Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] perf test: Json format checking

[Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>]

On 7/7/22 22:12, Ian Rogers wrote:
> From: Claire Jensen <cjense@google.com>
> 
> Add field checking tests for perf stat JSON output.
> Sanity checks the expected number of fields are present, that the
> expected keys are present and they have the correct values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claire Jensen <cjense@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> ---
>  .../tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py  |  95 +++++++++++
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh    | 147 ++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 242 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
>  create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh
> 
....
I wonder if it is really necessary to have a python file to post process the
perf stat output?

With
commit 7473ee56dbc9 ("perf test: Add checking for perf stat CSV output.")
the same approach was done which led to issues on s390 and required an additional
patch to fix this:
commit ec906102e5b7 ("perf test: Fix "perf stat CSV output linter" test on s390").

I wonder if you can do the perf stat output checking using bash/linux tools as it
was done in commit ec906102e5b7. This would make maintenance much easier.

Just me 2 cents...

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