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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/13] perf tests: Add another metric parsing test
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 10:58:32AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 4:51 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > The test goes through all metrics compiled for arch
> > within pmu events and try to parse them.
> >
> > This test is different from 'test_parsing' in that
> > we go through all the events in the current arch,
> > not just one defined for current CPU model. Using
> > 'fake_pmu' to parse events which do not have PMUs
> > defined in the system.
> >
> > Say there's bad change in ivybridge metrics file, like:
> >
> > --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/ivybridge/ivb-metrics.json
> > +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/ivybridge/ivb-metrics.json
> > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
> > - "MetricExpr": "IDQ_UOPS_NOT_DELIVERED.CORE / (4 * ((
> > + "MetricExpr": "IDQ_UOPS_NOT_DELIVERED.CORE / / (4 *
> >
> > the test fails with (on my kabylake laptop):
> >
> > $ perf test 'Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMUs' -v
> > parsing 'idq_uops_not_delivered.core / / (4 * (( ( cpu_clk_unh...
> > syntax error, line 1
> > expr__parse failed
> > test child finished with -1
> > ...
>
> For this example as the problem is the expression, presumably this was
> "passing" with test_parsing due to returning TEST_SKIP? I did this
> initially so that we could get the test merged and then the metrics
> fixed. I'd prefer if test_parsing were returning TEST_FAIL.

it will fail:

[jolsa@krava perf]$ git diff
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/ivybridge/ivb-metrics.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/ivybridge/ivb-metrics.json
index 28e25447d3ef..0cad6b709f96 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/ivybridge/ivb-metrics.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/ivybridge/ivb-metrics.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
[
{
"BriefDescription": "This category represents fraction of slots where the processor's Frontend undersupplies its Backend",
- "MetricExpr": "IDQ_UOPS_NOT_DELIVERED.CORE / (4 * cycles)",
+ "MetricExpr": "IDQ_UOPS_NOT_DELIVERED.CORE / / (4 * cycles)",
"MetricGroup": "TopdownL1",
"MetricName": "Frontend_Bound",

[jolsa@krava perf]$ ./perf test 'Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMUs'
10: PMU events :
10.4: Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMUs : FAILED!

because the metric is malformed

jirka

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