Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] perf test: Json format checking

[Ian Rogers]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 1:31 AM Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 7/7/22 22:12, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > From: Claire Jensen <cjense@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add field checking tests for perf stat JSON output.
> > Sanity checks the expected number of fields are present, that the
> > expected keys are present and they have the correct values.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Claire Jensen <cjense@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py  |  95 +++++++++++
> >  tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh    | 147 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 242 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
> >  create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh
> >
> ....
> I wonder if it is really necessary to have a python file to post process the
> perf stat output?
>
> With
> commit 7473ee56dbc9 ("perf test: Add checking for perf stat CSV output.")
> the same approach was done which led to issues on s390 and required an additional
> patch to fix this:
> commit ec906102e5b7 ("perf test: Fix "perf stat CSV output linter" test on s390").
>
> I wonder if you can do the perf stat output checking using bash/linux tools as it
> was done in commit ec906102e5b7. This would make maintenance much easier.
>
> Just me 2 cents...

Hi Thomas,

In this case using python avoids writing a JSON decoder, which would
be harder to do in bash although there is perhaps a linter or some
such we could use. That'd wind up being another dependency :-/

Thanks,
Ian

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