From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>,
Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 02/12] perf test: Truncate test description to fit terminal width
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:25:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616012521.4045202-3-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616012521.4045202-1-irogers@google.com>
The parallel test harness uses the carriage return delete escape sequence
`PERF_COLOR_DELETE_LINE` ("\033[A\33[2K\r") to erase and update the
"Running (X active)" progress lines.
However, if a test description is longer than the terminal width, the line
wraps around. When this happens, the cursor up escape sequence `\033[A` only
moves the cursor to the last wrapped row, leaving the top half of the description
printed on the previous line. This leads to name duplication and output corruption
spilling over multiple rows on consoles narrower than the maximum description length
(e.g., 101 columns wide).
Fix this by dynamically querying the terminal width using `get_term_dimensions`
and truncating the printed test descriptions using the `%-*.*s` printf format.
We reserve 35 characters for prefix, status, and spacing metrics to guarantee
the progress line never wraps.
Fixes: 0e036dcad4e6 ("perf test: Display number of active running tests")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
TAG=agy
CONV=7e7ee33a-e940-4a8a-8e64-878da6a68b59
---
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index afc06cec4954..51484e84d7c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -10,35 +10,39 @@
#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
#include <execinfo.h>
#endif
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
-#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
#include <dirent.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
+
#include "builtin.h"
+#include "color.h"
#include "config.h"
+#include "debug.h"
#include "hist.h"
#include "intlist.h"
-#include "tests.h"
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "color.h"
-#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
#include "string2.h"
#include "symbol.h"
+#include "tests-scripts.h"
+#include "tests.h"
#include "util/rlimit.h"
#include "util/strbuf.h"
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
-#include <linux/zalloc.h>
-
-#include "tests-scripts.h"
+#include "util/term.h"
static const char *junit_filename;
static struct strbuf junit_xml_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -413,19 +417,52 @@ static char *xml_escape(const char *str)
return res ? res : strdup("");
}
+static int get_max_desc_width(int width)
+{
+ struct winsize ws;
+ int cols = 80;
+ int max_desc_width;
+
+ get_term_dimensions(&ws);
+ if (ws.ws_col > 0)
+ cols = ws.ws_col;
+
+ /*
+ * Limit description width to fit on a single line. We subtract 35
+ * columns of headroom to allocate space for:
+ * - The suite index prefix: e.g. " 10.100:" (9 characters).
+ * - The colon separator and spaces: " : " (3 characters).
+ * - The longest status results: e.g. "Skip (some metrics failed)" (26 characters)
+ * or "Running (XX active)" (20 characters).
+ *
+ * A minimum description width of 10 is enforced to ensure names are
+ * legible even on very narrow consoles.
+ */
+ max_desc_width = cols - 35;
+ if (max_desc_width < 10)
+ max_desc_width = 10;
+
+ return width > max_desc_width ? max_desc_width : width;
+}
+
static int print_test_result(struct test_suite *t, int curr_suite, int curr_test_case,
int result, int width, int running,
const char *err_output, double elapsed)
{
+ width = get_max_desc_width(width);
+
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(t) > 1) {
char prefix[32];
int len = snprintf(prefix, sizeof(prefix), "%3d.%1d:",
curr_suite + 1, curr_test_case + 1);
int subw = len >= 4 ? width + 4 - len : width;
- pr_info("%s %-*s:", prefix, subw, test_description(t, curr_test_case));
- } else
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:", curr_suite + 1, width, test_description(t, curr_test_case));
+ pr_info("%s %-*.*s:", prefix, subw, subw,
+ test_description(t, curr_test_case));
+ } else {
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:", curr_suite + 1, width, width,
+ test_description(t, curr_test_case));
+ }
switch (result) {
case TEST_RUNNING:
@@ -695,6 +732,7 @@ static void finish_test(struct child_test **child_tests, int running_test, int c
int ret;
struct timespec end_time;
double elapsed;
+ width = get_max_desc_width(width);
if (child_test == NULL) {
/* Test wasn't started. */
@@ -709,7 +747,8 @@ static void finish_test(struct child_test **child_tests, int running_test, int c
* sub test names.
*/
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(t) > 1 && curr_test_case == 0)
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:\n", curr_suite + 1, width, test_description(t, -1));
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:\n", curr_suite + 1, width, width,
+ test_description(t, -1));
/*
* Busy loop reading from the child's stdout/stderr that are set to be
@@ -917,6 +956,8 @@ static int finish_tests_parallel(struct child_test **child_tests, size_t num_tes
int last_suite_printed = -1;
sigset_t set, oldset;
+ width = get_max_desc_width(width);
+
sigemptyset(&set);
sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
sigaddset(&set, SIGTERM);
@@ -985,8 +1026,11 @@ static int finish_tests_parallel(struct child_test **child_tests, size_t num_tes
if (next_child) {
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(next_child->test) > 1 &&
last_suite_printed != next_child->suite_num) {
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:\n", next_child->suite_num + 1, width,
- test_description(next_child->test, -1));
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:\n",
+ next_child->suite_num + 1,
+ width, width,
+ test_description(
+ next_child->test, -1));
last_suite_printed = next_child->suite_num;
}
print_test_result(next_child->test, next_child->suite_num,
@@ -1049,7 +1093,8 @@ static int finish_tests_parallel(struct child_test **child_tests, size_t num_tes
if (test_suite__num_test_cases(child->test) > 1 &&
last_suite_printed != child->suite_num) {
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:\n", child->suite_num + 1, width,
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:\n", child->suite_num + 1,
+ width, width,
test_description(child->test, -1));
last_suite_printed = child->suite_num;
}
@@ -1296,7 +1341,9 @@ static int __cmd_test(struct test_suite **suites, int argc, const char *argv[],
if (intlist__find(skiplist, curr_suite + 1)) {
if (pass == 1) {
- pr_info("%3d: %-*s:", curr_suite + 1, width,
+ int max_width = get_max_desc_width(width);
+
+ pr_info("%3d: %-*.*s:", curr_suite + 1, max_width, max_width,
test_description(*t, -1));
color_fprintf(stderr, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW,
" Skip (user override)\n");
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-16 1:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 1:25 [PATCH v1 00/12] perf tests: Enhancements, speedups, and flakiness fixes Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 01/12] perf parse-events: Restrict core PMU bypass to --cputype option Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 03/12] perf tests workloads: Support sub-second durations in noploop and thloop Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 04/12] perf tests: Add robust record retry helper and use subsecond workloads Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 05/12] perf tests: Skip metrics validation if system-wide recording lacks permission Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 06/12] perf tests: Fix Python JIT dump profiling test failure Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 07/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in trace record and replay test Ian Rogers
2026-06-16 1:25 ` [PATCH v1 08/12] perf tests: Fix flakiness in BPF counters test on hybrid systems Ian Rogers
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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 02/12] perf test: Truncate test description to fit terminal width Ian Rogers
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