linux/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib, branch v6.4

perf test stat+json_output: Write JSON output to a file

2023-04-10T22:15:53Z

Write the JSON output to a file, then sanity check this output. This avoids problems with debug/warning/error output corrupting the file format. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sumanth Korikkar Cc: Thomas Richter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230408054456.3001367-2-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Avoid counting commas in json linter

2023-02-23T13:31:28Z

Commas may appear in events like: cpu/INT_MISC.RECOVERY_CYCLES,cmask=1,edge/ which causes the count of commas to see more items than expected. Switch to counting the entries in the dictionary, which is 1 more than the number of commas. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Claire Jensen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sumanth Korikkar Cc: Thomas Richter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230223071818.329671-2-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Replace legacy `...` with $(...)

2023-02-02T19:32:19Z

As detailed in https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2006: The use of `...` is legacy syntax with several issues: 1. It has a series of undefined behaviors related to quoting in POSIX. 2. It imposes a custom escaping mode with surprising results. 3. It's exceptionally hard to nest. $(...) command substitution has none of these problems, and is therefore strongly encouraged. Signed-off-by: Diederik de Haas Acked-by: Carsten Haitzler Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230201214945.127474-3-didi.debian@cknow.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Replace 'grep | wc -l' with 'grep -c'

2023-02-02T19:32:19Z

To count the number of results from grep, use the '-c' parameter instead of piping it to 'wc'. See also https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2126 Signed-off-by: Diederik de Haas Acked-by: Carsten Haitzler Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230201214945.127474-2-didi.debian@cknow.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests shell: Fix check for libtracevent support

2023-02-02T00:44:26Z

Test “Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames” fails in environment with missing libtraceevent support as below: 82: Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames : --- start --- test child forked, pid 304726 Recording open file: event syntax error: 'probe:vfs_getname*' \___ unsupported tracepoint libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events Usage: perf record [] [] or: perf record [] -- [] -e, --event event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events test child finished with -1 ---- end ---- Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames: FAILED! The environment has debuginfo but is missing the libtraceevent devel. Hence perf is compiled without libtraceevent support. The test tries to add probe “probe:vfs_getname” and then uses it with “perf record”. This fails at function “parse_events_add_tracepoint" due to missing libtraceevent. Similarly "probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping" test slso fails with same reason. Add a function in 'perf test shell' library to check if perf record with —dry-run reports any error on missing support for libtraceevent. Update both the tests to use this new function “skip_no_probe_record_support” before proceeding With using probe point via perf builtin record. With the change, 82: Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames : --- start --- test child forked, pid 305014 Recording open file: libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support test child finished with -2 ---- end ---- Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames: Skip 81: probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping : --- start --- test child forked, pid 305036 libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support test child finished with -2 ---- end ---- probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping: Skip Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Disha Goel Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Nageswara R Sastry Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: kjain@linux.ibm.com, Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20230201180421.59640-2-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Use "grep -E" instead of "egrep"

2022-12-14T18:28:19Z

The latest version of grep claims the egrep is now obsolete so the build now contains warnings that look like: egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E fix this up by moving the related file to use "grep -E" instead. sed -i "s/egrep/grep -E/g" `grep egrep -rwl tools/perf` Here are the steps to install the latest grep: wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-3.8.tar.gz tar xf grep-3.8.tar.gz cd grep-3.8 && ./configure && make sudo make install export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang Acked-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1668762999-9297-1-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add CoreSight shell lib shared code for future tests

2022-10-06T14:12:14Z

This adds a library of shell "code" to be shared and used by future tests that target quality testing for Arm CoreSight support in perf and the Linux kernel. Signed-off-by: Carsten Haitzler Reviewed-by: James Clark Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mathieu Poirier Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220909152803.2317006-2-carsten.haitzler@foss.arm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: waiting.sh: Parameterize timeouts

2022-10-04T11:55:23Z

Let helper functions accept a parameter to specify time out values in tenths of a second. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220914080150.5888-3-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: test_intel_pt.sh: Move helper functions for waiting

2022-10-04T11:55:23Z

Move helper functions for waiting to a separate file so they can be shared. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220914080150.5888-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests: Fix 'perf probe' error log check in skip_if_no_debuginfo

2022-10-04T11:55:22Z

The perf probe related tests like probe_vfs_getname.sh which is in "tools/perf/tests/shell" directory have dependency on debuginfo information in the kernel. Currently debuginfo check is handled by skip_if_no_debuginfo function in the file "lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh". skip_if_no_debuginfo function looks for this specific error log from perf probe to skip the testcase: <<>> Failed to find the path for the kernel|Debuginfo-analysis is not supported <>> But in some case, like this one in powerpc, while running this test, observed error logs is: <<>> The /lib/modules//build/vmlinux file has no debug information. Rebuild with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y, or install an appropriate debuginfo package. Error: Failed to add events. <<>> Update the skip_if_no_debuginfo function to include the above error, to skip the test in these scenarios too. Reported-by: Disha Goel Signed-off-by: Athira Jajeev Tested-by: Disha Goel Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Nageswara R Sastry Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220916104904.99798-1-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Reviewed-By: Kajol Jain Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo