From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 03/12] perf tests: Exercise the flexible array member path
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:05:44 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113150555.1163049-4-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113150555.1163049-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
No test covered find_flex_array() and get_flex_array_member(). Add one
that keeps a struct with a trailing data[] behind a global pointer and
checks that accesses past the struct size are resolved and named after
the flexible array member.
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
.../perf/tests/shell/data_type_flex_array.sh | 104 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 104 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_flex_array.sh
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_flex_array.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_flex_array.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000..983cde2b3c7d2b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_flex_array.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# perf data type profiling tests for flexible array members
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
+perfout=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.out.XXXXX)
+prog=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.flex.XXXXX)
+src="${prog}.c"
+
+cleanup()
+{
+ rm -f "$perfdata" "$perfout" "$prog" "$src"
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup()
+{
+ echo "Unexpected signal in ${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+# No point in recording if the PMU cannot do memory events.
+if perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true 2>&1 | \
+ grep -q "failed: no PMU supports the memory events"; then
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+if ! perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "Skip: cannot record memory events on this PMU"
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+cat > "$src" <<'EOF'
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+struct flex {
+ int len;
+ char data[];
+};
+
+static struct flex *gp;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
+
+static void stop(int sig)
+{
+ done = 1;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ unsigned long sum = 0;
+
+ gp = calloc(1, sizeof(*gp) + 4096);
+ if (gp == NULL)
+ return 1;
+ gp->len = 4096;
+
+ signal(SIGALRM, stop);
+ alarm(1);
+
+ while (!done) {
+ sum += gp->data[3];
+ gp->data[5] = 1;
+ }
+ return sum != 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+# -fPIE keeps the global pointer load PC-relative on x86_64, so the
+# resolver can tell the register holds a struct flex pointer.
+if ! cc -O0 -g -fPIE -pie -o "$prog" "$src" 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "Skip: cannot build the workload"
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+if ! perf mem record -o "$perfdata" -- "$prog" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "FAIL: perf mem record"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! perf annotate --code-with-type -i "$perfdata" --stdio \
+ --percent-limit 1 > "$perfout" 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "FAIL: perf annotate"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! grep -Fq "# data-type: struct flex +0x4 (data)" "$perfout"; then
+ echo "FAIL: flexible array member not resolved"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "flexible array member resolved"
+cleanup
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 15:05 [PATCH v1 0/12] perf coverage: A harness for perf, and the fixes it found Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 01/12] perf scripts: Add a coverage harness for perf Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 02/12] perf annotate-data: Resolve DW_OP_addrx global variables Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-11-13 15:12 ` [PATCH v1 03/12] perf tests: Exercise the flexible array member path sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 04/12] perf annotate-data: Count flexible array accesses for the whole struct Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 05/12] perf tests: Exercise data type resolution from a register Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 06/12] perf annotate: Print the stats after the annotations Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 07/12] perf tests: Silence the libbfd probe in build-test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 08/12] perf build: Record the display-only features in FEATURE-DUMP Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 09/12] perf cs-etm: Fall back to the recorded instruction size on a failed read Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:15 ` Leo Yan
2026-11-13 15:20 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 10/12] perf tests: Fix the Intel PT virtual LBR check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 11/12] perf test: Drop samples without an IP in the dlfilter test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 15:05 ` [PATCH v1 12/12] perf test: Skip the LBR inline unwinding check when unsupported Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 15:16 ` sashiko-bot
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