[PATCH v3 02/13] perf test: Truncate test description to fit terminal width

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 13:02:19 EST


The parallel test harness uses the carriage return delete escape sequence
`PERF_COLOR_DELETE_LINE` ("\033[A\33[2K\r") to erase and update the
"Running (X active)" progress lines.

However, if a test description is longer than the terminal width, the line
wraps around. When this happens, the cursor up escape sequence `\033[A`
only moves the cursor to the last wrapped row, leaving the top half of the
description printed on the previous line. This leads to name duplication
and output corruption spilling over multiple rows on consoles narrower
than the maximum description length (e.g., 101 columns wide).

Fix this by dynamically querying the terminal width using
`get_term_dimensions` and truncating the printed test descriptions using
the `%-*.*s` printf format. We reserve 35 characters for prefix, status,
and spacing metrics to guarantee the progress line never wraps.

Fixes: 0e036dcad4e6 ("perf test: Display number of active running tests")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index afc06cec4954..1dcaeb8505b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -10,35 +10,39 @@
#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
#include <execinfo.h>
#endif
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
-#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
#include <dirent.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
+
#include "builtin.h"
+#include "color.h"
#include "config.h"
+#include "debug.h"
#include "hist.h"
#include "intlist.h"
-#include "tests.h"
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "color.h"
-#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
#include "string2.h"
#include "symbol.h"
+#include "tests-scripts.h"
+#include "tests.h"
#include "util/rlimit.h"
#include "util/strbuf.h"
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
-#include <linux/zalloc.h>
-
-#include "tests-scripts.h"
+#include "util/term.h"

static const char *junit_filename;
static struct strbuf junit_xml_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -413,23 +417,73 @@ static char *xml_escape(const char *str)
return res ? res : strdup("");
}

+static int get_term_width(void)
+{
+ struct winsize ws;
+ int cols = 80;
+ int term_width;
+
+ /*
+ * If output is redirected to a file or piped, we don't need to wrap
+ * or truncate at all. Use a massive virtually infinite terminal width
+ * so descriptions are printed in full.
+ */
+ if (!isatty(fileno(debug_file())))
+ return 10000;
+
+ get_term_dimensions(&ws);
+ if (ws.ws_col > 0)
+ cols = ws.ws_col;
+
+ /*
+ * Limit description width to fit on a single line. We subtract 35
+ * columns of headroom to allocate space for:
+ * - The suite index prefix: e.g. " 10.100:" (9 characters).
+ * - The colon separator and spaces: " : " (3 characters).
+ * - The longest status results: e.g. "Skip (some metrics failed)" (26 characters)
+ * or "Running (XX active)" (20 characters).
+ *
+ * A minimum description width of 10 is enforced to ensure names are
+ * legible even on very narrow consoles.
+ */
+ term_width = cols - 35;
+ if (term_width < 10)
+ term_width = 10;
+
+ return term_width;
+}
+
+static int get_max_desc_width(int width)
+{
+ int term_width = get_term_width();
+
+ return width > term_width ? term_width : width;
+}
+
static int print_test_result(struct test_suite *t, int curr_suite, int curr_test_case,
int result, int width, int running,
const char *err_output, double elapsed)
{
+ int pad_width = get_max_desc_width(width);
+ int term_width = get_term_width();
+
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(t) > 1) {
char prefix[32];
int len = snprintf(prefix, sizeof(prefix), "%3d.%1d:",
curr_suite + 1, curr_test_case + 1);
- int subw = len >= 4 ? width + 4 - len : width;
+ int pad = len >= 4 ? pad_width + 4 - len : pad_width;
+ int trunc = len >= 4 ? term_width + 4 - len : term_width;

