Re: [PATCH] perf test: Skip stat uniquifying test if unavailable

[Chun-Tse Shao]

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the fix. Arnaldo also had a fix and should fix this issue.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/aEHugAPinlWLuTAS@x1/

Thanks,
CT


On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit cb422594d6206 ("perf test: Add stat uniquifying test")
> introduced a new test case which uses an event named clockticks
> which is exported as sysfs file .../uncore_imc_0/clockticks.
> This file does not exist on s390 and causes the test case to
> always fail.
>
> Check for the existence of file clockticks and skip this
> test if the event does not exist.
>
> Output before:
>  #  perf test 87
>  87: perf stat events uniquifying       : FAILED!
>  # ./perf stat -e clockticks -A
>    event syntax error: 'clockticks'
>                         \___ Bad event name
>    ...
>  #
>
> Output after:
>  #  perf test 87
>  87: perf stat events uniquifying       : Skip
>  #
>
> Fixes: cb422594d6206 ("perf test: Add stat uniquifying test")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+event_uniquifying.sh | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+event_uniquifying.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+event_uniquifying.sh
> index 5ec35c52b7d9..485ee6e8f574 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+event_uniquifying.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+event_uniquifying.sh
> @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ test_event_uniquifying() {
>      uniquified_event_array+=("${uniquified_event}")
>    done < <(${perf_tool} list -v ${event} | grep "\[Kernel PMU event\]")
>
> +  if [ -z "$uniquified_event" ]
> +  then
> +    err=2
> +    return
> +  fi
>    perf_command="${perf_tool} stat -e $event -A -o ${stat_output} -- true"
>    $perf_command
>
> --
> 2.49.0
>