From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
While working on a patch to not build the 'perf test' entry that tests
the python binding when NO_LIBPYTHON=1 is used when building perf,
meaning that the python binding will not be built, thus no need to test
it, I noticed this inconsistency:
$ perf test 17
17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
$ perf test -F 17
17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
$
$ perf check feature libpython
libpython: [ OFF ] # HAVE_LIBPYTHON_SUPPORT
$ ldd ~/bin/perf | grep python
$
Even without any python binding or support for loading it present in
perf, it says that testing that feature somehow "passes":
$ strace -s1024 -f -e execve perf test 17
execve("/home/acme/bin/perf", ["perf", "test", "17"], 0x7ffe99ae5d50 /* 38 vars */) = 0
strace: Process 519319 attached
17: 'import perf' in python : Running (1 active)
strace: Process 519320 attached
[pid 519320] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "--", "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" | 2> /dev/null"], 0x377ba9a0 /* 40 vars */) = 0
strace: Process 519321 attached
strace: Process 519322 attached
[pid 519321] +++ exited with 0 +++
[pid 519322] +++ exited with 0 +++
[pid 519320] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519321, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
[pid 519320] +++ exited with 0 +++
[pid 519319] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519320, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
[pid 519319] +++ exited with 0 +++
17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
+++ exited with 0 +++
$
It doesn't matter if we fork a new perf process to run just that test
entry or if we don't:
$ perf test -h -F
Usage: perf test [<options>] [{list <test-name-fragment>|[<test-name-fragments>|<test-numbers>]}]
-F, --dont-fork Do not fork for testcase
$
$ strace -s1024 -f -e execve perf test -F 17
execve("/home/acme/bin/perf", ["perf", "test", "-F", "17"], 0x7ffda8fafed8 /* 38 vars */) = 0
strace: Process 519336 attached
[pid 519336] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "--", "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" | 2> /dev/null"], 0x159d99a0 /* 40 vars */) = 0
strace: Process 519337 attached
strace: Process 519338 attached
[pid 519337] +++ exited with 0 +++
[pid 519338] +++ exited with 0 +++
[pid 519336] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519337, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
[pid 519336] +++ exited with 0 +++
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519336, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
+++ exited with 0 +++
$
The system() call (that execve) will return zero even with that echo
being piped into nothing:
# sh -c -- echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" | 2> /dev/null
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `0,'
# echo $?
2
# sh -c -- echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" |
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `0,'
# echo $?
2
#
If we instead avoid the echo and use 'python -c' to pass that simple
python script just trying to load the non-existent perf binding we get
less processes and a more consistent result even in this pathological
case where PYTHON="":
$ perf test 17
17: 'import perf' in python : FAILED!
$ perf test -F 17
17: 'import perf' in python : FAILED!
$
$ perf test -vv 17
Couldn't bump rlimit(MEMLOCK), failures may take place when creating BPF maps, etc
17: 'import perf' in python:
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 522859
python usage test: " -c "import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf" "
sh: line 1: -c: command not found
---- end(-1) ----
17: 'import perf' in python : FAILED!
