Unlike others it has an infinite loop that make it annoying to call.
Make it finish after 1 second and handle command-line argument to change
the setting.
Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
index 8e08fc75a973e5f7..8ddb2aa6a049e343 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include "../tests.h"
@@ -12,9 +15,25 @@ static buf buf1 = {
.reserved[0] = 1,
};
-static int datasym(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv __maybe_unused)
+static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
+
+static void sighandler(int sig __maybe_unused)
+{
+ done = 1;
+}
+
+static int datasym(int argc, const char **argv)
{
- for (;;) {
+ int sec = 1;
+
+ if (argc > 0)
+ sec = atoi(argv[0]);
+
+ signal(SIGINT, sighandler);
+ signal(SIGALRM, sighandler);
+ alarm(sec);
+
+ while (!done) {
buf1.data1++;
if (buf1.data1 == 123) {
/*
--
2.48.1.711.g2feabab25a-goog
On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:28:36PM -0800, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Unlike others it has an infinite loop that make it annoying to call.
> Make it finish after 1 second and handle command-line argument to change
> the setting.
>
> Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
> index 8e08fc75a973e5f7..8ddb2aa6a049e343 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <signal.h>
> +#include <unistd.h>
> #include <linux/compiler.h>
> #include "../tests.h"
>
> @@ -12,9 +15,25 @@ static buf buf1 = {
> .reserved[0] = 1,
> };
>
> -static int datasym(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv __maybe_unused)
> +static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
> +
> +static void sighandler(int sig __maybe_unused)
> +{
> + done = 1;
> +}
> +
> +static int datasym(int argc, const char **argv)
> {
> - for (;;) {
> + int sec = 1;
> +
> + if (argc > 0)
> + sec = atoi(argv[0]);
> +
> + signal(SIGINT, sighandler);
> + signal(SIGALRM, sighandler);
> + alarm(sec);
> +
> + while (!done) {
> buf1.data1++;
> if (buf1.data1 == 123) {
> /*
> --
> 2.48.1.711.g2feabab25a-goog
>
On 3/4/25 03:28, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Unlike others it has an infinite loop that make it annoying to call.
> Make it finish after 1 second and handle command-line argument to change
> the setting.
>
> Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
> index 8e08fc75a973e5f7..8ddb2aa6a049e343 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <signal.h>
> +#include <unistd.h>
> #include <linux/compiler.h>
> #include "../tests.h"
>
> @@ -12,9 +15,25 @@ static buf buf1 = {
> .reserved[0] = 1,
> };
>
> -static int datasym(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv __maybe_unused)
> +static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
> +
> +static void sighandler(int sig __maybe_unused)
> +{
> + done = 1;
> +}
> +
> +static int datasym(int argc, const char **argv)
> {
> - for (;;) {
> + int sec = 1;
> +
> + if (argc > 0)
> + sec = atoi(argv[0]);
> +
> + signal(SIGINT, sighandler);
> + signal(SIGALRM, sighandler);
> + alarm(sec);
> +
> + while (!done) {
> buf1.data1++;
> if (buf1.data1 == 123) {
> /*
Tested-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
--
Thomas Richter, Dept 3303, IBM s390 Linux Development, Boeblingen, Germany
--
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