kernel/tools/perf/tests, branch linux-6.17.y

perf test: Fix lock contention test

2025-11-24T09:37:38Z

[ Upstream commit 3c723f449723db2dc2b75b7efe03c2a76e4c09f0 ] Couple of independent fixes: 1. Wire in SIGSEGV handler that terminates the test with a failure code. 2. Use "--lock-cgroup" instead of "-g"; "-g" was proposed but never merged. See commit 4d1792d0a2564caf ("perf lock contention: Add --lock-cgroup option") 3. Call cleanup() on every normal exit so trap_cleanup() doesn't mistake it for an unexpected signal and emit a false-negative "Unexpected signal in main" message. Before patch: # ./perf test -vv "lock contention" 85: kernel lock contention analysis test: --- start --- test child forked, pid 610711 Testing perf lock record and perf lock contention Testing perf lock contention --use-bpf Testing perf lock record and perf lock contention at the same time Testing perf lock contention --threads Testing perf lock contention --lock-addr Testing perf lock contention --lock-cgroup Unexpected signal in test_aggr_cgroup ---- end(0) ---- 85: kernel lock contention analysis test : Ok After patch: # ./perf test -vv "lock contention" 85: kernel lock contention analysis test: --- start --- test child forked, pid 602637 Testing perf lock record and perf lock contention Testing perf lock contention --use-bpf Testing perf lock record and perf lock contention at the same time Testing perf lock contention --threads Testing perf lock contention --lock-addr Testing perf lock contention --lock-cgroup Testing perf lock contention --type-filter (w/ spinlock) Testing perf lock contention --lock-filter (w/ tasklist_lock) Testing perf lock contention --callstack-filter (w/ unix_stream) [Skip] Could not find 'unix_stream' Testing perf lock contention --callstack-filter with task aggregation [Skip] Could not find 'unix_stream' Testing perf lock contention --cgroup-filter Testing perf lock contention CSV output ---- end(0) ---- 85: kernel lock contention analysis test : Ok Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ananth Narayan Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sandipan Das Cc: Santosh Shukla Cc: Tycho Andersen Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test shell lock_contention: Extra debug diagnostics

2025-11-24T09:37:38Z

[ Upstream commit 8b93f8933d37591d17c59fd71b18fc61966d9515 ] In test_record_concurrent, as stderr is sent to /dev/null, error messages are hidden. Change this to gather the error messages and dump them on failure. Some minor sh->bash changes to add some more diagnostics in trap_cleanup. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Collin Funk Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jan Polensky Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Li Huafei Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Nam Cao Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steinar H. Gunderson Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250821163820.1132977-5-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Stable-dep-of: 3c723f449723 ("perf test: Fix lock contention test") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test: Avoid uncore_imc/clockticks in uniquification test

2025-10-19T14:37:05Z

[ Upstream commit edaeb4bcf1511fe4e464fff9dd4a3abf6b0096da ] The detection of uncore_imc may happen for free running PMUs and the clockticks event may be present on uncore_clock. Rewrite the test to detect duplicated/deduplicated events from perf list, not hardcoded to uncore_imc. If perf stat fails then assume it is permissions and skip the test. Committer testing: Before: root@x1:~# perf test -vv uniquifyi 96: perf stat events uniquifying: --- start --- test child forked, pid 220851 stat event uniquifying test grep: Unmatched [, [^, [:, [., or [= Event is not uniquified [Failed] perf stat -e clockticks -A -o /tmp/__perf_test.stat_output.X7ChD -- true # started on Fri Sep 19 16:48:38 2025 Performance counter stats for 'system wide': CPU0 2,310,956 uncore_clock/clockticks/ 0.001746771 seconds time elapsed ---- end(-1) ---- 96: perf stat events uniquifying : FAILED! root@x1:~# After: root@x1:~# perf test -vv uniquifyi 96: perf stat events uniquifying: --- start --- test child forked, pid 222366 Uniquification of PMU sysfs events test Testing event uncore_imc_free_running/data_read/ is uniquified to uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_read/ Testing event uncore_imc_free_running/data_total/ is uniquified to uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_total/ Testing event uncore_imc_free_running/data_write/ is uniquified to uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_write/ Testing event uncore_imc_free_running/data_read/ is uniquified to uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_read/ Testing event uncore_imc_free_running/data_total/ is uniquified to uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_total/ Testing event uncore_imc_free_running/data_write/ is uniquified to uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_write/ ---- end(0) ---- 96: perf stat events uniquifying : Ok root@x1:~# Fixes: 070b315333ee942f ("perf test: Restrict uniquifying test to machines with 'uncore_imc'") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test: Don't leak workload gopipe in PERF_RECORD_*

