linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] perf test: Skip sigtrap test on old kernels

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2022 10:23:01 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] perf test: Skip sigtrap test on old kernels

Em Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 04:01:50PM -0700, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> 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 (when we have libbpf) if it has the sigtrap field in the
> perf_event_attr.  Otherwise, we can check it with a minimal event config.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo

 
> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> index e32ece90e164..1de7478ec189 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> @@ -54,6 +54,63 @@ static struct perf_event_attr make_event_attr(void)
>  	return attr;
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
> +#include <bpf/btf.h>
> +
> +static bool attr_has_sigtrap(void)
> +{
> +	bool ret = false;
> +	struct btf *btf;
> +	const struct btf_type *t;
> +	const struct btf_member *m;
> +	const char *name;
> +	int i, id;
> +
> +	btf = btf__load_vmlinux_btf();
> +	if (btf == NULL) {
> +		/* should be an old kernel */
> +		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);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +#else  /* !HAVE_BPF_SKEL */
> +static bool attr_has_sigtrap(void)
> +{
> +	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
> +		.type		= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
> +		.config		= PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
> +		.size		= sizeof(attr),
> +		.remove_on_exec = 1, /* Required by sigtrap. */
> +		.sigtrap	= 1, /* Request synchronous SIGTRAP on event. */
> +	};
> +	int fd;
> +	bool ret = false;
> +
> +	fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
> +	if (fd >= 0) {
> +		ret = true;
> +		close(fd);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +#endif  /* HAVE_BPF_SKEL */
> +
>  static void
>  sigtrap_handler(int signum __maybe_unused, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext __maybe_unused)
>  {
> @@ -139,7 +196,13 @@ 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

-- 

- Arnaldo