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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:30:01 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com,
qzhao@...hat.com, cjense@...gle.com,
Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf test: Fix JSON format linter test checks
Em Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 09:26:03AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 02:40:39PM +0100, Michael Petlan escreveu:
> > The test fails on CPUs with topdown metrics, where it is common to print
> > two metrics per line. Since these are included in default event set for
> > `perf stat -- something`, it causes the "no args" subtest to fail due to
> > unexpected member count. We need to accept 7 or 9 members in that case.
> >
> > Coming to that, counting commas in the JSON line and consider it a number
> > of elements is incorrect and misleading. There should be +1 element than
> > the count of commas, while also, commas can potentially appear in the
> > event names. Count " : " substrings rather, since these better fit to
> > what should be actually counted.
>
> Before I apply this first patch I can run, as root, the 'perf test' JSON
> lint 100 times without problems:
>
> [root@...co ~]# for a in $(seq 100) ; do echo -n $a ; perf test 98 ; done
> 1 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 2 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 3 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 4 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> <SNIP>
> 96 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 97 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 98 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 99 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 100 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> [root@...co ~]#
>
> After applying it it fails seemingly randomly, I'll remove both patches
> from my tmp.perf/core branch and investigate.
>
> [acme@...co perf]$ git log --oneline -1
> fdafd42aac3629db (HEAD) perf stat: Fix JSON metric printout for multiple metrics per line
> [acme@...co perf]$ perf -v
> perf version 6.2.rc5.gfdafd42aac36
> [acme@...co perf]$
> [root@...co ~]# perf -v
> perf version 6.2.rc5.gfdafd42aac36
> [root@...co ~]# for a in $(seq 100) ; do echo -n $a ; perf test 98 ; done
> [root@...co ~]# perf -v
> perf version 6.2.rc5.gfdafd42aac36
> [root@...co ~]# for a in $(seq 100) ; do echo -n $a ; perf test 98 ; done
> 1 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 2 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
> 3 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
> 4 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
BTW, after applying the second patch, the one for 'perf test', the
problem persists:
[acme@...co perf]$ git log --oneline -1
320cd37176508ec2 (HEAD, acme/tmp.perf/core, acme.korg/tmp.perf/core) perf test: Fix JSON format linter test checks
[acme@...co perf]$ perf -v
perf version 6.2.rc5.g320cd3717650
[acme@...co perf]$
[root@...co ~]# perf -v
perf version 6.2.rc5.g320cd3717650
[root@...co ~]# for a in $(seq 100) ; do echo -n $a ; perf test 98 ; done
1 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
2 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
3 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
4 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
5 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
6 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
7 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
8 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
9 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
10 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
11 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
12 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
13 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
14 98: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
15 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
16 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
17 98: perf stat JSON output linter : FAILED!
18 98: perf stat JSON output linter :^C
[root@...co ~]#
When it works:
[root@...co ~]# perf test -v 98
98: perf stat JSON output linter :
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 62202
Checking json output: no args [Success]
Checking json output: system wide [Success]
Checking json output: interval [Success]
Checking json output: event [Success]
Checking json output: per thread [Success]
Checking json output: per node [Success]
Checking json output: system wide Checking json output: system wide no aggregation [Success]
Checking json output: per core [Success]
Checking json output: per die [Success]
Checking json output: per socket [Success]
test child finished with 0
---- end ----
perf stat JSON output linter: Ok
[root@...co ~]#
When it fails:
[root@...co ~]# perf test -v 98
98: perf stat JSON output linter :
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 62270
Checking json output: no args [Success]
Checking json output: system wide [Success]
Checking json output: interval [Success]
Checking json output: event [Success]
Checking json output: per thread Test failed for input:
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "0.018340", "unit" : "msec", "event" : "cpu-clock", "event-runtime" : 19071, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.001758, "metric-unit" : "CPUs utilized"}
{"thread" : "gnome-terminal--2977", "counter-value" : "0.061868", "unit" : "msec", "event" : "cpu-clock", "event-runtime" : 62075, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.005930, "metric-unit" : "CPUs utilized"}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "9.398635", "unit" : "msec", "event" : "cpu-clock", "event-runtime" : 9398904, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.900916, "metric-unit" : "CPUs utilized"}
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "4.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "context-switches", "event-runtime" : 15203, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 218.102508, "metric-unit" : "K/sec"}
{"thread" : "gnome-terminal--2977", "counter-value" : "1.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "context-switches", "event-runtime" : 62075, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 16.163445, "metric-unit" : "K/sec"}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "1.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "context-switches", "event-runtime" : 9388658, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 106.398429, "metric-unit" : "/sec"}
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "1.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "cpu-migrations", "event-runtime" : 12511, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 54.525627, "metric-unit" : "K/sec"}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "2.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "page-faults", "event-runtime" : 9427495, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 212.796858, "metric-unit" : "/sec"}
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "41498.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "cycles", "event-runtime" : 20944, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 2.262704, "metric-unit" : "GHz"}
{"thread" : "ksoftirqd/1-22", "counter-value" : "23883.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "cycles", "event-runtime" : 9949, "pcnt-running" : 100.00}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "36686750.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "cycles", "event-runtime" : 9439269, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 3.903413, "metric-unit" : "GHz"}
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "25086.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "instructions", "event-runtime" : 20944, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.604511, "metric-unit" : "insn per cycle"}
{"thread" : "ksoftirqd/1-22", "counter-value" : "13360.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "instructions", "event-runtime" : 9949, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.559394, "metric-unit" : "insn per cycle"}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "7905940.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "instructions", "event-runtime" : 9438686, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.215499, "metric-unit" : "insn per cycle"}
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "3951.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branches", "event-runtime" : 16533, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 215.430752, "metric-unit" : "M/sec"}
{"thread" : "ksoftirqd/1-22", "counter-value" : "2822.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branches", "event-runtime" : 9949, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.000000, "metric-unit" : "/sec"}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "1691804.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branches", "event-runtime" : 9474118, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 180.005288, "metric-unit" : "M/sec"}
{"thread" : "rcu_preempt-16", "counter-value" : "279.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branch-misses", "event-runtime" : 16533, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 7.061503, "metric-unit" : "of all branches"}
{"thread" : "ksoftirqd/1-22", "counter-value" : "153.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branch-misses", "event-runtime" : 9949, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 5.421687, "metric-unit" : "of all branches"}
{"thread" : "kworker/1:2-events-752", "counter-value" : "121.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branch-misses", "event-runtime" : 9850, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 0.000000, "metric-unit" : "of all branches"}
{"thread" : "perf-62294", "counter-value" : "52693.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "branch-misses", "event-runtime" : 9451948, "pcnt-running" : 100.00, "metric-value" : 3.114604, "metric-unit" : "of all branches"}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/acme/libexec/perf-core/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py", line 93, in <module>
check_json_output(expected_items)
File "/home/acme/libexec/perf-core/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py", line 54, in check_json_output
raise RuntimeError(f'wrong number of fields. counted {count} expected {expected_items}'
RuntimeError: wrong number of fields. counted 6 expected [8, 10] in '{"thread" : "ksoftirqd/1-22", "counter-value" : "23883.000000", "unit" : "", "event" : "cycles", "event-runtime" : 9949, "pcnt-running" : 100.00}
'
test child finished with -1
---- end ----
perf stat JSON output linter: FAILED!
[root@...co ~]#
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