Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf test: Add test case for record tracking

[Ian Rogers]

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 12:44 AM Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add a new test case to record tracking side-band events for all CPUs when
> tracing selected CPUs

We're using "tracking" and "sideband" as synonyms, I think it would be
clearer to just use "sideband" and not use "tracking". I see both
terms in tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt

Would it be possible to get some consistency here?

Thanks,
Ian

> Test result:
>
>   # ./perf test list 2>&1 | grep 'perf record tracking tests'
>    95: perf record tracking tests
>   f# ./perf test 95
>    95: perf record tracking tests                                      : Ok
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/record_tracking.sh | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/record_tracking.sh
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_tracking.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_tracking.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..fe05f4772999
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_tracking.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +# perf record tracking tests
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +set -e
> +
> +err=0
> +perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
> +
> +can_cpu_wide()
> +{
> +    if ! perf record -o ${perfdata} -BN --no-bpf-event -e dummy:u -C $1 true 2>&1 >/dev/null
> +    then
> +       echo "record tracking test [Skipped cannot record cpu$1]"
> +       err=2
> +    fi
> +
> +    rm -f ${perfdata}
> +    return $err
> +}
> +
> +test_system_wide_tracking()
> +{
> +    # Need CPU 0 and CPU 1
> +    can_cpu_wide 0 || return 0
> +    can_cpu_wide 1 || return 0
> +
> +    # Record on CPU 0 a task running on CPU 1
> +    perf record -BN --no-bpf-event -o ${perfdata} -e dummy:u -C 0 -- taskset --cpu-list 1 true
> +
> +    # Should get MMAP events from CPU 1
> +    mmap_cnt=`perf script -i ${perfdata} --show-mmap-events -C 1 2>/dev/null | grep MMAP | wc -l`
> +
> +    rm -f ${perfdata}
> +
> +    if [ ${mmap_cnt} -gt 0 ] ; then
> +       return 0
> +    fi
> +
> +    echo "Failed to record MMAP events on CPU 1 when tracing CPU 0"
> +    return 1
> +}
> +
> +test_system_wide_tracking
> --
> 2.30.GIT
>