Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:00:14 +0300 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/8] perf test: Use a test program in perf record tests | From | Adrian Hunter <> |
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On 24/10/22 14:33, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 04:52:14PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu: >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:26 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote: > >>> If the system has cc it could build a test program with two threads >>> and then use it for more detailed testing. Also it accepts an option >>> to run a thread forever to ensure multi-thread runs. >>> >>> If cc is not found, it falls back to use the default value 'true'. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> >> >> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> >> >> I wonder if these utilities should just be built into perf to avoid >> the cc dependency. Perhaps we can have a hidden option built into perf >> test. > > Agreed, not depending on a compiler makes 'perf test' usable in more > systems, particularly production ones where we may want to check if perf > is passing all tests applicable to that system.
I haven't seen anyone package anything except the perf executable, so I presume the only people running these tests install the source, and so need a compiler anyway.
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