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Date:   Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:44:40 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
        rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk, l.stach@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] perf tests: Check for ARM [vectors] page

On 10/25/18 10:55 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just painfully learned that perf would segfault when
> CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS is disabled because it unconditionally makes use of
> it. This patch series adds an ARM test for that by leveraging the
> existing find_vdso_map() function and making it more generic and capable
> of location any map within /proc/self/maps.

Did not get much feedback, you are all probably busy attending LPC
conferences, but I was wondering if this did make sense or if there is a
better approach that should be looked at?

I am starting to see additional tests failing that require some ARM
(32-bit) specific changes, and not accumulating too many of these fixes
on top of that series would be neat.

Thank you!

> 
> Changes in v2:
> 
> - use strlen() instead of sizeof() -1 since we made the page name a
>   parameter
> - use TEST_OK/TEST_FAIL in lieu of 0/-1
> - added an error message indicating CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS might be
>   disabled
> 
> Florian Fainelli (2):
>   perf tools: Make find_vdso_map() more modular
>   perf tests: Add a test for the ARM 32-bit [vectors] page
> 
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build          |  1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/arch-tests.c   |  4 +++
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/vectors-page.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/tests/tests.h                 |  5 ++++
>  tools/perf/util/find-map.c               | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/find-vdso-map.c          | 30 +++--------------------
>  6 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/vectors-page.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/find-map.c
> 


-- 
Florian