[PATCH v1] perf test: Replace grep perl regexp with awk
From: Chun-Tse Shao
Date: Fri Jun 20 2025 - 13:41:27 EST
perl is not universal on all machines and should be replaced with awk,
which is much more common.
Before:
$ perf test "probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping" -v
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 145431
grep: Perl matching not supported in a --disable-perl-regexp build
FAIL: could not add event
---- end(-1) ----
121: probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping : FAILED!
After:
$ perf test "probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping" -v
121: probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping : Ok
Suggested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
index c4bab5b5cc59..aaa5ee06ae18 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ event_pattern='probe_libc:inet_pton(\_[[:digit:]]+)?'
add_libc_inet_pton_event() {
event_name=$(perf probe -f -x $libc -a inet_pton 2>&1 | tail -n +2 | head -n -5 | \
- grep -P -o "$event_pattern(?=[[:space:]]\(on inet_pton in $libc\))")
+ awk -v ep="$event_pattern" -v l="$libc" '$0 ~ ep && $0 ~ \
+ ("\\(on inet_pton in " l "\\)") {print $1}')
if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$event_name" ] ; then
printf "FAIL: could not add event\n"
--
2.50.0.rc2.701.gf1e915cc24-goog