Re: [PATCH v5 10/10] perf tests: implement Zstd comp/decomp integration test

Jiri Olsa
2019-03-05T12:25:51Z

On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 07:09:26PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>
> Implemented basic integration test for Zstd based trace
> compression/decompression in record and report modes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> .../tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..5cb2ab8e2112
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +# record trace Zstd compression/decompression
> +
> +trace_file=$(mktemp /tmp/perf.data.XXX)
> +perf_tool=perf
> +output=/dev/null
> +
> +skip_if_no_z_record() {
> + $perf_tool record -h 2>&1 | grep '\-z, \-\-compression\-level <n>'
> +}
> +
> +collect_z_record() {
> + echo "Collecting compressed record trace file:"
> + $perf_tool record -o $trace_file -a -z 1 -F 25000 -e cycles -- \
> + dd count=2000 if=/dev/random of=/dev/null > $output 2>&1
> +}
> +
> +check_compressed_stats() {
> + echo "Checking compressed events stats:"
> + $perf_tool report -i $trace_file --header --stats | \
> + grep -E "(# compressed : Zstd,)|(COMPRESSED events:)" > $output 2>&1
> +}

so perf inject can decompress the perf.data and store
uncompressed one, right? would be great to 'uncompress'
the perf data and compare 'perf report --stdio > out.X'
outputs

thanks a lot for adding tests!

jirka