linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf test: Test 6 dumps core on s390

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Message-Id: <0d25bc25-ed0b-81bb-c516-12fd25442427@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:00:53 +0200
From:   Thomas-Mich Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        acme@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf test: Test 6 dumps core on s390

On 06/08/2018 04:53 PM, Kim Phillips wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 15:17:28 +0200
> Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> Perf test case 6 "Parse event definition strings"
>> dumps core when executed on s390.
> 
> I reported it actually fails on any $ARCH system without
> Intel Processor Trace (PT) h/w:
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-perf-users/msg06020.html
> 
> There was a follow-up patch sent here:
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-perf-users/msg06029.html
> 
> which worked for me, but I don't know what has/has-not transpired
> since, other than it is still broken, as you found.
> 
> Kim


Looks like this is still broken. I also can not find this patch on
git clone -b perf/core git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux

We actually need 2 patches
- one to fix the core dump
- one to test for x86 platform


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