- pr_info("%s %-*s:", prefix, subw, test_description(t, curr_test_case));
- } else
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:", curr_suite + 1, width, test_description(t, curr_test_case));
+ pr_info("%s %-*.*s:", prefix, pad, trunc,
+ test_description(t, curr_test_case));
+ } else {
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:", curr_suite + 1, pad_width, term_width,
+ test_description(t, curr_test_case));
+ }

switch (result) {
case TEST_RUNNING:
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Running (%d active)\n", running);
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Running (%d active)\n", running);
break;
case TEST_OK:
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(t) > 1)
@@ -443,9 +497,9 @@ static int print_test_result(struct test_suite *t, int curr_suite, int curr_test

summary_tests_skipped++;
if (reason)
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Skip (%s)\n", reason);
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Skip (%s)\n", reason);
else
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Skip\n");
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, " Skip\n");
}
break;
case TEST_FAIL:
@@ -459,7 +513,7 @@ static int print_test_result(struct test_suite *t, int curr_suite, int curr_test
strbuf_addf_safe(&summary_failed_tests_buf, " %3d: %s\n",
curr_suite + 1,
test_description(t, curr_test_case));
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_RED, " FAILED!\n");
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_RED, " FAILED!\n");
break;
}

@@ -695,6 +749,7 @@ static void finish_test(struct child_test **child_tests, int running_test, int c
int ret;
struct timespec end_time;
double elapsed;
+ width = get_max_desc_width(width);

if (child_test == NULL) {
/* Test wasn't started. */
@@ -709,7 +764,8 @@ static void finish_test(struct child_test **child_tests, int running_test, int c
* sub test names.
*/
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(t) > 1 && curr_test_case == 0)
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:\n", curr_suite + 1, width, test_description(t, -1));
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:\n", curr_suite + 1, width, width,
+ test_description(t, -1));

/*
* Busy loop reading from the child's stdout/stderr that are set to be
@@ -917,6 +973,8 @@ static int finish_tests_parallel(struct child_test **child_tests, size_t num_tes
int last_suite_printed = -1;
sigset_t set, oldset;

+ width = get_max_desc_width(width);
+
sigemptyset(&set);
sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
sigaddset(&set, SIGTERM);
@@ -985,8 +1043,11 @@ static int finish_tests_parallel(struct child_test **child_tests, size_t num_tes
if (next_child) {
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(next_child->test) > 1 &&
last_suite_printed != next_child->suite_num) {
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:\n", next_child->suite_num + 1, width,
- test_description(next_child->test, -1));
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:\n",
+ next_child->suite_num + 1,
+ width, width,
+ test_description(
+ next_child->test, -1));
last_suite_printed = next_child->suite_num;
}
print_test_result(next_child->test, next_child->suite_num,
@@ -1049,7 +1110,8 @@ static int finish_tests_parallel(struct child_test **child_tests, size_t num_tes

if (test_suite__num_test_cases(child->test) > 1 &&
last_suite_printed != child->suite_num) {
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:\n", child->suite_num + 1, width,
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:\n", child->suite_num + 1,
+ width, width,
test_description(child->test, -1));
last_suite_printed = child->suite_num;
}
@@ -1173,12 +1235,12 @@ static void print_tests_summary(void)
pr_info("Passed subtests : %u\n", summary_subtests_passed);
pr_info("Skipped tests : %u\n", summary_tests_skipped);
if (summary_tests_failed > 0) {
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_RED, "Failed tests : %u\n",
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_RED, "Failed tests : %u\n",
summary_tests_failed);
pr_info("List of failed tests:\n");
pr_info("%s", summary_failed_tests_buf.buf);
} else {
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_GREEN, "Failed tests : 0\n");
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_GREEN, "Failed tests : 0\n");
}

if (junit_filename) {
@@ -1296,9 +1358,13 @@ static int __cmd_test(struct test_suite **suites, int argc, const char *argv[],

if (intlist__find(skiplist, curr_suite + 1)) {
if (pass == 1) {
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:", curr_suite + 1, width,
+ int pad_width = get_max_desc_width(width);
+ int term_width = get_term_width();
+
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:", curr_suite + 1,
+ pad_width, term_width,
test_description(*t, -1));
- color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW,
+ color_fprintf(debug_file(), PERF_COLOR_YELLOW,
" Skip (user override)\n");
summary_tests_skipped++;
if (junit_filename) {
--
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