Re: [PATCH 1/8] perf test: Skip data_type_profiling when the PMU cannot record memory events

[Namhyung Kim]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 07:28:13PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The test records with 'perf mem record' in per-thread mode and its only
> guard matches one specific message:
> 
>   perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true 2>&1 | \
>         grep -q "failed: no PMU supports the memory events" && exit 2
> 
> A PMU that has memory events but refuses them per-thread falls through
> it, and AMD IBS does:
> 
>   $ perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true
>   Error:
>   Failure to open event 'ibs_op/ldlat=0/u' on PMU 'ibs_op' which will be removed.
>   Invalid event (ibs_op/ldlat=0/u) in per-thread mode, enable system wide with '-a'.
>   Error:
>   Failure to open any events for recording.

Maybe we need to add a fallback logic to add 'swfilt' term for ibs_op.

> 
> What follows is not a skip either.  The script runs under 'set -e', so
> the bare 'perf mem record' in test_basic_annotate() aborts it through the
> EXIT trap, which reports a signal that never happened and exits 1:
> 
>   Basic Rust perf annotate test
>   Unexpected signal in test_basic_annotate
> 
> so 'perf test' turns "this PMU cannot record these events" into a test
> failure:
> 
>   $ perf test "data type profiling"
>    87: perf data type profiling tests             : FAILED!
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Namhyung

> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh | 46 +++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh
> index eca694600a0478d2..a916c410274aa888 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh
> @@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ perfout=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.out.XXXXX)
>  perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true  2>&1 | \
>    		grep -q "failed: no PMU supports the memory events" && exit 2
>  
> +# Skip if per-thread mem record is not supported on this PMU (e.g. AMD IBS
> +# needs system-wide '-a'): it is what the test records with below, and a
> +# failing record must not be reported as a test failure.
> +if ! perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true 2>/dev/null
> +then
> +  echo "Skip: cannot record memory events on this PMU"
> +  exit 2
> +fi
> +
>  cleanup() {
>    rm -rf "${perfdata}" "${perfout}"
>    rm -rf "${perfdata}".old
> @@ -52,25 +61,42 @@ test_basic_annotate() {
>      index=1 ;;
>    esac
>  
> +  # Under 'set -e' a bare failing command aborts the script through the EXIT
> +  # trap, so the commands that report a failure have to be the condition of
> +  # an 'if' for that reporting to ever happen.
>    if [ "x${mode}" == "xBasic" ]
>    then
> -    perf mem record -o "${perfdata}" ${testprogs[$index]} 2> /dev/null
> +    if ! perf mem record -o "${perfdata}" ${testprogs[$index]} 2> /dev/null
> +    then
> +      echo "${mode} annotate [Failed: perf record]"
> +      err=1
> +      return
> +    fi
>    else
> -    perf mem record -o - ${testprogs[$index]} 2> /dev/null > "${perfdata}"
> -  fi
> -  if [ "x$?" != "x0" ]
> -  then
> -    echo "${mode} annotate [Failed: perf record]"
> -    err=1
> -    return
> +    if ! perf mem record -o - ${testprogs[$index]} 2> /dev/null > "${perfdata}"
> +    then
> +      echo "${mode} annotate [Failed: perf record]"
> +      err=1
> +      return
> +    fi
>    fi
>  
>    # Generate the annotated output file
>    if [ "x${mode}" == "xBasic" ]
>    then
> -    perf annotate --code-with-type -i "${perfdata}" --stdio --percent-limit 1 2> /dev/null > "${perfout}"
> +    if ! perf annotate --code-with-type -i "${perfdata}" --stdio --percent-limit 1 2> /dev/null > "${perfout}"
> +    then
> +      echo "${mode} annotate [Failed: perf annotate]"
> +      err=1
> +      return
> +    fi
>    else
> -    perf annotate --code-with-type -i - --stdio 2> /dev/null --percent-limit 1 < "${perfdata}" > "${perfout}"
> +    if ! perf annotate --code-with-type -i - --stdio 2> /dev/null --percent-limit 1 < "${perfdata}" > "${perfout}"
> +    then
> +      echo "${mode} annotate [Failed: perf annotate]"
> +      err=1
> +      return
> +    fi
>    fi
>  
>    # check if it has the target data type
> -- 
> 2.55.0
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