[PATCH Ping] perf test: probe_vfs_getname add do_getname() probing fallback

[Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>]

Friendly ping...

On 4/16/26 14:55, Thomas Richter wrote:
> The following tests are skipped for some time now on platforms
> s390 and x86_64:
> 
>  # perf test vfs_getname
>  138: Add vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames    : Skip
>  140: Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames    : Skip
>  154: Check open filename arg using perf trace + vfs_getname : Skip
>  #
> 
> This is caused by a change in kernel code of function
> getname_flags(), see
>   commit 9fa3ec84587c ("allow incomplete imports of filenames")
> This commit changed the function getname_flags() implementation.
> 
> Now the perf probe 'vfs_getname parameter=xxx' does not match any
> more. Extend the test logic to fall back to probing do_getname().
> This reflects the updated kernel code.
> 
> Output after:
>  # perf test vfs_getname
>  138: Add vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames    : Ok
>  140: Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames    : Ok
>  154: Check open filename arg using perf trace + vfs_getname : Ok
>  #
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
> index 88cd0e26d5f6..9156a79212b9 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ cleanup_probe_vfs_getname() {
>  
>  add_probe_vfs_getname() {
>  	add_probe_verbose=$1
> +	do_getname=0
> +
>  	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
>  		result_initname_re="[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+initname.*"
>  		line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags 2>&1 | grep -E "$result_initname_re" | sed -r "s/$result_initname_re/\1/")
> @@ -28,12 +30,24 @@ add_probe_vfs_getname() {
>  			line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags 2>&1 | grep -E "$result_aname_re" | sed -r "s/$result_aname_re/\1/")
>  		fi
>  
> +		if [ -z "$line" ] ; then
> +			do_getname=1
> +			result_iname_re="[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+initname\(result\);"
> +			line=$(perf probe -L do_getname 2>&1 | grep -E "$result_iname_re" | sed -r "s/$result_iname_re/\1/")
> +		fi
> +
>  		if [ -z "$line" ] ; then
>  			echo "Could not find probeable line"
>  			return 2
>  		fi
>  
> -		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string" || \
> +		if [ "$do_getname" -eq 1 ]
> +		then
> +			param="vfs_getname=do_getname:${line} pathname=result->iname:string"
> +			perf probe -q "$param" || perf probe $add_probe_verbose "$param" || return 1
> +			return 0
> +		fi
> +		perf probe -q "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string" || \
>  		perf probe $add_probe_verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:ustring" || return 1
>  	fi
>  }


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Thomas Richter, Dept 3303, IBM s390 Linux Development, Boeblingen, Germany
--
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