2025-10-19T14:37:04Z

[ Upstream commit 48918cacefd226af44373e914e63304927c0e7dc ] The test starts a workload and then opens events. If the events fail to open, for example because of perf_event_paranoid, the gopipe of the workload is leaked and the file descriptor leak check fails when the test exits. To avoid this cancel the workload when opening the events fails. Before: ``` $ perf test -vv 7 7: PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields: --- start --- test child forked, pid 1189568 Using CPUID GenuineIntel-6-B7-1 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) config 0xa00000000 (cpu_atom/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/) disabled 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 0 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 sys_perf_event_open failed, error -13 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) config 0xa00000000 (cpu_atom/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/) disabled 1 exclude_kernel 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 0 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 3 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) config 0x400000000 (cpu_core/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/) disabled 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 0 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 sys_perf_event_open failed, error -13 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) config 0x400000000 (cpu_core/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/) disabled 1 exclude_kernel 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 0 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 3 Attempt to add: software/cpu-clock/ ..after resolving event: software/config=0/ cpu-clock -> software/cpu-clock/ ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) size 136 config 0x9 (PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY) sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU read_format ID|LOST disabled 1 inherit 1 mmap 1 comm 1 enable_on_exec 1 task 1 sample_id_all 1 mmap2 1 comm_exec 1 ksymbol 1 bpf_event 1 { wakeup_events, wakeup_watermark } 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 1189569 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 sys_perf_event_open failed, error -13 perf_evlist__open: Permission denied ---- end(-2) ---- Leak of file descriptor 6 that opened: 'pipe:[14200347]' ---- unexpected signal (6) ---- iFailed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon Failed to read build ID for //anon #0 0x565358f6666e in child_test_sig_handler builtin-test.c:311 #1 0x7f29ce849df0 in __restore_rt libc_sigaction.c:0 #2 0x7f29ce89e95c in __pthread_kill_implementation pthread_kill.c:44 #3 0x7f29ce849cc2 in raise raise.c:27 #4 0x7f29ce8324ac in abort abort.c:81 #5 0x565358f662d4 in check_leaks builtin-test.c:226 #6 0x565358f6682e in run_test_child builtin-test.c:344 #7 0x565358ef7121 in start_command run-command.c:128 #8 0x565358f67273 in start_test builtin-test.c:545 #9 0x565358f6771d in __cmd_test builtin-test.c:647 #10 0x565358f682bd in cmd_test builtin-test.c:849 #11 0x565358ee5ded in run_builtin perf.c:349 #12 0x565358ee6085 in handle_internal_command perf.c:401 #13 0x565358ee61de in run_argv perf.c:448 #14 0x565358ee6527 in main perf.c:555 #15 0x7f29ce833ca8 in __libc_start_call_main libc_start_call_main.h:74 #16 0x7f29ce833d65 in __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 libc-start.c:128 #17 0x565358e391c1 in _start perf[851c1] 7: PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields : FAILED! ``` After: ``` $ perf test 7 7: PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields : Skip (permissions) ``` Fixes: 16d00fee703866c6 ("perf tests: Move test__PERF_RECORD into separate object") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test shell lbr: Avoid failures with perf event paranoia

2025-10-19T14:37:04Z

[ Upstream commit 48314d20fe467d6653783cbf5536cb2fcc9bdd7c ] When not running as root and with higher perf event paranoia values the perf record LBR tests could fail rather than skipping the problematic tests. Add the sensitivity to the test and confirm it passes with paranoia values from -1 to 2. Committer testing: Testing with '$ perf test -vv lbr', i.e. as non root, and then comparing the output shows the mentioned errors before this patch: acme@x1:~$ grep -m1 "model name" /proc/cpuinfo model name : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1365U acme@x1:~$ Before: 132: perf record LBR tests : Skip After: 132: perf record LBR tests : Ok Fixes: 32559b99e0f59070 ("perf test: Add set of perf record LBR tests") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test: AMD IBS swfilt skip kernel tests if paranoia is >1

2025-10-19T14:37:04Z

[ Upstream commit 2e3501212293c5005873c6ca6bb4f963a7eec442 ] If not root and the perf_event_paranoid is set >1 swfilt will fail to open the event failing the test. Add check to skip the test in that case. Fixes: 0e71bcdcf1f0b10b ("perf test: Add AMD IBS sw filter test") Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Collin Funk Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250913000350.1306948-1-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test trace_btf_enum: Skip if permissions are insufficient

2025-10-19T14:37:02Z

[ Upstream commit 4bd5bd8dbd41a208fb73afb65bda6f38e2b5a637 ] Modify test behavior to skip if BPF calls fail with "Operation not permitted". Fixes: d66763fed30f0bd8 ("perf test trace_btf_enum: Add regression test for the BTF augmentation of enums in 'perf trace'") Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Collin Funk Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jan Polensky Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Li Huafei Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Nam Cao Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steinar H. Gunderson Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250821163820.1132977-3-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf test: Checking BPF metadata collection fails on version string

2025-09-04T23:37:19Z

commit edf2cadf01e8f ("perf test: add test for BPF metadata collection") fails consistently on the version string check. The perf version string on some of the constant integration test machines contains characters with special meaning in grep's extended regular expression matching algorithm. The output of perf version is: # perf version perf version 6.17.0-20250814.rc1.git20.24ea63ea3877.63.fc42.s390x+git # and the '+' character has special meaning in egrep command. Also the use of egrep is deprecated. Change the perf version string check to fixed character matching and get rid of egrep's warning being deprecated. Use grep -F instead. Output before: # perf test -F 102 Checking BPF metadata collection egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E Basic BPF metadata test [Failed invalid output] 102: BPF metadata collection test : FAILED! # Output after: # perf test -F 102 Checking BPF metadata collection Basic BPF metadata test [Success] 102: BPF metadata collection test : Ok # Fixes: edf2cadf01e8f ("perf test: add test for BPF metadata collection") Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Acked-by: Sumanth Korikkar Cc: Blake Jones Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250822122540.4104658-1-tmricht@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tests: Fix "PE file support" test build

2025-09-03T17:50:55Z

filename__read_build_id() now takes a blocking/non-blocking argument. The original behavior of filename__read_build_id() was blocking so add block=true to fix the build. Fixes: 2c369d91d093 ("perf symbol: Add blocking argument to filename__read_build_id") Signed-off-by: James Clark Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250903-james-perf-read-build-id-fix-v1-1-6a694d0a980f@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf symbol: Add blocking argument to filename__read_build_id

2025-08-25T22:07:18Z

When synthesizing build-ids, for build ID mmap2 events, they will be added for data mmaps if -d/--data is specified. The files opened for their build IDs may block on the open causing perf to hang during synthesis. There is some robustness in existing calls to filename__read_build_id by checking the file path is to a regular file, which unfortunately fails for symlinks. Rather than adding more is_regular_file calls, switch filename__read_build_id to take a "block" argument and specify O_NONBLOCK when this is false. The existing is_regular_file checking callers and the event synthesis callers are made to pass false and thereby avoiding the hang. Fixes: 53b00ff358dc ("perf record: Make --buildid-mmap the default") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250823000024.724394-3-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim