linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 13/13] perf test: Add relevant documentation about CoreSight testing

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Message-ID: <YxnfZSeYzPCJzIp9@leoy-huanghe.lan>
Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2022 20:27:31 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     carsten.haitzler@...s.arm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, coresight@...ts.linaro.org,
        suzuki.poulose@....com, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org,
        mike.leach@...aro.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        acme@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 13/13] perf test: Add relevant documentation about
 CoreSight testing

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 10:59:55AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:

[...]

> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

Thanks for reporting!

> >> Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst:102: WARNING: Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
> 
> vim +102 Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst
> 
>     96	
>     97	   CoreSight / ASM Pure Loop
>     98	   CoreSight / Memcpy 16k 10 Threads
>     99	   CoreSight / Thread Loop 10 Threads - Check TID
>    100	   etc.
>    101	
>  > 102	These perf record tests will not run if the tool binaries do not exist
>    103	in tests/shell/coresight/*/ and will be skipped. If you do not have
>    104	CoreSight support in hardware then either do not build perf with
>    105	CoreSight support or remove these binaries in order to not have these
>    106	tests fail and have them skip instead.
>    107	

Hi Carsten,

Just note that I reproduced the warning at my side; after I used the
escape for '*' like below, the warning can be dismissed.

  tests/shell/coresight/\*/

Thanks,
Leo