[PATCH] perf test: Make perf trace enum augmentation tests exclusive

From: Thomas Richter

Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 04:15:13 EST


Running both tests cases 'perf trace enum augmentation tests'
and 'perf trace BTF general tests' together causes the first test case
to fail:
# for i in $(seq 5); do \
./perf test 'perf trace enum augmentation tests' \
'perf trace BTF general tests'; \
done
125: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
125: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
125: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
125: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
125: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
126: perf trace BTF general tests : FAILED!
#

Test case perf trace enum augmentation tests' fails because the second
test case 'perf trace BTF general tests' 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 enum augmentation tests' exclusive.

# for i in $(seq 5); do \
./perf test 'perf trace enum augmentation tests' \
'perf trace BTF general tests'; \
done
125: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
125: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
125: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
125: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
125: perf trace BTF general tests : Ok
155: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Ok
#

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

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh
index 03e9f680a4a6..437510d46f58 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/bash
-# perf trace enum augmentation tests
+# perf trace enum augmentation tests (exclusive)
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

err=0
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