not as expected, %"PRIu64" not %"PRIu64"\n",
+				stats.errors, baseline.errors + err_count);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_individual_status_query_with_failure(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, bool fence,
+		struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts, unsigned int fail_idx)
+{
+	/* Test gathering batch statuses one at a time */
+	enum rte_dma_status_code status[COMP_BURST_SZ];
+	uint16_t invalid_addr_id = 0;
+	uint16_t idx;
+	uint16_t count = 0, status_count = 0;
+	unsigned int j;
+	bool error = false;
+
+	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
+		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
+				(j == fail_idx ? 0 : (srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off)),
+				dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
+				COPY_LEN, OPT_FENCE(j));
+		if (id < 0) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (j == fail_idx)
+			invalid_addr_id = id;
+	}
+	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
+	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+	/* use regular "completed" until we hit error */
+	while (!error) {
+		uint16_t n = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, 1, &idx, &error);
+		count += n;
+		if (n > 1 || count >= COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error - too many completions got\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (n == 0 && !error) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error, unexpectedly got zero completions after %u completed\n",
+					count);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	if (idx != invalid_addr_id - 1) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, last successful index not as expected, got %u, expected %u\n",
+				idx, invalid_addr_id - 1);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* use completed_status until we hit end of burst */
+	while (count + status_count < COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+		uint16_t n = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, 1, &idx,
+				&status[status_count]);
+		await_hw(dev_id, vchan); /* allow delay to ensure jobs are completed */
+		status_count += n;
+		if (n != 1) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error: unexpected number of completions received, %u, not 1\n",
+					n);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* check for single failure */
+	if (status[0] == RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, unexpected successful DMA transaction\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	for (j = 1; j < status_count; j++) {
+		if (status[j] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL
+				&& status[j] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_NOT_ATTEMPTED) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error, unexpected DMA error reported\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_single_item_status_query_with_failure(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan,
+		struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts, unsigned int fail_idx)
+{
+	/* When error occurs just collect a single error using "completed_status()"
+	 * before going to back to completed() calls
+	 */
+	enum rte_dma_status_code status;
+	uint16_t invalid_addr_id = 0;
+	uint16_t idx;
+	uint16_t count, status_count, count2;
+	unsigned int j;
+	bool error = 0;
+
+	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
+		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
+				(j == fail_idx ? 0 : (srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off)),
+				dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
+				COPY_LEN, 0);
+		if (id < 0) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (j == fail_idx)
+			invalid_addr_id = id;
+	}
+	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
+	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+	/* get up to the error point */
+	count = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error);
+	if (count != fail_idx) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_completed for failure test. Got returned %u not %u.\n",
+				count, fail_idx);
+		rte_dmadev_dump(dev_id, stdout);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (error == false) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. has_error is not set\n",
+				fail_idx);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (idx != invalid_addr_id - 1) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, missing expected failed copy, %u. Got last idx %u, not %u\n",
+				fail_idx, idx, invalid_addr_id - 1);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* get the error code */
+	status_count = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, 1, &idx, &status);
+	if (status_count != 1) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error with completed_status calls for fail idx %u. Got %u not %u\n",
+				fail_idx, status_count, COMP_BURST_SZ - count);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (status == RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error with status returned for fail idx %u. First status was not failure\n",
+				fail_idx);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* delay in case time needed after err handled to complete other jobs */
+	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+	/* get the rest of the completions without status */
+	count2 = rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, &idx, &error);
+	if (error == true) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, got further errors post completed_status() call, for failure case %u.\n",
