From: Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] selftests/bpf: bpf_cookie: make perf_event subtest trigger reliably
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:40:37 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260227164037.84110-3-sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260227164037.84110-1-sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
The perf_event subtest relies on SW_CPU_CLOCK sampling to trigger the BPF
program, but the current CPU burn loop can be too short on slower systems
and may fail to generate any overflow sample. This leaves pe_res unchanged
and makes the test flaky.
Make burn_cpu() take a loop count and use a longer burn only for the
perf_event subtest. Also scope perf_event_open() to the current task to
avoid wasting samples on unrelated activity.
Tested:
./test_progs -t bpf_cookie/perf_event -vv (30 runs): 0 failures
Signed-off-by: Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_cookie.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_cookie.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_cookie.c
index 50f5e11e6e65..35adc3f6d443 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_cookie.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_cookie.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <test_progs.h>
#include <network_helpers.h>
#include <bpf/btf.h>
@@ -431,11 +432,12 @@ static void tp_subtest(struct test_bpf_cookie *skel)
bpf_link__destroy(link3);
}
-static void burn_cpu(void)
+static void burn_cpu(long loops)
{
- volatile int j = 0;
+ long j = 0;
cpu_set_t cpu_set;
- int i, err;
+ long i;
+ int err;
/* generate some branches on cpu 0 */
CPU_ZERO(&cpu_set);
@@ -443,9 +445,10 @@ static void burn_cpu(void)
err = pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpu_set), &cpu_set);
ASSERT_OK(err, "set_thread_affinity");
- /* spin the loop for a while (random high number) */
- for (i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i)
+ for (i = 0; i < loops; ++i) {
++j;
+ barrier();
+ }
}
static void pe_subtest(struct test_bpf_cookie *skel)
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ static void pe_subtest(struct test_bpf_cookie *skel)
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "link1"))
goto cleanup;
- burn_cpu(); /* trigger BPF prog */
+ burn_cpu(100000000L); /* trigger BPF prog */
ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->pe_res, 0x100000, "pe_res1");
@@ -489,7 +492,7 @@ static void pe_subtest(struct test_bpf_cookie *skel)
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "link2"))
goto cleanup;
- burn_cpu(); /* trigger BPF prog */
+ burn_cpu(100000000L); /* trigger BPF prog */
ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->pe_res, 0x200000, "pe_res2");
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-27 16:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-27 16:40 [PATCH 0/2] selftests/bpf: fix bpf_cookie failures Sun Jian
2026-02-27 16:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] selftests/bpf: bpf_cookie: skip kprobe_multi tests without bpf_testmod Sun Jian
2026-02-27 18:18 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-02-28 2:58 ` sun jian
2026-02-27 16:40 ` Sun Jian [this message]
2026-02-27 17:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/bpf: bpf_cookie: make perf_event subtest trigger reliably bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-01 19:59 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-02 2:24 ` sun jian
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