Re: [PATCH 1/8] perf test: Do not use instructions:u explicitly

[Ian Rogers]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:26 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think it's to support non-root user tests.  But perf record can handle
> the case and fall back to a software event (cpu-clock).  Practically this
> would affect when it's run on a VM, but it seems no reason to prevent running
> the test in the guest.
>
> Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Ian

> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
> index 301f95427159..747c33a1ec45 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
> @@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ trap trap_cleanup exit term int
>
>  test_per_thread() {
>    echo "Basic --per-thread mode test"
> -  if ! perf record -e instructions:u -o ${perfdata} --quiet true 2> /dev/null
> +  if ! perf record -o /dev/null --quiet true 2> /dev/null
>    then
> -    echo "Per-thread record [Skipped instructions:u not supported]"
> +    echo "Per-thread record [Skipped event not supported]"
>      if [ $err -ne 1 ]
>      then
>        err=2
>      fi
>      return
>    fi
> -  if ! perf record -e instructions:u --per-thread -o ${perfdata} true 2> /dev/null
> +  if ! perf record --per-thread -o ${perfdata} true 2> /dev/null
>    then
> -    echo "Per-thread record of instructions:u [Failed]"
> +    echo "Per-thread record [Failed record]"
>      err=1
>      return
>    fi
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test_register_capture() {
>    echo "Register capture test"
>    if ! perf list | egrep -q 'br_inst_retired.near_call'
>    then
> -    echo "Register capture test [Skipped missing instruction]"
> +    echo "Register capture test [Skipped missing event]"
>      if [ $err -ne 1 ]
>      then
>        err=2
> --
> 2.38.0.135.g90850a2211-goog
>