[PATCH v1] perf test workload: Add thread count argument to thloop

[Ian Rogers]

Allow the number of threads for the thloop workload to be increased
beyond the normal 2. Add error checking to the parsed time and thread
count values.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/tests/workloads/thloop.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/thloop.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/thloop.c
index 457b29f91c3e..dbb88bcf49e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/thloop.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/thloop.c
@@ -31,21 +31,50 @@ static void *thfunc(void *arg)
 
 static int thloop(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	int sec = 1;
-	pthread_t th;
+	int nt = 2, sec = 1, err = 1;
+	pthread_t *thread_list = NULL;
 
 	if (argc > 0)
 		sec = atoi(argv[0]);
 
+	if (sec <= 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error: seconds (%d) must be >= 1\n", sec);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (argc > 1)
+		nt = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+	if (nt <= 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error: thread count (%d) must be >= 1\n", nt);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	signal(SIGINT, sighandler);
 	signal(SIGALRM, sighandler);
-	alarm(sec);
 
-	pthread_create(&th, NULL, thfunc, test_loop);
+	thread_list = calloc(nt, sizeof(pthread_t));
+	if (thread_list == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error: malloc failed for %d threads\n", nt);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	for (int i = 1; i < nt; i++) {
+		int ret = pthread_create(&thread_list[i], NULL, thfunc, test_loop);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to create thread %d\n", i);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	alarm(sec);
 	test_loop();
-	pthread_join(th, NULL);
+	for (int i = 1; i < nt; i++)
+		pthread_join(thread_list[i], /*retval=*/NULL);
 
-	return 0;
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	free(thread_list);
+	return err;
 }
 
 DEFINE_WORKLOAD(thloop);
-- 
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