[PATCH 1/3] perf test: Skip 6.2 kernel for bpf-filter test

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri Aug 25 2023 - 12:42:57 EST


The BPF sample filtering requires two kernel changes below:
* bpf_cast_to_kernel_ctx() kfunc (added in v6.2)
* setting perf_sample_data->sample_flags (finished in v6.3)

The perf tools can check bpf_cast_to_kernel_ctx() easily so it can
refuse BPF filters on those old kernels (v6.1 and earlier). But
checking sample_flags appears to be difficult so current code won't
work on v6.2 kernel. That's unfortunate but I don't know what's the
correct way to handle it.

For now, let's skip v6.2 kernels explicitly (if failed) in the test.

Fixes: 9575ecdd198a ("perf test: Add perf record sample filtering test")
Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh
index e76ea861b92c..31c593966e8c 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ test_bpf_filter_basic() {
fi
if perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F ip | grep 'ffffffff[0-9a-f]*'
then
+ if uname -r | grep -q ^6.2
+ then
+ echo "Basic bpf-filter test [Skipped unsupported kernel]"
+ err=2
+ return
+ fi
echo "Basic bpf-filter test [Failed invalid output]"
err=1
return
--
2.42.0.rc1.204.g551eb34607-goog