linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf test: Use "dummy" events in the PERF_RECORD

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Message-ID: <tip-qp8radcz3il4q9wbnseh337d@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Sat, 9 Jan 2016 08:33:42 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	jolsa@...hat.com, acme@...hat.com, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, dsahern@...il.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	wangnan0@...wei.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf test: Use "dummy"
  events in the PERF_RECORD_ test

Commit-ID:  69ef8f475586974d3921c4799bfa75b8fef877a8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/69ef8f475586974d3921c4799bfa75b8fef877a8
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 13:17:00 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 13:17:00 -0300

perf test: Use "dummy" events in the PERF_RECORD_ test

As we're test just the !PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE records.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-qp8radcz3il4q9wbnseh337d@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 9d5f0b5..8dc0bab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	};
 	cpu_set_t cpu_mask;
 	size_t cpu_mask_size = sizeof(cpu_mask);
-	struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new_dummy();
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	const char *cmd = "sleep";
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	int total_events = 0, nr_events[PERF_RECORD_MAX] = { 0, };
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
+	if (evlist == NULL) /* Fallback for kernels lacking PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY */
+		evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
+
 	if (evlist == NULL || argv == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("Not enough memory to create evlist\n");
 		goto out;