Re: [PATCH v2] perf test: Skip sigtrap test on old kernels

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Sep 08 2022 - 14:31:32 EST


Em Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:04:07PM -0700, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> If it runs on an old kernel, perf_event_open would fail because of the
> new fields sigtrap and sig_data. Just skipping the test could miss an
> actual bug in the kernel.
>
> Let's check BTF if it has the perf_event_attr.sigtrap field.
>
> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> index e32ece90e164..32f08ce0f2b0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
> #include <sys/syscall.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> +#include <bpf/btf.h>
> +
> #include "cloexec.h"
> #include "debug.h"
> #include "event.h"
> @@ -54,6 +56,42 @@ static struct perf_event_attr make_event_attr(void)
> return attr;
> }
>
> +static bool attr_has_sigtrap(void)
> +{
> + bool ret = false;
> +
> +#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
> +
> + struct btf *btf;
> + const struct btf_type *t;
> + const struct btf_member *m;
> + const char *name;
> + int i, id;
> +
> + /* just assume it doesn't have the field */
> + btf = btf__load_vmlinux_btf();

Cool, at some point we'll probably move this to some other global place,
doing the lazy loading and keeping it in place as probably we'll use it
more often :-)

Waiting for v2.

Thanks for working on this.

- Arnaldo

> + if (btf == NULL)
> + return false;
> +
> + id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, "perf_event_attr", BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
> + if (id < 0)
> + goto out;
> +
> + t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
> + for (i = 0, m = btf_members(t); i < btf_vlen(t); i++, m++) {
> + name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, m->name_off);
> + if (!strcmp(name, "sigtrap")) {
> + ret = true;
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> +out:
> + btf__free(btf);
> +#endif
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> static void
> sigtrap_handler(int signum __maybe_unused, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext __maybe_unused)
> {
> @@ -139,7 +177,13 @@ static int test__sigtrap(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __m
>
> fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
> if (fd < 0) {
> - pr_debug("FAILED sys_perf_event_open(): %s\n", str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
> + if (attr_has_sigtrap()) {
> + pr_debug("FAILED sys_perf_event_open(): %s\n",
> + str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
> + } else {
> + pr_debug("perf_event_attr doesn't have sigtrap\n");
> + ret = TEST_SKIP;
> + }
> goto out_restore_sigaction;
> }
>
> --
> 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog

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- Arnaldo