linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/12] perf test: Replace brstack test workload

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Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:38:52 -0800
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>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        German Gomez <german.gomez@....com>,
        Zhengjun Xing <zhengjun.xing@...ux.intel.com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Athira Jajeev <atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/12] perf test: Replace brstack test workload

So that it can get rid of requirement of a compiler.  Also rename the
symbols to match with the perf test workload.

Acked-by: German Gomez <german.gomez@....com>
Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh | 66 +++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index d7ff5c4b4da4..5856639b565b 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # German Gomez <german.gomez@....com>, 2022
 
-# we need a C compiler to build the test programs
-# so bail if none is found
-if ! [ -x "$(command -v cc)" ]; then
-	echo "failed: no compiler, install gcc"
-	exit 2
-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
 if ! perf record -o- --no-buildid --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- true > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
@@ -19,6 +12,7 @@ if ! perf record -o- --no-buildid --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- true > /dev
 fi
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
+TESTPROG="perf test -w brstack"
 
 cleanup() {
 	rm -rf $TMPDIR
@@ -26,57 +20,24 @@ cleanup() {
 
 trap cleanup exit term int
 
-gen_test_program() {
-	# generate test program
-	cat << EOF > $1
-#define BENCH_RUNS 999999
-int cnt;
-void bar(void) {
-}			/* return */
-void foo(void) {
-	bar();		/* call */
-}			/* return */
-void bench(void) {
-  void (*foo_ind)(void) = foo;
-  if ((cnt++) % 3)	/* branch (cond) */
-    foo();		/* call */
-  bar();		/* call */
-  foo_ind();		/* call (ind) */
-}
-int main(void)
-{
-  int cnt = 0;
-  while (1) {
-    if ((cnt++) > BENCH_RUNS)
-      break;
-    bench();		/* call */
-  }			/* branch (uncond) */
-  return 0;
-}
-EOF
-}
-
 test_user_branches() {
 	echo "Testing user branch stack sampling"
 
-	gen_test_program "$TEMPDIR/program.c"
-	cc -fno-inline -g "$TEMPDIR/program.c" -o $TMPDIR/a.out
-
-	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- $TMPDIR/a.out > /dev/null 2>&1
+	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- ${TESTPROG} > /dev/null 2>&1
 	perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstacksym | xargs -n1 > $TMPDIR/perf.script
 
 	# example of branch entries:
-	# 	foo+0x14/bar+0x40/P/-/-/0/CALL
+	# 	brstack_foo+0x14/brstack_bar+0x40/P/-/-/0/CALL
 
 	set -x
-	egrep -m1 "^bench\+[^ ]*/foo\+[^ ]*/IND_CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^foo\+[^ ]*/bar\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^bench\+[^ ]*/foo\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^bench\+[^ ]*/bar\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^bar\+[^ ]*/foo\+[^ ]*/RET$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^foo\+[^ ]*/bench\+[^ ]*/RET$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^bench\+[^ ]*/bench\+[^ ]*/COND$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	egrep -m1 "^main\+[^ ]*/main\+[^ ]*/UNCOND$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/IND_CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/RET$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/RET$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/COND$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	egrep -m1 "^brstack\+[^ ]*/brstack\+[^ ]*/UNCOND$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
 	set +x
 
 	# some branch types are still not being tested:
@@ -91,10 +52,7 @@ test_filter() {
 
 	echo "Testing branch stack filtering permutation ($filter,$expect)"
 
-	gen_test_program "$TEMPDIR/program.c"
-	cc -fno-inline -g "$TEMPDIR/program.c" -o $TMPDIR/a.out
-
-	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter $filter,save_type,u -- $TMPDIR/a.out > /dev/null 2>&1
+	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter $filter,save_type,u -- ${TESTPROG} > /dev/null 2>&1
 	perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstack | xargs -n1 > $TMPDIR/perf.script
 
 	# fail if we find any branch type that doesn't match any of the expected ones
-- 
2.38.1.584.g0f3c55d4c2-goog