perf test: Fix skipping branch stack sampling test

Commit f4a2aade6809c657 ("perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling
test to include sanity check for branch filter") added a skip if certain
branch options aren't available.

But the change added both -b (--branch-any) and --branch-filter options
at the same time, which will always result in a failure on any platform
because the arguments can't be used together.

Fix this by removing -b (--branch-any) and leaving --branch-filter which
already specifies 'any'. Also add warning messages to the test and perf
tool.

Output on x86 before this fix:

   $ sudo ./perf test branch
   108: Check branch stack sampling         : Skip

After:

   $ sudo ./perf test branch
   108: Check branch stack sampling         : Ok

Fixes: f4a2aade6809c657 ("perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling test to include sanity check for branch filter")
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Tested-by: Athira Jajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Anshuman.Khandual@arm.com
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221028121913.745307-1-james.clark@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index ec801cf..d7ff5c4 100755 (executable)
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ fi
 
 # skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch stack sampling
 # and if the architecture doesn't support filter types: any,save_type,u
-perf record -b -o- -B --branch-filter any,save_type,u true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+if ! perf record -o- --no-buildid --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- true > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+       echo "skip: system doesn't support filter types: any,save_type,u"
+       exit 2
+fi
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
 

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 00588b9..31faf2b 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
        /*
         * cannot set it twice, -b + --branch-filter for instance
         */
-       if (*mode)
+       if (*mode) {
+               pr_err("Error: Can't use --branch-any (-b) with --branch-filter (-j).\n");
                return -1;
+       }
 
        return parse_branch_str(str, mode);
 }