linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 3/8] perf tests: Avoid fork in perf_has

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:41:50 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, 
	Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, 
	Athira Jajeev <atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, James Clark <james.clark@....com>, 
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, 
	llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v6 3/8] perf tests: Avoid fork in perf_has_symbol test

perf test -vv Symbols is used to indentify symbols within the perf
binary. Add the -F flag so that the test command doesn't fork the test
before running. This removes a little overhead.

Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
index 5d59c32ae3e7..561c93b75d77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 perf_has_symbol()
 {
-	if perf test -vv "Symbols" 2>&1 | grep "[[:space:]]$1$"; then
+	if perf test -vv -F "Symbols" 2>&1 | grep "[[:space:]]$1$"; then
 		echo "perf does have symbol '$1'"
 		return 0
 	fi
-- 
2.44.0.rc0.258.g7320e95886-goog