Re: [PATCH v15 15/15] tracing: Add hist trigger action 'expected fail' test case

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:38:22 -0600
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> On Wed, 2019-02-20 at 12:17 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:42:55 -0600
> > Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> > > From: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Add a test case verifying that basic action combinations fail as
> > > expected.
> > >   
> > 
> > Hi Tom,
> > 
> > This test appears to fail:
> > 
> > # echo 'hist:keys=comm:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).save(comm,prio)'  
> > >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger  
> > -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> > 
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist 
> > 
> > ERROR: action parsing: Handler doesn't support action: save
> >   Last command: keys=comm:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).save(comm,prio)
> > 
> > 
> > Is the "save" feature implemented here? It's in the README too.
> > Should
> > it be removed?
> >   
> 
> The "save" feature is implemented, but it's not currently supported
> with onmatch(), which is why it fails, and is used in the xfail test,
> since it's expected to.  So, in this case, the command fails, which
> means the xfail test actually passed.  ;-)
> 
> There are other tests in the inter-event testcases that use save() but
> with onmax() and onchange(), and they pass.

So the test needs to pass on failure?

Because, it shouldn't be flagged as a failure in the test suite.

-- Steve

> 
> Hope that explains things in this case,
> 
> Tom
> 
> > -- Steve
> >   
> > > Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  .../inter-event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc       | 30
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644
> > > tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-
> > > action-hist-xfail.tc
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-
> > > event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc
> > > b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-
> > > event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..1221240f8cf6
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-
> > > event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> > > +#!/bin/sh
> > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > +# description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger
> > > expected fail actions
> > > +
> > > +fail() { #msg
> > > +    echo $1
> > > +    exit_fail
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
> > > +    echo "event tracing is not supported"
> > > +    exit_unsupported
> > > +fi
> > > +
> > > +if [ ! -f snapshot ]; then
> > > +    echo "snapshot is not supported"
> > > +    exit_unsupported
> > > +fi
> > > +
> > > +grep -q "snapshot()" README || exit_unsupported # version issue
> > > +
> > > +echo "Test expected snapshot action failure"
> > > +
> > > +echo 'hist:keys=comm:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).snapshot()' >>
> > > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger &&
> > > exit_fail
> > > +
> > > +echo "Test expected save action failure"
> > > +
> > > +echo 'hist:keys=comm:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).save(comm,prio)'  
> > > >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger &&  
> > > exit_fail
> > > +
> > > +exit_xfail  
> > 
> >