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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:45:47 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>,
Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>,
Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@...el.com>,
Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>,
linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] Test fixes and debug logging
On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 11:28:56AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Testing in a hypervisor guest showed some issues that these patches
> try to address, or improve the debug situation upon.
>
> Ian Rogers (4):
> perf test: Be tolerant of missing json metric none value
> perf parse-events: Add debug logging to perf_event
> perf test: Don't fail if user rdpmc returns 0 when disabled
> perf stat-shadow: Display metric-only for 0 counters
Applied, but while checking before/after on a host, I see that these are
quite unstable:
root@x1:~# perf test -r10 linter
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : FAILED!
99: perf stat STD output linter : FAILED!
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : FAILED!
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : FAILED!
root@x1:~#
root@x1:~# for a in $(seq 20) ; do perf test linter ; echo "------" ; done
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : FAILED!
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : FAILED!
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
94: perf stat CSV output linter : FAILED!
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
------
root@x1:~#
root@x1:~# uname -a
Linux x1 6.16.5-200.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Sep 4 16:37:21 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@x1:~# grep -m1 "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1365U
root@x1:~#
All is well on AMD land:
root@...ber:~# perf test linter
94: perf stat CSV output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
root@...ber:~# perf test -r 5 linter
94: perf stat CSV output linter : Ok
94: perf stat CSV output linter : Ok
94: perf stat CSV output linter : Ok
94: perf stat CSV output linter : Ok
94: perf stat CSV output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
97: perf stat JSON output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
99: perf stat STD output linter : Ok
root@...ber:~# uname -a
Linux number 6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Sep 11 17:46:54 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@...ber:~# grep -m1 "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor
root@...ber:~#
acme@...ber:~/git/perf-tools-next$ git log --oneline -5
58c26aeac5132152 (HEAD -> perf-tools-next, perf-tools-next/tmp.perf-tools-next) perf stat-shadow: Display metric-only for 0 counters
f46533cc149e39bd perf test: Don't fail if user rdpmc returns 0 when disabled
9bb146fd8a342ae1 perf parse-events: Add debug logging to perf_event
64b3eae288bb4370 perf test: Be tolerant of missing json metric none value
0dc96cae063cbf9e perf build-id: Ensure snprintf string is empty when size is 0
acme@...ber:~/git/perf-tools-next$ sudo su -
root@...ber:~# perf -v
perf version 6.17.rc6.g58c26aeac513
root@...ber:~#
- Arnaldo
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