linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf test: Fix skipping branch stack sampling test

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Message-Id: <20221028121913.745307-1-james.clark@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:19:13 +0100
From:   James Clark <james.clark@....com>
To:     linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org,
        atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Anshuman.Khandual@....com,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf test: Fix skipping branch stack sampling test

Commit f4a2aade6809 ("perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling test
to include sanity check for branch filter") added a skip if certain
branch options aren't available. But the change added both -b
(--branch-any) and --branch-filter options at the same time, which will
always result in a failure on any platform because the arguments can't
be used together.

Fix this by removing -b (--branch-any) and leaving --branch-filter which
already specifies 'any'. Also add warning messages to the test and perf
tool.

Output on x86 before this fix:

   $ sudo ./perf test branch
   108: Check branch stack sampling         : Skip

After:

   $ sudo ./perf test branch
   108: Check branch stack sampling         : Ok

Fixes: f4a2aade6809 ("perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling test to include sanity check for branch filter")
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh | 5 ++++-
 tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index ec801cffae6b..d7ff5c4b4da4 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ fi
 
 # skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch stack sampling
 # and if the architecture doesn't support filter types: any,save_type,u
-perf record -b -o- -B --branch-filter any,save_type,u true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+if ! perf record -o- --no-buildid --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- true > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "skip: system doesn't support filter types: any,save_type,u"
+	exit 2
+fi
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 00588b9db474..31faf2bb49ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
 	/*
 	 * cannot set it twice, -b + --branch-filter for instance
 	 */
-	if (*mode)
+	if (*mode) {
+		pr_err("Error: Can't use --branch-any (-b) with --branch-filter (-j).\n");
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	return parse_branch_str(str, mode);
 }
-- 
2.25.1