[PATCH V2 2/2] tools/perf/tests: perf all metricgroups test fails when perf_event access is restricted

[Disha Goel]

On 04/08/23 10:30 am, Athira Rajeev wrote:
> 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>

With this patch applied(on power) perf metricgroups test works correctly when perf_event access is restricted.

  # ./perf test "perf all metricgroups test"
  96: perf all metricgroups test                                      : Ok

Tested-by: Disha Goel<disgoel at linux.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
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