Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] perf tests: Check for ARM [vectors] page

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon Nov 26 2018 - 19:27:57 EST


On 11/13/18 2:44 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 10/25/18 10:55 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just painfully learned that perf would segfault when
>> CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS is disabled because it unconditionally makes use of
>> it. This patch series adds an ARM test for that by leveraging the
>> existing find_vdso_map() function and making it more generic and capable
>> of location any map within /proc/self/maps.
>
> Did not get much feedback, you are all probably busy attending LPC
> conferences, but I was wondering if this did make sense or if there is a
> better approach that should be looked at?
>
> I am starting to see additional tests failing that require some ARM
> (32-bit) specific changes, and not accumulating too many of these fixes
> on top of that series would be neat.
>
> Thank you!

Ping? Would you prefer a resend to avoid any possible conflicts? Thanks

>
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>>
>> - use strlen() instead of sizeof() -1 since we made the page name a
>> parameter
>> - use TEST_OK/TEST_FAIL in lieu of 0/-1
>> - added an error message indicating CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS might be
>> disabled
>>
>> Florian Fainelli (2):
>> perf tools: Make find_vdso_map() more modular
>> perf tests: Add a test for the ARM 32-bit [vectors] page
>>
>> tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build | 1 +
>> tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/arch-tests.c | 4 +++
>> tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/vectors-page.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++
>> tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 5 ++++
>> tools/perf/util/find-map.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> tools/perf/util/find-vdso-map.c | 30 +++--------------------
>> 6 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/vectors-page.c
>> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/find-map.c
>>
>
>


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Florian