[PATCH V2] tools/perf/tests: Fix session topology test to skip the test in guest environment

Ian Rogers irogers at google.com
Sat May 14 04:33:55 AEST 2022


On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:18 PM Disha Goel <disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> To: acme at kernel.org, jolsa at kernel.org
> Cc: mpe at ellerman.id.au, linux-perf-users at vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org, maddy at linux.vnet.ibm.com, rnsastry at linux.ibm.com, kjain at linux.ibm.com, disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com, irogers at google.com
> Subject: [PATCH V2] tools/perf/tests: Fix session topology test to skip the test in guest environment
> Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 17:19:59 +0530
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> The session topology test fails in powerpc pSeries platform.
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> Test logs:
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> <<>>
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> Session topology : FAILED!
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> <<>>
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> This testcases tests cpu topology by checking the core_id and
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> socket_id stored in perf_env from perf session. The data from
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> perf session is compared with the cpu topology information
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> from "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology" like core_id,
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> physical_package_id. In case of virtual environment, detail
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> like physical_package_id is restricted to be exposed. Hence
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> physical_package_id is set to -1. The testcase fails on such
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> platforms since socket_id can't be fetched from topology info.
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> Skip the testcase in powerpc if physical_package_id returns -1
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> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <
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> atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
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> >
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> ---
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> Changelog:
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> v1 -> v2:
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>  Addressed review comments from Arnaldo and Michael Ellerman.
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>  skip the test in powerpc when physical_package_id is set to
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>  -1.
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>  Dropped patch 1 from V1 since current change doesn't use info
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>  from /proc/cpuinfo and rather uses physical_package_id value.
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>  tools/perf/tests/topology.c | 11 +++++++++++
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>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
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> Tested the patch on powerpc and powernv, session topology test works fine with the patch.
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> Tested-by: Disha Goel <disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com>


Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>

Thanks,
Ian

> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
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> index ee1e3dcbc0bd..d23a9e322ff5 100644
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> --- a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
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> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
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> @@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ static int check_cpu_topology(char *path, struct perf_cpu_map *map)
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>   && strncmp(session->header.env.arch, "aarch64", 7))
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>   return TEST_SKIP;
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>
> + /*
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> + * In powerpc pSeries platform, not all the topology information
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> + * are exposed via sysfs. Due to restriction, detail like
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> + * physical_package_id will be set to -1. Hence skip this
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> + * test if physical_package_id returns -1 for cpu from perf_cpu_map.
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> + */
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> + if (strncmp(session->header.env.arch, "powerpc", 7)) {
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> + if (cpu__get_socket_id(perf_cpu_map__cpu(map, 0)) == -1)
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> + return TEST_SKIP;
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> + }
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> +
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>   TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Session header CPU map not set", session->header.env.cpu);
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>
>   for (i = 0; i < session->header.env.nr_cpus_avail; i++) {


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