Re: [PATCH v2] perf test: Skip sigtrap test on old kernels

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On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 1:32 AM Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:04:07PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > If it runs on an old kernel, perf_event_open would fail because of the
> > new fields sigtrap and sig_data.  Just skipping the test could miss an
> > actual bug in the kernel.
> >
> > Let's check BTF if it has the perf_event_attr.sigtrap field.
> >
> > Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> > index e32ece90e164..32f08ce0f2b0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/tests/sigtrap.c
> > @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
> >  #include <sys/syscall.h>
> >  #include <unistd.h>
> >
> > +#include <bpf/btf.h>
> > +
> >  #include "cloexec.h"
> >  #include "debug.h"
> >  #include "event.h"
> > @@ -54,6 +56,42 @@ static struct perf_event_attr make_event_attr(void)
> >       return attr;
> >  }
> >
> > +static bool attr_has_sigtrap(void)
> > +{
> > +     bool ret = false;
> > +
> > +#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
> > +
> > +     struct btf *btf;
> > +     const struct btf_type *t;
> > +     const struct btf_member *m;
> > +     const char *name;
> > +     int i, id;
> > +
> > +     /* just assume it doesn't have the field */
> > +     btf = btf__load_vmlinux_btf();
> > +     if (btf == NULL)
> > +             return false;
> > +
> > +     id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, "perf_event_attr", BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
> > +     if (id < 0)
> > +             goto out;
> > +
> > +     t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
> > +     for (i = 0, m = btf_members(t); i < btf_vlen(t); i++, m++) {
> > +             name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, m->name_off);
> > +             if (!strcmp(name, "sigtrap")) {
> > +                     ret = true;
> > +                     break;
> > +             }
> > +     }
> > +out:
> > +     btf__free(btf);
> > +#endif
>
> would it be easier to call perf_event_open for simple event with
> sigtrap set (and perhaps remove_on_exec) ? perf_copy_attr checks
> on reserved fields

Hmm.. right.  we could do that too.  But it might still fail if there's a
bug in the path handling in sigtrap even for the simple case.  I'm not
sure if it's a realistic concern though. :)

Thanks,
Namhyung

>
>
> > +
> > +     return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void
> >  sigtrap_handler(int signum __maybe_unused, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext __maybe_unused)
> >  {
> > @@ -139,7 +177,13 @@ static int test__sigtrap(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __m
> >
> >       fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
> >       if (fd < 0) {
> > -             pr_debug("FAILED sys_perf_event_open(): %s\n", str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
> > +             if (attr_has_sigtrap()) {
> > +                     pr_debug("FAILED sys_perf_event_open(): %s\n",
> > +                              str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
> > +             } else {
> > +                     pr_debug("perf_event_attr doesn't have sigtrap\n");
> > +                     ret = TEST_SKIP;
> > +             }
> >               goto out_restore_sigaction;
> >       }
> >
> > --
> > 2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog
> >



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