From: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
To: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Mike Leach <mike.leach@arm.com>,
coresight@lists.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf test: Record kcore for the CoreSight callchain test
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:13:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <efd21aac-4faf-46bc-b1ef-7791e7458cf0@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928090644.24346-1-leo.yan@arm.com>
On 28/09/2026 10:06, Leo Yan wrote:
> The CoreSight callchain test traces both userspace and kernel execution
> and checks the callchain across a syscall.
>
> Add --kcore to perf record to save the running kernel image alongside
> the trace data so perf script can use it to decode the kernel trace.
>
> Add a Fixes tag so the change can be backported to stable kernels and
> improve the test reliability.
>
> Fixes: ca0e19074bd6 ("perf test: Add Arm CoreSight callchain test")
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/callchain.sh | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/callchain.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/callchain.sh
> index 13cca7dc1118..b69187f1a37f 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/callchain.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/callchain.sh
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ record_trace()
>
> mkfifo "$cf" "$af"
>
> - perf record -o "$data" -e cs_etm// --per-thread -D -1 --control fifo:"$cf","$af" -- \
> + perf record --kcore -o "$data" -e cs_etm// --per-thread -D -1 --control fifo:"$cf","$af" -- \
> perf test --record-ctl fifo:"$cf","$af" -w callchain >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
>
> # It is safe to use 'i3i' with a three-instruction interval, since the
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
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2026-09-28 9:06 [PATCH] perf test: Record kcore for the CoreSight callchain test Leo Yan
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