+				fail_idx);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (count + status_count + count2 != COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error, incorrect number of completions received, got %u not %u\n",
+				count + status_count + count2, COMP_BURST_SZ);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_multi_failure(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, struct rte_mbuf **srcs, struct rte_mbuf **dsts,
+		const unsigned int *fail, size_t num_fail)
+{
+	/* test having multiple errors in one go */
+	enum rte_dma_status_code status[COMP_BURST_SZ];
+	unsigned int i, j;
+	uint16_t count, err_count = 0;
+	bool error = 0;
+
+	/* enqueue and gather completions in one go */
+	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
+		uintptr_t src = srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off;
+		/* set up for failure if the current index is anywhere is the fails array */
+		for (i = 0; i < num_fail; i++)
+			if (j == fail[i])
+				src = 0;
+
+		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
+				src, dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
+				COPY_LEN, 0);
+		if (id < 0) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
+	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+	count = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, NULL, status);
+	while (count < COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+		await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+		uint16_t ret = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ - count,
+				NULL, &status[count]);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error getting all completions for jobs. Got %u of %u\n",
+					count, COMP_BURST_SZ);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		count += ret;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		if (status[i] != RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL)
+			err_count++;
+	}
+	if (err_count != num_fail) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error: Invalid number of failed completions returned, %u; expected %zu\n",
+			err_count, num_fail);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* enqueue and gather completions in bursts, but getting errors one at a time */
+	for (j = 0; j < COMP_BURST_SZ; j++) {
+		uintptr_t src = srcs[j]->buf_iova + srcs[j]->data_off;
+		/* set up for failure if the current index is anywhere is the fails array */
+		for (i = 0; i < num_fail; i++)
+			if (j == fail[i])
+				src = 0;
+
+		int id = rte_dmadev_copy(dev_id, vchan,
+				src, dsts[j]->buf_iova + dsts[j]->data_off,
+				COPY_LEN, 0);
+		if (id < 0) {
+			PRINT_ERR("Error with rte_dmadev_copy for buffer %u\n", j);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	rte_dmadev_submit(dev_id, vchan);
+	await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+
+	count = 0;
+	err_count = 0;
+	while (count + err_count < COMP_BURST_SZ) {
+		count += rte_dmadev_completed(dev_id, vchan, COMP_BURST_SZ, NULL, &error);
+		if (error) {
+			uint16_t ret = rte_dmadev_completed_status(dev_id, vchan, 1,
+					NULL, status);
+			if (ret != 1) {
+				PRINT_ERR("Error getting error-status for completions\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			err_count += ret;
+			await_hw(dev_id, vchan);
+		}
+	}
+	if (err_count != num_fail) {
+		PRINT_ERR("Error: Incorrect number of failed completions received, got %u not %zu\n",
+				err_count, num_fail);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_completion_status(int dev_id, uint16_t vchan, bool fence)
+{
+	const unsigned int fail[] = {0, 7, 14, 15};
+	struct rte_mbuf *srcs[COMP_BURST_SZ], *dsts[COMP_BURST_SZ];
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < COMP_BURST_SZ; i++) {
+		srcs[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(pool);
+		dsts[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(pool);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(fail); i++) {
+		if (test_failure_in_full_burst(dev_id, vchan, fence, srcs, dsts, fail[i]) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (test_individual_status_query_with_failure(dev_id, vchan, fence,
+				srcs, dsts, fail[i]) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		/* test is run the same fenced, or unfenced, but no harm in running it twice */
+		if (test_single_item_status_query_with_failure(dev_id, vchan,
+				srcs, dsts, fail[i]) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (test_multi_failure(dev_id, vchan, srcs, dsts, fail, RTE_DIM(fail)) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < COMP_BURST_SZ; i++) {
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(srcs[i]);
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(dsts[i]);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 test_dmadev_instance(uint16_t dev_id)
 {
@@ -386,6 +794,25 @@  test_dmadev_instance(uint16_t dev_id)
 	if (check_stats(&stats, true) < 0)
 		goto err;
 
+	/* to test error handling we can provide null pointers for source or dest in copies. This
+	 * requires VA mode in DPDK, since NULL(0) is a valid physical address.
+	 */
+	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA) {
+		rte_dmadev_stats_reset(dev_id, vchan);
+		printf("DMA Dev: %u, Running Completion Handling Tests (errors expected)\n",
+				dev_id);
+		if (test_completion_status(dev_id, vchan, false) != 0) /* without fences */
+			goto err;
+		if (test_completion_status(dev_id, vchan, true) != 0) /* with fences */
+			goto err;
+		rte_dmadev_stats_get(dev_id, 0, &stats);
+		printf("Ops submitted: %"PRIu64"\t", stats.submitted);
+		printf("Ops completed: %"PRIu64"\t", stats.completed);
+		printf("Errors: %"PRIu64"\n", stats.errors);
+		if (check_stats(&stats, false) < 0) /* don't check stats.errors this time */
+			goto err;
+	}
+
 	rte_mempool_free(pool);
 	rte_dmadev_stop(dev_id);
 	rte_dmadev_stats_reset(dev_id, vchan);