[tip:perf/core] perf test: Allow skipping tests

From: tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Jan 25 2013 - 07:15:30 EST


Commit-ID: 2ae828786c65ab8f587647bd0f22f8fe00f1f238
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/2ae828786c65ab8f587647bd0f22f8fe00f1f238
Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:22:55 -0300
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:40:53 -0300

perf test: Allow skipping tests

Sometimes a test is problematic for some reason and one wants to skip it,
for instance:

[root@sandy ~]# perf test
1: vmlinux symtab matches kallsyms : Ok
2: detect open syscall event : Ok
3: detect open syscall event on all cpus : Ok
4: read samples using the mmap interface : Ok
5: parse events tests : Warning: bad op token {
Warning: bad op token {
Warning: bad op token {
Warning: bad op token {
Warning: bad op token {
Warning: function is_writable_pte not defined
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

So now we can use -s/--skip while the problematic tests are being fixed,
allowing us to test all the other entries:

[root@sandy ~]# perf test -s 5
1: vmlinux symtab matches kallsyms : Ok
2: detect open syscall event : Ok
3: detect open syscall event on all cpus : Ok
4: read samples using the mmap interface : Ok
5: parse events tests : Skip (user override)
6: x86 rdpmc test : Ok
7: Validate PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields : Ok
8: Test perf pmu format parsing : Ok
9: Test dso data interface : Ok
10: roundtrip evsel->name check : Ok
11: Check parsing of sched tracepoints fields : Ok
12: Generate and check syscalls:sys_enter_open event fields: Ok
13: struct perf_event_attr setup : Ok
14: Test matching and linking mutliple hists : Ok
15: Try 'use perf' in python, checking link problems : Ok
[root@sandy ~]#

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-klzd8p57jzdryafqkmlppcb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 4 ++++
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index b24ac40..d1d3e5121 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ from 'perf test list'.

OPTIONS
-------
+-s::
+--skip::
+ Tests to skip (comma separater numeric list).
+
-v::
--verbose::
Be more verbose.
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 6a5dee2..acb98e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
* Builtin regression testing command: ever growing number of sanity tests
*/
#include "builtin.h"
+#include "intlist.h"
#include "tests.h"
#include "debug.h"
#include "color.h"
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ static bool perf_test__matches(int curr, int argc, const char *argv[])
return false;
}

-static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[])
+static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[], struct intlist *skiplist)
{
int i = 0;
int width = 0;
@@ -126,6 +127,12 @@ static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[])
continue;

pr_info("%2d: %-*s:", i, width, tests[curr].desc);
+
+ if (intlist__find(skiplist, i)) {
+ color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Skip (user override)\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+
pr_debug("\n--- start ---\n");
err = tests[curr].func();
pr_debug("---- end ----\n%s:", tests[curr].desc);
@@ -169,11 +176,14 @@ int cmd_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
"perf test [<options>] [{list <test-name-fragment>|[<test-name-fragments>|<test-numbers>]}]",
NULL,
};
+ const char *skip = NULL;
const struct option test_options[] = {
+ OPT_STRING('s', "skip", &skip, "tests", "tests to skip"),
OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
"be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
OPT_END()
};
+ struct intlist *skiplist = NULL;

argc = parse_options(argc, argv, test_options, test_usage, 0);
if (argc >= 1 && !strcmp(argv[0], "list"))
@@ -186,5 +196,8 @@ int cmd_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
if (symbol__init() < 0)
return -1;

- return __cmd_test(argc, argv);
+ if (skip != NULL)
+ skiplist = intlist__new(skip);
+
+ return __cmd_test(argc, argv, skiplist);
}
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