netdev - [PATCH bpf-next] selftests: bpf: don't depend on hardcoded perf sample

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Date:   Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:53:24 -0700
From:   Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests: bpf: don't depend on hardcoded perf sample_freq

When running stacktrace_build_id_nmi, try to query
kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate sysctl and use it as a sample_freq.
If there was an error reading sysctl, fallback to 5000.

kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate sysctl can drift and/or can be
adjusted by the perf tool, so assuming a fixed number might be
problematic on a long running machine.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
---
 .../bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id_nmi.c     | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id_nmi.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id_nmi.c
index 8a114bb1c379..1c1a2f75f3d8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id_nmi.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id_nmi.c
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <test_progs.h>
 
+static __u64 read_perf_max_sample_freq(void)
+{
+	__u64 sample_freq = 5000; /* fallback to 5000 on error */
+	FILE *f;
+
+	f = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate", "r");
+	if (f == NULL)
+		return sample_freq;
+	fscanf(f, "%llu", &sample_freq);
+	fclose(f);
+	return sample_freq;
+}
+
 void test_stacktrace_build_id_nmi(void)
 {
 	int control_map_fd, stackid_hmap_fd, stackmap_fd, stack_amap_fd;
 	const char *file = "./test_stacktrace_build_id.o";
 	int err, pmu_fd, prog_fd;
 	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
-		.sample_freq = 5000,
 		.freq = 1,
 		.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 		.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
@@ -20,6 +32,8 @@ void test_stacktrace_build_id_nmi(void)
 	int build_id_matches = 0;
 	int retry = 1;
 
+	attr.sample_freq = read_perf_max_sample_freq();
+
 retry:
 	err = bpf_prog_load(file, BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT, &obj, &prog_fd);
 	if (CHECK(err, "prog_load", "err %d errno %d\n", err, errno))
-- 
2.21.0.225.g810b269d1ac-goog