[PATCH v1 2/5] perf test trace: Remove set -e and print trace test's error messages
From: Howard Chu
Date: Sat May 17 2025 - 12:33:02 EST
Currently perf test utilizes the set -e option in shell that exit
immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status, this prevents
further error handling and introduces ambiguity. This patch removes set
-e and prints the error message after invoking perf trace during perf
tests.
In my case, the command that exits with a non-zero status is perf
trace instead of grep, because it can't find the 'timer:hrtimer_setup'
tracepoint, see below.
Before:
$ sudo /tmp/perf test enum -vv
107: perf trace enum augmentation tests:
107: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Running
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 783533
Checking if vmlinux exists
Tracing syscall landlock_add_rule
Tracing non-syscall tracepoint syscall
---- end(-1) ----
107: perf trace enum augmentation tests : FAILED!
After:
$ sudo /tmp/perf test enum -vv
107: perf trace enum augmentation tests:
107: perf trace enum augmentation tests : Running
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 851658
Checking if vmlinux exists
Tracing syscall landlock_add_rule
Tracing non-syscall tracepoint timer:hrtimer_setup,timer:hrtimer_start
[tracepoint failure] Failed to trace tracepoint timer:hrtimer_setup,timer:hrtimer_start, output:
event syntax error: 'timer:hrtimer_setup,timer:hrtimer_start'
\___ unknown tracepoint
Error: File /sys/kernel/tracing//events/timer/hrtimer_setup not found.
Hint: Perhaps this kernel misses some CONFIG_ setting to enable this feature?.
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
Usage: perf trace [<options>] [<command>]
or: perf trace [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]
or: perf trace record [<options>] [<command>]
or: perf trace record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]
-e, --event <event> event/syscall selector. use 'perf list' to list available events---- end(-1) ----
107: perf trace enum augmentation tests : FAILED!
Signed-off-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh
index b3775209a0b1..cd4c8754f5d4 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_btf_enum.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
err=0
-set -e
syscall="landlock_add_rule"
non_syscall="timer:hrtimer_setup,timer:hrtimer_start"
@@ -34,22 +33,24 @@ trace_landlock() {
return
fi
- if perf trace -e $syscall $TESTPROG 2>&1 | \
- grep -q -E ".*landlock_add_rule\(ruleset_fd: 11, rule_type: (LANDLOCK_RULE_PATH_BENEATH|LANDLOCK_RULE_NET_PORT), rule_attr: 0x[a-f0-9]+, flags: 45\) = -1.*"
+ output="$(perf trace -e $syscall $TESTPROG 2>&1)"
+ if echo "$output" | grep -q -E ".*landlock_add_rule\(ruleset_fd: 11, rule_type: (LANDLOCK_RULE_PATH_BENEATH|LANDLOCK_RULE_NET_PORT), rule_attr: 0x[a-f0-9]+, flags: 45\) = -1.*"
then
err=0
else
+ printf "[syscall failure] Failed to trace syscall $syscall, output:\n$output"
err=1
fi
}
trace_non_syscall() {
- echo "Tracing non-syscall tracepoint ${non-syscall}"
- if perf trace -e $non_syscall --max-events=1 2>&1 | \
- grep -q -E '.*timer:hrtimer_.*\(.*mode: HRTIMER_MODE_.*\)$'
+ echo "Tracing non-syscall tracepoint ${non_syscall}"
+ output="$(perf trace -e $non_syscall --max-events=1 2>&1)"
+ if echo "$output" | grep -q -E '.*timer:hrtimer_.*\(.*mode: HRTIMER_MODE_.*\)$'
then
err=0
else
+ printf "[tracepoint failure] Failed to trace tracepoint $non_syscall, output:\n$output"
err=1
fi
}
--
2.45.2