Re: [PATCH v4] perf test tsc: Fix error message report when not supported.

[Adrian Hunter]

On 08/04/2022 11.47, Chengdong Li wrote:
> From: Chengdong Li <chengdongli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> By default `perf test tsc` does not return the error message
> when the child process detected kernel does not support. Instead,
> the child process print error message to stderr, unfortunately
> the stderr is redirected to /dev/null when verbose <= 0.
> 
> This patch did three things:
> - returns TEST_SKIP to the parent process instead of TEST_OK when
>   perf_read_tsc_conversion() is not supported.
> - add a new subtest of testing if TSC is supported on current
>   architecture by moving exist code to a separate function.
>   It avoids two places in test__perf_time_to_tsc() that return
>   TEST_SKIP by doing this.
> - extended test suite definition to contain above two subtests.
>   Current test_suite and test_case structs do not support printing
>   skip reason when the number of subtest less than 1. To print skip
>   reason, it is necessary to extend current test suite definition.
> 
> Changes since v3:
> - refine commit message again to make it clear. 
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - refine error message format.
> - refine commit log message according to Adrian's review comments.
> 
> Changes since v1 (thanks for the feedback from Adrian Hunter):
> - rebase commit to current source.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengdong Li <chengdongli@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
> index d12d0ad81801..cc6df49a65a1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,17 @@
>  	}					\
>  }
>  
> +static int test__tsc_is_supported(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
> +				  int subtest __maybe_unused)
> +{
> +	if (!TSC_IS_SUPPORTED) {
> +		pr_debug("Test not supported on this architecture\n");
> +		return TEST_SKIP;
> +	}
> +
> +	return TEST_OK;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * test__perf_time_to_tsc - test converting perf time to TSC.
>   *
> @@ -70,7 +81,7 @@ static int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
>  	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = NULL;
>  	struct evlist *evlist = NULL;
>  	struct evsel *evsel = NULL;
> -	int err = -1, ret, i;
> +	int err = TEST_FAIL, ret, i;
>  	const char *comm1, *comm2;
>  	struct perf_tsc_conversion tc;
>  	struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc;
> @@ -79,10 +90,6 @@ static int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
>  	u64 test_time, comm1_time = 0, comm2_time = 0;
>  	struct mmap *md;
>  
> -	if (!TSC_IS_SUPPORTED) {
> -		pr_debug("Test not supported on this architecture");
> -		return TEST_SKIP;
> -	}
>  
>  	threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
>  	CHECK_NOT_NULL__(threads);
> @@ -124,8 +131,8 @@ static int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
>  	ret = perf_read_tsc_conversion(pc, &tc);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> -			fprintf(stderr, " (not supported)");
> -			return 0;
> +			pr_debug("perf_read_tsc_conversion is not supported in current kernel\n");
> +			err = TEST_SKIP;
>  		}
>  		goto out_err;
>  	}
> @@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ static int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
>  	    test_tsc >= comm2_tsc)
>  		goto out_err;
>  
> -	err = 0;
> +	err = TEST_OK;
>  
>  out_err:
>  	evlist__delete(evlist);
> @@ -200,4 +207,15 @@ static int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int su
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -DEFINE_SUITE("Convert perf time to TSC", perf_time_to_tsc);
> +static struct test_case time_to_tsc_tests[] = {
> +	TEST_CASE_REASON("TSC support", tsc_is_supported,
> +			 "This architecture does not support"),
> +	TEST_CASE_REASON("Perf time to TSC", perf_time_to_tsc,
> +			 "perf_read_tsc_conversion is not supported"),
> +	{ .name = NULL, }
> +};
> +
> +struct test_suite suite__perf_time_to_tsc = {
> +	.desc = "Convert perf time to TSC",
> +	.test_cases = time_to_tsc_tests,
> +};