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Message-ID: <tip-71b3ee7e65ffb48135d875d9c36e3183b9ecffeb@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:11:33 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Wang Nan <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lizefan@...wei.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com,
	acme@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, wangnan0@...wei.com
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf test: Fix false TEST_OK result for '
 perf test hist'

Commit-ID:  71b3ee7e65ffb48135d875d9c36e3183b9ecffeb
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/71b3ee7e65ffb48135d875d9c36e3183b9ecffeb
Author:     Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:48:02 +0000
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:22:22 -0300

perf test: Fix false TEST_OK result for 'perf test hist'

Commit 71d6de64fedd ("perf test: Fix hist testcases when kptr_restrict is on")
solves a double free problem when 'perf test hist' calling
setup_fake_machine(). However, the result is still incorrect. For example:

  $ ./perf test -v 'filtering hist entries'
  25: Test filtering hist entries                              :
  --- start ---
  test child forked, pid 4186
  Cannot create kernel maps
  test child finished with 0
  ---- end ----
  Test filtering hist entries: Ok

In this case the body of this test is not get executed at all, but the
result is 'Ok'.

Actually, in setup_fake_machine() there's no need to create real kernel
maps. What we want are the fake maps. This patch removes the
machine__create_kernel_maps() in setup_fake_machine(), so it won't be
affected by kptr_restrict setting.

Test result:

  $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict
  1
  $ ~/perf test -v hist
  15: Test matching and linking multiple hists                 :
  --- start ---
  test child forked, pid 24031
  test child finished with 0
  ---- end ----
  Test matching and linking multiple hists: Ok
  [SNIP]

Suggested-and-Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@....com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452520124-2073-12-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
index bcfd081..071a8b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ struct machine *setup_fake_machine(struct machines *machines)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (machine__create_kernel_maps(machine)) {
-		pr_debug("Cannot create kernel maps\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fake_threads); i++) {
 		struct thread *thread;