linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] perf trace: Add more tests for BTF-augmented perf trace

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Message-ID: <Z2CGdi5xpJy6C6sv@google.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:58:46 -0800
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Howard Chu <howardchu95@...il.com>
Cc: acme@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
	alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org,
	irogers@...gle.com, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
	kan.liang@...ux.intel.com, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] perf trace: Add more tests for BTF-augmented perf
 trace

On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 11:07:09AM -0800, Howard Chu wrote:
> Changes in v4:
>  - Use if -f to check the existence of vmlinux BTF, and exit if it
>    doesn't, so trace_test_string will not overwrite $err, and keep
>    running the test.
> 
> Changes in v3:
>  - Add vmlinux BTF check, and skip the tests if it doesn't exist
> 
> v1, v2:
> 
> The previous version of the perf trace BTF general augmentation tests
> didn't pass Shellcheck (thanks to Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> <acme@...nel.org> for pointing this out), this version uses bash instead
> of POSIX shell to pass Shellcheck.
> 
> This patch series also adds documentation for the new option
> --force-btf, which is used in the tests.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/Zt9yiQq-n-W6I274@x1/
> 
> Howard Chu (2):
>   perf trace: Add tests for BTF general augmentation
>   perf docs: Add documentation for --force-btf option

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung

> 
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt     |  5 ++
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 98 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh
> 
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>