$
The next patch will sidestep all this by plain not building the python
binding test when the binding isn't built, i.e. with NO_LIBPYTHON=1.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linux.dev>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Veronika Molnarova <vmolnaro@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/tests/python-use.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
index 0ebc22ac8d5b47ed..b7325caad22bab10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ static int test__python_use(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest
char *cmd;
int ret;
- if (asprintf(&cmd, "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '%s'); import perf\" | %s %s",
- PYTHONPATH, PYTHON, verbose > 0 ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
+ if (asprintf(&cmd, "%s -c \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '%s'); import perf\" %s",
+ PYTHON, PYTHONPATH, verbose > 0 ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
return -1;
pr_debug("python usage test: \"%s\"\n", cmd);
--
2.47.0On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 10:00 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
>
> While working on a patch to not build the 'perf test' entry that tests
> the python binding when NO_LIBPYTHON=1 is used when building perf,
> meaning that the python binding will not be built, thus no need to test
> it, I noticed this inconsistency:
>
> $ perf test 17
> 17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
> $ perf test -F 17
> 17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
> $
> $ perf check feature libpython
> libpython: [ OFF ] # HAVE_LIBPYTHON_SUPPORT
> $ ldd ~/bin/perf | grep python
> $
>
> Even without any python binding or support for loading it present in
> perf, it says that testing that feature somehow "passes":
>
> $ strace -s1024 -f -e execve perf test 17
> execve("/home/acme/bin/perf", ["perf", "test", "17"], 0x7ffe99ae5d50 /* 38 vars */) = 0
> strace: Process 519319 attached
> 17: 'import perf' in python : Running (1 active)
> strace: Process 519320 attached
> [pid 519320] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "--", "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" | 2> /dev/null"], 0x377ba9a0 /* 40 vars */) = 0
> strace: Process 519321 attached
> strace: Process 519322 attached
> [pid 519321] +++ exited with 0 +++
> [pid 519322] +++ exited with 0 +++
> [pid 519320] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519321, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
> [pid 519320] +++ exited with 0 +++
> [pid 519319] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519320, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
> [pid 519319] +++ exited with 0 +++
> 17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
> +++ exited with 0 +++
> $
>
> It doesn't matter if we fork a new perf process to run just that test
> entry or if we don't:
>
> $ perf test -h -F
>
> Usage: perf test [<options>] [{list <test-name-fragment>|[<test-name-fragments>|<test-numbers>]}]
>
> -F, --dont-fork Do not fork for testcase
> $
>
> $ strace -s1024 -f -e execve perf test -F 17
> execve("/home/acme/bin/perf", ["perf", "test", "-F", "17"], 0x7ffda8fafed8 /* 38 vars */) = 0
> strace: Process 519336 attached
> [pid 519336] execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "--", "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" | 2> /dev/null"], 0x159d99a0 /* 40 vars */) = 0
> strace: Process 519337 attached
> strace: Process 519338 attached
> [pid 519337] +++ exited with 0 +++
> [pid 519338] +++ exited with 0 +++
> [pid 519336] --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519337, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
> [pid 519336] +++ exited with 0 +++
> --- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=519336, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
> 17: 'import perf' in python : Ok
> +++ exited with 0 +++
> $
>
> The system() call (that execve) will return zero even with that echo
> being piped into nothing:
>
> # sh -c -- echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" | 2> /dev/null
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `0,'
> # echo $?
> 2
> # sh -c -- echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf\" |
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `0,'
> # echo $?
> 2
> #
>
> If we instead avoid the echo and use 'python -c' to pass that simple
> python script just trying to load the non-existent perf binding we get
> less processes and a more consistent result even in this pathological
> case where PYTHON="":
>
> $ perf test 17
> 17: 'import perf' in python : FAILED!
> $ perf test -F 17
> 17: 'import perf' in python : FAILED!
> $
> $ perf test -vv 17
> Couldn't bump rlimit(MEMLOCK), failures may take place when creating BPF maps, etc
> 17: 'import perf' in python:
> --- start ---
> test child forked, pid 522859
> python usage test: " -c "import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/build/perf-tools-next/python'); import perf" "
> sh: line 1: -c: command not found
> ---- end(-1) ----
> 17: 'import perf' in python : FAILED!
> $
>
> The next patch will sidestep all this by plain not building the python
> binding test when the binding isn't built, i.e. with NO_LIBPYTHON=1.
>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
> Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linux.dev>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Veronika Molnarova <vmolnaro@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fwiw, I found the commit message overly long.
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Thanks,
Ian
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/python-use.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
> index 0ebc22ac8d5b47ed..b7325caad22bab10 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ static int test__python_use(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest
> char *cmd;
> int ret;
>
> - if (asprintf(&cmd, "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '%s'); import perf\" | %s %s",
> - PYTHONPATH, PYTHON, verbose > 0 ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
> + if (asprintf(&cmd, "%s -c \"import sys ; sys.path.insert(0, '%s'); import perf\" %s",
> + PYTHON, PYTHONPATH, verbose > 0 ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
> return -1;
>
> pr_debug("python usage test: \"%s\"\n", cmd);
> --
> 2.47.0
>
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