linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] perf test: Replace grep perl regexp with awk

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Message-Id: <175087468332.1361639.7789404923803499245.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:04:43 -0700
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>
Cc: wy.shih90@...il.com, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, 
 peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org, 
 mark.rutland@....com, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org, 
 adrian.hunter@...el.com, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com, james.clark@...aro.org, 
 tmricht@...ux.ibm.com, leo.yan@....com, atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, 
 linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] perf test: Replace grep perl regexp with awk

On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:40:09 -0700, Chun-Tse Shao wrote:
> perl is not universal on all machines and should be replaced with awk,
> which is much more common.
> 
> Before:
>   $ perf test "probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping" -v
>   --- start ---
>   test child forked, pid 145431
>   grep: Perl matching not supported in a --disable-perl-regexp build
> 
> [...]
Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
Namhyung