[PATCH v2 18/19] perf tests: Mark the C tests mapping perf ring buffers

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Tue Oct 13 2026 - 18:26:11 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

The C tests that run 'perf record' in the test process itself map ring
buffers and so need room in the per user budget set in
kernel.perf_event_mlock_kb: mark them with the new 'needs_mlock' suite
flag, see the previous changes, so that they take turns using that
budget while the tests that don't map them keep running in parallel.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/backward-ring-buffer.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c | 1 +
9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/backward-ring-buffer.c b/tools/perf/tests/backward-ring-buffer.c
index 2735cc26d7eec3fb..9314696858ff7c84 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/backward-ring-buffer.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/backward-ring-buffer.c
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ static int test__backward_ring_buffer(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, in
return ret;
}

-DEFINE_SUITE("Read backward ring buffer", backward_ring_buffer);
+DEFINE_SUITE_NEEDS_MLOCK("Read backward ring buffer", backward_ring_buffer);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index c50b526f44fb523f..130cd6021f930597 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -885,4 +885,4 @@ static int test__code_reading(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
};
}

-DEFINE_SUITE("Object code reading", code_reading);
+DEFINE_SUITE_NEEDS_MLOCK("Object code reading", code_reading);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
index b760041bed307859..6d8d8cd57200645d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ static int test__keep_tracking(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subte
return err;
}

-DEFINE_SUITE("Use a dummy software event to keep tracking", keep_tracking);
+DEFINE_SUITE_NEEDS_MLOCK("Use a dummy software event to keep tracking", keep_tracking);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 5cec7644952c7dba..02cfe8533ac05036 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -448,4 +448,5 @@ static struct test_case tests__basic_mmap[] = {
struct test_suite suite__basic_mmap = {
.desc = "mmap interface tests",
.test_cases = tests__basic_mmap,
+ .needs_mlock = true,
};
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
index 5365889d326f8bc7..1ea336fbc7e7c030 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
@@ -160,4 +160,5 @@ static struct test_case tests__syscall_openat_tp_fields[] = {
struct test_suite suite__syscall_openat_tp_fields = {
.desc = "syscalls:sys_enter_openat event fields",
.test_cases = tests__syscall_openat_tp_fields,
+ .needs_mlock = true,
};
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 0cac6ae1a1fc05ed..370dbde08eac71c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -372,4 +372,5 @@ static struct test_case tests__PERF_RECORD[] = {
struct test_suite suite__PERF_RECORD = {
.desc = "PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields",
.test_cases = tests__PERF_RECORD,
+ .needs_mlock = true,
};
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
index f8f71fdd32b1bfed..0cefa2df2db728f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
@@ -218,4 +218,5 @@ static struct test_case time_to_tsc_tests[] = {
struct test_suite suite__perf_time_to_tsc = {
.desc = "Convert perf time to TSC",
.test_cases = time_to_tsc_tests,
+ .needs_mlock = true,
};
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
index d181858816352c67..1b62dae55f076d30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ static int test__sw_clock_freq(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subte
return ret;
}

-DEFINE_SUITE("Software clock events period values", sw_clock_freq);
+DEFINE_SUITE_NEEDS_MLOCK("Software clock events period values", sw_clock_freq);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
index 95393edbfe363e5e..9fac426ac2f9eab3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
@@ -158,4 +158,5 @@ struct test_case tests__task_exit[] = {
struct test_suite suite__task_exit = {
.desc = "Number of exit events of a simple workload",
.test_cases = tests__task_exit,
+ .needs_mlock = true,
};
--
2.55.0