Start a new set of shell tests for testing perf script. The initial
contribution is checking that some perf db-export functionality works
as reported in this regression by Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231207140911.3240408-1-ben.gainey@arm.com/

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/script.sh | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/script.sh

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/script.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..5ae7bd0031a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# perf script tests
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+temp_dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/perf-test-script.XXXXXXXXXX)
+
+perfdatafile="${temp_dir}/perf.data"
+db_test="${temp_dir}/db_test.py"
+
+err=0
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	trap - EXIT TERM INT
+	sane=$(echo "${temp_dir}" | cut -b 1-21)
+	if [ "${sane}" = "/tmp/perf-test-script" ] ; then
+		echo "--- Cleaning up ---"
+		rm -f "${temp_dir}/"*
+		rmdir "${temp_dir}"
+	fi
+}
+
+trap_cleanup()
+{
+	cleanup
+	exit 1
+}
+
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+
+test_db()
+{
+	echo "DB test"
+
+	# Check if python script is supported
+	libpython=$(perf version --build-options | grep python | grep -cv OFF)
+	if [ "${libpython}" != "1" ] ; then
+		echo "SKIP: python scripting is not supported"
+		err=2
+		return
+	fi
+
+	cat << "_end_of_file_" > "${db_test}"
+perf_db_export_mode = True
+perf_db_export_calls = False
+perf_db_export_callchains = True
+
+def sample_table(*args):
+    print(f'sample_table({args})')
+
+def call_path_table(*args):
+    print(f'call_path_table({args}')
+_end_of_file_
+	perf record -g -o "${perfdatafile}" true
+	perf script -i "${perfdatafile}" -s "${db_test}"
+	echo "DB test [Success]"
+}
+
+test_db
+
+cleanup
+
+exit $err
-- 
2.43.0.rc2.451.g8631bc7472-goog

On Thu, 2023-12-07 at 09:40 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Start a new set of shell tests for testing perf script. The initial
> contribution is checking that some perf db-export functionality works
> as reported in this regression by Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231207140911.3240408-1-ben.gainey@arm.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> ---

Thanks Ian. I've run the test script before and after my patch. Looks
good to me. Please feel free to:

Tested-By: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>
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Em Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 05:46:20PM +0000, Ben Gainey escreveu:
> On Thu, 2023-12-07 at 09:40 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > Start a new set of shell tests for testing perf script. The initial
> > contribution is checking that some perf db-export functionality works
> > as reported in this regression by Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231207140911.3240408-1-ben.gainey@arm.com/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> > ---
> 
> Thanks Ian. I've run the test script before and after my patch. Looks
> good to me. Please feel free to:
> 
> Tested-By: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>

Thanks, applied this patch, then Ben's and ran 'perf test "perf script
tests"' before/after, with the expected results.

Thanks everybody!

- Arnaldo