perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling test to include sanity check for branch...

Commit b55878c90ab92a24 ("perf test: Add test for branch stack
sampling") added test for branch stack sampling. There is a sanity check
in the beginning to skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch
stack sampling.

Snippet
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skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch stack sampling
perf record -b -o- -B true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
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But the testcase also uses branch sample types: save_type, any. if any
platform doesn't support the branch filters used in the test, the testcase
will fail. In powerpc, currently mutliple branch filters are not supported
and hence this test fails in powerpc. Fix the sanity check to look at
the support for branch filters used in this test before proceeding with
the test.

Fixes: b55878c90ab92a24 ("perf test: Add test for branch stack sampling")
Reported-by: Disha Goel <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kajol Jain <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Athira Jajeev <[email protected]>
Cc: German Gomez <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Cc: Nageswara R Sastry <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index c644f94a6500210538f75b133c78db1c208ecd51..ec801cffae6bcd359c26aebb54ced13d74ba7586 100755 (executable)
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if ! [ -x "$(command -v cc)" ]; then
 fi
 
 # skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch stack sampling
-perf record -b -o- -B true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+# 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
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)