[PATCH v2] perf test: Run test 126 exclusive

From: Thomas Richter

Date: Wed Apr 08 2026 - 07:34:10 EST


V1 --> V2 Fixed commit message

Running both tests cases 126 128 together causes the first test case
126 to fail:
# for i in $(seq 3); do ./perf test 126 128; done
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
128: perf trace record and replay : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
128: perf trace record and replay : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
128: perf trace record and replay : Ok
#

Test case 126 fails because test case 128 runs concurrently as can
be observed using a ps -ef | grep perf output list on a different
window. Both do a perf trace command concurrently.
Make test case 'perf trace BTF general tests' exclusive.

Output after:
# for i in $(seq 3); do ./perf test 'perf trace BTF general tests' \
'perf trace record and replay'; done
127: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace record and replay : Ok
127: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace record and replay : Ok
127: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace record and replay : Ok
#

Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh
index ef2da806be6b..7a94a5743924 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_general.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/bash
-# perf trace BTF general tests
+# perf trace BTF general tests (exclusive)
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

err=0
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