Re: [PATCH] perf/tests: Fix test case 95 Check branch stack sampling on s390

[James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>]

On 27/07/2022 08:11, Thomas Richter wrote:
> On linux-next tree perf test 95 was added recently.
> s390 does not support branch sampling at all. Therefore
> omit this test on s390 platform.
> 
> Output before:
>  # ./perf test -Fv 95
>  95: Check branch stack sampling                                     :
>  --- start ---
>  Testing user branch stack sampling
>  ---- end ----
>  Check branch stack sampling: FAILED!
>  #
> 
> Output after:
>  # ./perf test -Fv 95
>  95: Check branch stack sampling                                     :
>  --- start ---
>  ---- end ----
>  Check branch stack sampling: Skip
>  #
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
> index 113ccd17bf03..dedaf74164dc 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
> @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  # German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com>, 2022
>  
> +# s390 does not support branch sampling, omit
> +[ $(uname -m) = "s390" -o $(uname -m) = "s390x" ] && exit 2
> +

Hi Thomas,

Do you know why the below check doesn't cover this scenario? It seems
like it would be best to check if it's available wherever it's running
rather than enumerate every platform where it's not supported:

  # skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch stack sampling
  perf record -b -o- -e dummy -B true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2

Thanks
James

>  # we need a C compiler to build the test programs
>  # so bail if none is found
>  if ! [ -x "$(command -v cc)" ]; then