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Message-ID: <243d2f33-258e-4bc2-326f-e74f39c6a714@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:17:01 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] perf test: Use a test program in perf record tests

On 24/10/22 19:00, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 05:00:14PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
>> On 24/10/22 14:33, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>>> Em Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 04:52:14PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
>>>> I wonder if these utilities should just be built into perf to avoid
>>>> the cc dependency. Perhaps we can have a hidden option built into
>>>> perf test.
> 
>>> Agreed, not depending on a compiler makes 'perf test' usable in more
>>> systems, particularly production ones where we may want to check if perf
>>> is passing all tests applicable to that system.
>  
>> I haven't seen anyone package anything except the perf executable, so
>> I presume the only people running these tests install the source, and
>> so need a compiler anyway.
> 
> Humm?
> 
> [root@...co ~]# head -3 /etc/os-release
> NAME="Fedora Linux"
> VERSION="36 (Workstation Edition)"
> ID=fedora
> [root@...co ~]#G

I guess I got confused - it seems it is only Ubuntu that does that.

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