Re: Please backport subset of 2f5d370dec3f ("perf test: Change all remaining #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash") for stat_bpf_counters.sh script to v6.12.y and older

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 09:08:48PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Recently for v5.15.221, v6.1.188, v6.6.157, v6.12.110, v6.18.52 and
> v7.2.6, the commit b02027776ac5 ("perf tests: Fix flakiness in BPF
> counters test on hybrid systems") was backported, but it introduced
> bash specific syntax.  For versions after 2f5d370dec3f ("perf test:
> Change all remaining #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash") aka before v6.17-rc1
> this is not a problem.
> 
> The proposed patch is a stable series backports specific one, as one
> cannot simply backport 2f5d370dec3f ("perf test: Change all remaining
> #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash") without picking as well some other context
> related changes to make it possible. So I was proposing to only change
> shebang to #!/bin/bash in stable series were it is a problem, as in
> the stat_bpf_counters.sh script.

"Obviously" there was a typo in the commit message and a missing
explanation, thus v2 of the proposed change as follows.

Regards,
Salvatore