linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] perf test: Make stat bpf counters test more robust

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Message-Id: <20210617184216.2075588-4-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:42:16 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] perf test: Make stat bpf counters test more robust

If the test is run on a hypervisor then the cycles event may not be
counted, skip the test in this situation. Fail the test if cycles are
not counted in the subsequent bpf counter run.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
index 81d61b6e1208..2aed20dc2262 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@ if ! perf stat --bpf-counters true > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 fi
 
 base_cycles=$(perf stat --no-big-num -e cycles -- perf bench sched messaging -g 1 -l 100 -t 2>&1 | awk '/cycles/ {print $1}')
+if [ "$base_cycles" == "<not" ]; then
+	echo "Skipping: cycles event not counted"
+	exit 2
+fi
 bpf_cycles=$(perf stat --no-big-num --bpf-counters -e cycles -- perf bench sched messaging -g 1 -l 100 -t 2>&1 | awk '/cycles/ {print $1}')
+if [ "$bpf_cycles" == "<not" ]; then
+	echo "Failed: cycles not counted with --bpf-counters"
+	exit 1
+fi
 
 compare_number $base_cycles $bpf_cycles
 exit 0
-- 
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