On s390 the perf test case ftrace sometimes fails as follows:

  # ./perf test ftrace
  79: perf ftrace tests    : FAILED!
  #

The failure depends on the kernel .config file. Some configurations
always work fine, some do not.  The ftrace profile test mostly fails,
because the ring buffer was not large enough, and some lines
(especially the interesting ones with nanosleep in it) where dropped.

To achieve success for all tested kernel configurations, enlarge
the buffer to store the traces completely without wrapping.
The default buffer size is too small for all kernel configurations.
Set the buffer size of for the ftrace profile test to 16 MB.

Output after:
  # ./perf test ftrace
  79: perf ftrace tests     : Ok
  #

Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh
index a6ee740f0d7e..a785a6274922 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test_ftrace_latency() {
 
 test_ftrace_profile() {
     echo "perf ftrace profile test"
-    perf ftrace profile sleep 0.1 > "${output}"
+    perf ftrace profile -m 16M sleep 0.1 > "${output}"
     grep ^# "${output}"
     grep sleep "${output}"
     grep schedule "${output}"
-- 
2.47.0

On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 07:48:56AM +0100, Thomas Richter wrote:
> On s390 the perf test case ftrace sometimes fails as follows:
> 
>   # ./perf test ftrace
>   79: perf ftrace tests    : FAILED!
>   #
> 
> The failure depends on the kernel .config file. Some configurations
> always work fine, some do not.  The ftrace profile test mostly fails,
> because the ring buffer was not large enough, and some lines
> (especially the interesting ones with nanosleep in it) where dropped.
> 
> To achieve success for all tested kernel configurations, enlarge
> the buffer to store the traces completely without wrapping.
> The default buffer size is too small for all kernel configurations.
> Set the buffer size of for the ftrace profile test to 16 MB.
> 
> Output after:
>   # ./perf test ftrace
>   79: perf ftrace tests     : Ok
>   #
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
> Suggested-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
> Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung

> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh
> index a6ee740f0d7e..a785a6274922 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/ftrace.sh
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test_ftrace_latency() {
>  
>  test_ftrace_profile() {
>      echo "perf ftrace profile test"
> -    perf ftrace profile sleep 0.1 > "${output}"
> +    perf ftrace profile -m 16M sleep 0.1 > "${output}"
>      grep ^# "${output}"
>      grep sleep "${output}"
>      grep schedule "${output}"
> -- 
> 2.47.0
>