linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 22/22] perf test stat csv: Update test expectations and events

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Message-ID: <20251024175857.808401-23-irogers@google.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:58:57 -0700
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>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@....com>, 
	Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>, Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@...ux.ibm.com>, Collin Funk <collin.funk1@...il.com>, 
	Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@...el.com>, Howard Chu <howardchu95@...il.com>, 
	Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>, Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>, 
	Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 22/22] perf test stat csv: Update test expectations and events

Explicitly use a metric rather than implicitly expecting '-e
instructions,cycles' to produce a metric. Use a metric with software
events to make it more compatible.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh | 2 +-
 tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+csv_output.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
index c2ec7881ec1d..3c36e80fe422 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ check_metric_only()
 		echo "[Skip] CPU-measurement counter facility not installed"
 		return
 	fi
-	perf stat --metric-only $2 -e instructions,cycles true
+	perf stat --metric-only $2 -M page_faults_per_second true
 	commachecker --metric-only
 	echo "[Success]"
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+csv_output.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+csv_output.sh
index 7a6f6e177402..cd6fff597091 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+csv_output.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+csv_output.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function commachecker()
 	;; "--per-die")		exp=8
 	;; "--per-cluster")	exp=8
 	;; "--per-cache")	exp=8
-	;; "--metric-only")	exp=2
+	;; "--metric-only")	exp=1
 	esac
 
 	while read line
-- 
2.51.1.821.gb6fe4d2222-goog