[PATCH v2] perf test: Skip Sigtrap test for arm+aarch64

[kajoljain]

On 2/18/22 6:26 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 06:46:11PM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu:
>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 05:33:33PM +0800, John Garry wrote:
>>> Skip the Sigtrap test for arm + arm64, same as was done for s390 in
>>> commit a840974e96fd ("perf test: Test 73 Sig_trap fails on s390"). For
>>> this, reuse BP_SIGNAL_IS_SUPPORTED - meaning that the arch can use BP to
>>> generate signals - instead of BP_ACCOUNT_IS_SUPPORTED, which is
>>> appropriate.
>>>
>>> As described by Will at [0], in the test we get stuck in a loop of handling
>>> the HW breakpoint exception and never making progress. GDB handles this
>>> by stepping over the faulting instruction, but with perf the kernel is
>>> expected to handle the step (which it doesn't for arm).
>>>
>>> Dmitry made an attempt to get this work, also mentioned in the same thread
>>> as [0], which was appreciated. But the best thing to do is skip the test
>>> for now.
>>>
>>> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20220118124343.GC98966@leoy-ThinkPad-X240s/T/#m13b06c39d2a5100d340f009435df6f4d8ee57b5a
>>>
>>> Fixes: Fixes: 5504f67944484 ("perf test sigtrap: Add basic stress test for sigtrap handling")
>>> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry at huawei.com>
>>
>> I tested this patch on my Juno board:
>>
>> root at Juno:# ./perf test 73
>>  73: Sigtrap                                                         : Skip
>>
>> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>

Sorry for late update.

Patch looks good to me. I tested it on powerpc.

Tested-by: Kajol Jain<kjain at linux.ibm.com>

Thanks,
Kajol Jain
> 
> Thanks, applied.
> 
> - Arnaldo
>