[PATCH V2 2/2] tools/perf/tests: perf all metricgroups test fails when perf_event access is restricted
Athira Rajeev
atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Aug 4 15:00:47 AEST 2023
Perf all metricgroups test fails as below when perf_event access
is restricted.
./perf test -v "perf all metricgroups test"
Testing Memory_BW
Error:
Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited.
Enforced MAC policy settings (SELinux) can limit access to performance
access to performance monitoring and observability operations for processes
without CAP_PERFMON, CAP_SYS_PTRACE or CAP_SYS_ADMIN Linux capability.
test child finished with -1
---- end ----
perf all metricgroups test: FAILED!
Fix the testcase to skip those metric events which needs perf_event access
explicitly. The exit code of the testcase is based on return code of
the perf stat command ( enabled by set -e option ). Hence save the
exit status in a variable and use that to decide success or fail for the
testcase.
Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Changelog:
v1 -> v2:
Changed the condition to use "echo" and "grep" so it works on
Posix shell as well.
tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metricgroups.sh | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metricgroups.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metricgroups.sh
index cb35e488809a..eaa5e1172294 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metricgroups.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_all_metricgroups.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@
# perf all metricgroups test
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-set -e
-
for m in $(perf list --raw-dump metricgroups); do
echo "Testing $m"
- perf stat -M "$m" -a true
+ result=$(perf stat -M "$m" -a true 2>&1)
+ rc=$?
+ # Skip if there is no access to perf_events monitoring
+ # Otherwise exit based on the return code of perf comamnd.
+ if echo "$result" | grep -q "Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited";
+ then
+ continue
+ else
+ [ $rc -ne 0 ] && exit $rc
+ fi
+
done
exit 0
--
2.31.1
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