Re: [linus:master] [perf/x86] 88ec7eedbb: kvm-unit-tests.pmu_lbr.fail

["Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>]

On 2025-04-07 1:07 a.m., kernel test robot wrote:
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> Hello,
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> kernel test robot noticed "kvm-unit-tests.pmu_lbr.fail" on:
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> commit: 88ec7eedbbd21cad38707620ad6c48a4e9a87c18 ("perf/x86: Fix low freqency setting issue")
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
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> [test failed on linus/master      0a87d6bb6fd274cde3bf217a821153714374198f]
> [test failed on linux-next/master fefb886b1344e222b3218f3c0165b0fd770e8b88]
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> in testcase: kvm-unit-tests
> version: kvm-unit-tests-x86_64-69574079-1_20250322
> with following parameters:

The one line patch only impacts the perf record.
But the test case is for LBR on KVM. The case directly access the
IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR to enable/disable LBRs. There is nothing related.
It is probably a false alarm.

+ Dapeng

Could you please take a look at the qemu test case?

Thanks,
Kan>
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> config: x86_64-rhel-9.4-func
> compiler: gcc-12
> test machine: 8 threads 1 sockets Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (Haswell) with 8G memory
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> (please refer to attached dmesg/kmsg for entire log/backtrace)
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> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202504071232.3c2fa7d5-lkp@intel.com
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> 
> ...
> ^[[32mPASS^[[0m pmu (143 tests, 14 skipped)
> ^[[31mFAIL^[[0m pmu_lbr (2 tests, 1 unexpected failures)   <---
> ^[[33mSKIP^[[0m pmu_pebs (1 tests, 1 skipped)
> ...
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> one log is attached.
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> The kernel config and materials to reproduce are available at:
> https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250407/202504071232.3c2fa7d5-lkp@intel.com
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