linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] perf test: Skip sigtrap test on old kernels

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Message-Id: <20220907050407.2711513-1-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue,  6 Sep 2022 22:04:07 -0700
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf test: Skip sigtrap test on old kernels

If it runs on an old kernel, perf_event_open would fail because of the
new fields sigtrap and sig_data.  Just skipping the test could miss an
actual bug in the kernel.

Let's check BTF if it has the perf_event_attr.sigtrap field.

Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
index e32ece90e164..32f08ce0f2b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <bpf/btf.h>
+
 #include "cloexec.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "event.h"
@@ -54,6 +56,42 @@ static struct perf_event_attr make_event_attr(void)
 	return attr;
 }
 
+static bool attr_has_sigtrap(void)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
+
+	struct btf *btf;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	const struct btf_member *m;
+	const char *name;
+	int i, id;
+
+	/* just assume it doesn't have the field */
+	btf = btf__load_vmlinux_btf();
+	if (btf == NULL)
+		return false;
+
+	id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, "perf_event_attr", BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
+	if (id < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
+	for (i = 0, m = btf_members(t); i < btf_vlen(t); i++, m++) {
+		name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, m->name_off);
+		if (!strcmp(name, "sigtrap")) {
+			ret = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	btf__free(btf);
+#endif
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 sigtrap_handler(int signum __maybe_unused, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -139,7 +177,13 @@ static int test__sigtrap(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __m
 
 	fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		pr_debug("FAILED sys_perf_event_open(): %s\n", str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+		if (attr_has_sigtrap()) {
+			pr_debug("FAILED sys_perf_event_open(): %s\n",
+				 str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+		} else {
+			pr_debug("perf_event_attr doesn't have sigtrap\n");
+			ret = TEST_SKIP;
+		}
 		goto out_restore_sigaction;
 	}
 
-- 
2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog