From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: irogers@google.com, acme@kernel.org, namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: adrian.hunter@intel.com, james.clark@linaro.org,
jolsa@kernel.org, leo.yan@arm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
peterz@infradead.org, thomas.falcon@intel.com,
tmricht@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 05/12] perf tests: Skip metrics validation if system-wide recording lacks permission
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:13:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616061404.41929-6-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616061404.41929-1-irogers@google.com>
The metrics value validation test requires system-wide recording (`-a`),
which can fail on systems without root permissions or where paranoid
levels restrict tracing. Add a check to skip the test if `-a` is not
supported.
Also fix false negatives during validation by updating parse error string
patterns and resolving issues in metric list generation.
Fixes: 3ad7092f5145 ("perf test: Add metric value validation test")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
.../tests/shell/lib/perf_metric_validation.py | 11 ++-
tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh | 75 ++++++++++++-------
tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh | 7 ++
3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_metric_validation.py b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_metric_validation.py
index dea8ef1977bf..3d52f94f22b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_metric_validation.py
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_metric_validation.py
@@ -383,10 +383,13 @@ class Validator:
wl = workload.split()
command.extend(wl)
print(" ".join(command))
- cmd = subprocess.run(command, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8')
- data = [x+'}' for x in cmd.stderr.split('}\n') if x]
- if data[0][0] != '{':
- data[0] = data[0][data[0].find('{'):]
+ cmd = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8')
+ lines = cmd.stderr.splitlines() + cmd.stdout.splitlines()
+ data = []
+ for line in lines:
+ line = line.strip()
+ if line.startswith('{') and line.endswith('}'):
+ data.append(line)
return data
def collect_perf(self, workload: str):
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh
index b582d23f28c9..feeb34c6fa6d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh
@@ -12,38 +12,65 @@ system_wide_flag="-a"
if ParanoidAndNotRoot 0
then
system_wide_flag=""
- test_prog="perf test -w noploop"
+ test_prog="perf test -w noploop 0.01"
fi
+check_metric() {
+ local output="$1"
+ local status="$2"
+ local metric="$3"
+
+ if [[ $status -ne 0 || ! "$output" =~ ${metric:0:50} ]]; then
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ if [[ "$output" =~ "<not counted>" || "$output" =~ "<not supported>" ]]; then
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ return 0
+}
+
skip=0
err=3
for m in $(perf list --raw-dump metrics); do
echo "Testing $m"
result=$(perf stat -M "$m" $system_wide_flag -- $test_prog 2>&1)
result_err=$?
- if [[ $result_err -eq 0 && "$result" =~ ${m:0:50} ]]
- then
- # No error result and metric shown.
+
+ if check_metric "$result" $result_err "$m"; then
if [[ "$err" -ne 1 ]]
then
err=0
fi
continue
fi
- if [[ "$result" =~ "Cannot resolve IDs for" || "$result" =~ "No supported events found" ]]
+
+ if [[ "$result" =~ "Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited" || \
+ "$result" =~ "in per-thread mode, enable system wide" || \
+ "$result" =~ "<not supported>" || \
+ "$result" =~ "Cannot resolve IDs for" || \
+ "$result" =~ "No supported events found" || \
+ "$result" =~ "FP_ARITH" || \
+ "$result" =~ "AMX" || \
+ "$result" =~ "PMM" ]]
then
- if [[ $(perf list --raw-dump $m) == "Default"* ]]
- then
- echo "[Ignored $m] failed but as a Default metric this can be expected"
- echo $result
+ true
+ else
+ result=$(perf stat -M "$m" $system_wide_flag -- perf test -w noploop 0.1 2>&1)
+ result_err=$?
+
+ if check_metric "$result" $result_err "$m"; then
+ if [[ "$err" -ne 1 ]]
+ then
+ err=0
+ fi
continue
fi
- echo "[Failed $m] Metric contains missing events"
- echo $result
- err=1 # Fail
- continue
- elif [[ "$result" =~ \
- "Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited" ]]
+ fi
+
+ # If retry also failed, determine if we skip, ignore, or fail
+ if [[ "$result" =~ "Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited" ]]
then
echo "[Skipped $m] Permission failure"
echo $result
@@ -61,7 +88,9 @@ for m in $(perf list --raw-dump metrics); do
skip=1
fi
continue
- elif [[ "$result" =~ "<not supported>" ]]
+ elif [[ "$result" =~ "<not supported>" || \
+ "$result" =~ "Cannot resolve IDs for" || \
+ "$result" =~ "No supported events found" ]]
then
if [[ $(perf list --raw-dump $m) == "Default"* ]]
then
@@ -105,19 +134,7 @@ for m in $(perf list --raw-dump metrics); do
continue
fi
- # Failed, possibly the workload was too small so retry with something longer.
- result=$(perf stat -M "$m" $system_wide_flag -- perf bench internals synthesize 2>&1)
- result_err=$?
- if [[ $result_err -eq 0 && "$result" =~ ${m:0:50} ]]
- then
- # No error result and metric shown.
- if [[ "$err" -ne 1 ]]
- then
- err=0
- fi
- continue
- fi
- echo "[Failed $m] has non-zero error '$result_err' or not printed in:"
+ echo "[Failed $m] has non-zero error '$result_err' or not printed/counted in:"
echo "$result"
err=1
done
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh
index 30566f0b5427..76f1e99d1273 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ shelldir=$(dirname "$0")
grep -q GenuineIntel /proc/cpuinfo || { echo Skipping non-Intel; exit 2; }
+# Skip if no permission to record system-wide events
+if ! perf stat -a -e instructions sleep 0.01 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping: no permission to record system-wide events (-a)"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+
pythonvalidator=$(dirname $0)/lib/perf_metric_validation.py
rulefile=$(dirname $0)/lib/perf_metric_validation_rules.json
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-16 6:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 1:27 [PATCH v1 00/12] perf tests: Enhancements, speedups, and flakiness fixes Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 01/12] perf parse-events: Restrict core PMU bypass to --cputype option Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 02/12] perf test: Truncate test description to fit terminal width Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 03/12] perf tests workloads: Support sub-second durations in noploop and thloop Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 04/12] perf tests: Add robust record retry helper and use subsecond workloads Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 05/12] perf tests: Skip metrics validation if system-wide recording lacks permission Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 06/12] perf tests: Fix Python JIT dump profiling test failure Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 07/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in trace record and replay test Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 08/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in BPF counters test on hybrid systems Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 09/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in branch stack sampling tests Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 10/12] perf tests: Speed up off-cpu profiling tests Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 11/12] perf tests: Speed up lock contention analysis shell test Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:27 ` [PATCH v1 12/12] perf tests: Speed up metrics checking shell tests Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] perf tests: Enhance robustness, speed up execution, and fix flakiness Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] perf parse-events: Restrict core PMU bypass to --cputype option Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] perf test: Truncate test description to fit terminal width Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] perf tests workloads: Support sub-second durations in noploop and thloop Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] perf tests: Add robust record retry helper and use subsecond workloads Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:13 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] perf tests: Fix Python JIT dump profiling test failure Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:13 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in trace record and replay test Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:14 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in BPF counters test on hybrid systems Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:14 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in branch stack sampling tests Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:14 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] perf tests: Speed up off-cpu profiling tests Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 6:14 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] perf tests: Speed up lock contention analysis shell test Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 6:14 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] perf tests: Speed up metrics checking shell tests Ian Rogers
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