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Message-ID: <202110251426.2921B7BDD7@keescook>
Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:26:24 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, arnaldo.melo@...il.com,
        pmladek@...e.com, peterz@...radead.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        valentin.schneider@....com, qiang.zhang@...driver.com,
        robdclark@...omium.org, christian@...uner.io,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, mingo@...hat.com, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
        kafai@...com, songliubraving@...com, yhs@...com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, kpsingh@...nel.org,
        dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com,
        mike.marciniszyn@...nelisnetworks.com, dledford@...hat.com,
        jgg@...pe.ca, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oliver.sang@...el.com, lkp@...el.com,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/12] tools/perf/test: make perf test adopt to task
 comm size change

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 08:33:12AM +0000, Yafang Shao wrote:
> kernel test robot reported a perf-test failure after I extended task comm
> size from 16 to 24. The failure as follows,
> 
> 2021-10-13 18:00:46 sudo /usr/src/perf_selftests-x86_64-rhel-8.3-317419b91ef4eff4e2f046088201e4dc4065caa0/tools/perf/perf test 15
> 15: Parse sched tracepoints fields                                  : FAILED!
> 
> The reason is perf-test requires a fixed-size task comm. If we extend
> task comm size to 24, it will not equil with the required size 16 in perf
> test.
> 
> After some analyzation, I found perf itself can adopt to the size
> change, for example, below is the output of perf-sched after I extend
> comm size to 24 -
> 
> task    614 (            kthreadd:        84), nr_events: 1
> task    615 (             systemd:       843), nr_events: 1
> task    616 (     networkd-dispat:      1026), nr_events: 1
> task    617 (             systemd:       846), nr_events: 1
> 
> $ cat /proc/843/comm
> networkd-dispatcher
> 
> The task comm can be displayed correctly as expected.
> 
> Replace old hard-coded 16 with the new one can fix the warning, but we'd
> better make the test accept both old and new sizes, then it can be
> backward compatibility.
> 
> After this patch, the perf-test succeeds no matter task comm is 16 or
> 24 -
> 
> 15: Parse sched tracepoints fields                                  : Ok
> 
> This patch is a preparation for the followup patch.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
> Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

I'll let the perf folks comment on this one. :)

-Kees

> ---
>  tools/include/linux/sched.h       | 11 +++++++++++
>  tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/include/linux/sched.h
> 
> diff --git a/tools/include/linux/sched.h b/tools/include/linux/sched.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..0d575afd7f43
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_SCHED_H
> +#define _TOOLS_LINUX_SCHED_H
> +
> +/* Keep both length for backward compatibility */
> +enum {
> +	TASK_COMM_LEN_16 = 16,
> +	TASK_COMM_LEN = 24,
> +};
> +
> +#endif  /* _TOOLS_LINUX_SCHED_H */
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
> index f9e34bd26cf3..029f2a8c8e51 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
> @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  #include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
>  #include "evsel.h"
>  #include "tests.h"
>  #include "debug.h"
>  
> -static int evsel__test_field(struct evsel *evsel, const char *name, int size, bool should_be_signed)
> +static int evsel__test_field_alt(struct evsel *evsel, const char *name,
> +				 int size, int alternate_size, bool should_be_signed)
>  {
>  	struct tep_format_field *field = evsel__field(evsel, name);
>  	int is_signed;
> @@ -23,15 +25,24 @@ static int evsel__test_field(struct evsel *evsel, const char *name, int size, bo
>  		ret = -1;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (field->size != size) {
> -		pr_debug("%s: \"%s\" size (%d) should be %d!\n",
> +	if (field->size != size && field->size != alternate_size) {
> +		pr_debug("%s: \"%s\" size (%d) should be %d",
>  			 evsel->name, name, field->size, size);
> +		if (alternate_size > 0)
> +			pr_debug(" or %d", alternate_size);
> +		pr_debug("!\n");
>  		ret = -1;
>  	}
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static int evsel__test_field(struct evsel *evsel, const char *name,
> +			     int size, bool should_be_signed)
> +{
> +	return evsel__test_field_alt(evsel, name, size, -1, should_be_signed);
> +}
> +
>  int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
>  {
>  	struct evsel *evsel = evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_switch");
> @@ -42,7 +53,8 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
>  		return -1;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_comm", 16, false))
> +	if (evsel__test_field_alt(evsel, "prev_comm", TASK_COMM_LEN_16,
> +				  TASK_COMM_LEN, false))
>  		ret = -1;
>  
>  	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_pid", 4, true))
> @@ -54,7 +66,8 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
>  	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_state", sizeof(long), true))
>  		ret = -1;
>  
> -	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "next_comm", 16, false))
> +	if (evsel__test_field_alt(evsel, "next_comm", TASK_COMM_LEN_16,
> +				  TASK_COMM_LEN, false))
>  		ret = -1;
>  
>  	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "next_pid", 4, true))
> @@ -72,7 +85,8 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
>  		return -1;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "comm", 16, false))
> +	if (evsel__test_field_alt(evsel, "comm", TASK_COMM_LEN_16,
> +				  TASK_COMM_LEN, false))
>  		ret = -1;
>  
>  	if (evsel__test_field(evsel, "pid", 4, true))
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

-- 
Kees Cook

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