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 12/12] perf tests: Speed up metrics checking shell tests
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:14:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616061404.41929-13-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616061404.41929-1-irogers@google.com>
Optimize the execution of the metric validation and metric listing shell
test suites:
1. `stat_metrics_values.sh`:
The Python metric validator runs the `perf bench futex hash` workload
for each validated metric relationship. Reduce the benchmark runtime
limit from `-r 2` (2 seconds) to `-r 1` (1 second). This cuts the
workload duration in half while still generating sufficient PMU events
to satisfy non-zero threshold metric validations.
2. `stat_all_metrics.sh`:
The metric checking test runs `perf stat` sequentially across all
433+ listed metrics. Change the default workload for system-wide runs
from `sleep 0.01` to `true`. This avoids the 10ms sleep delay on each
sequential metric invocation, saving over 4 seconds of total wall
time during full test suite runs.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh | 2 +-
tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh
index feeb34c6fa6d..df5fa27b21ae 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metrics.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ParanoidAndNotRoot()
[ "$(id -u)" != 0 ] && [ "$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid)" -gt $1 ]
}
-test_prog="sleep 0.01"
+test_prog="true"
system_wide_flag="-a"
if ParanoidAndNotRoot 0
then
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh
index 76f1e99d1273..86c5c7f70933 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_metrics_values.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
pythonvalidator=$(dirname $0)/lib/perf_metric_validation.py
rulefile=$(dirname $0)/lib/perf_metric_validation_rules.json
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
-workload="perf bench futex hash -r 2 -s"
+workload="perf bench futex hash -r 1 -s"
# Add -debug, save data file and full rule file
echo "Launch python validation script $pythonvalidator"
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog
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 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] perf tests: Skip metrics validation if system-wide recording lacks permission Ian Rogers
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 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
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