linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/core] tools lib api fs: Remove debugfs, tracefs and findfs objects

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Message-ID: <20150923135012.GC2024@krava.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:50:12 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Vinson Lee <vlee@...pensource.com>, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, raphael.beamonte@...il.com,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] tools lib api fs: Remove debugfs, tracefs and
 findfs objects

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:44:56AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:

SNIP

> New stuff normally comes with new 'perf test' entries, Intel PT borrowed
> the kernel x86 instruction decoder: added a 'perf test' entry, AFAIK
> there was no similar test for it in the kernel proper, IIRC Masami plans
> to do it.
> 
> The attr one you can look at:
> 
> [acme@zoo linux]$ ls -la tools/perf/tests/attr/test-* | wc -l
> 33
>  
> > AFAIK we have: 
> >   - 'perf test' for perf specific functionality
> >   - 'make -f tests/make' for building
> >   - build framework tests
> > 
> > I 'try' to run those before sending anything out, but we dont have
> > automated thing that would run it any time Arnaldo push new perf/core.
> 
> Well, I do run it in multiple distros, like RHEL5, RHEL6 and RHEL7
> besides Fedora 21.
> 
> We're getting used to tools/{lib,include}/ so this happened, but
> otherwise I don't feel like there are that many problems cropping up as
> you seem to think :-\
> 
> Of course, in these days of CI, I'd love if someone would hook 'make -C
> tools/perf build-test' and 'perf test' somewhere to be run for every
> changeset.

yep, thats what I meant.. having this hooked up to your perf/core
would be big help

jirka
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