From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
To: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org,
namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, irogers@google.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
james.clark@linaro.org, howardchu95@gmail.com,
atomlin@atomlin.com, neelx@suse.com, chjohnst@mail.com,
sean@ashe.io, steve@abita.co, rishil1999@outlook.com,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH perf-tools-next v2 4/4] perf tests: Add shell test for kernel symbol beautifier
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:59:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260816205921.576365-5-atomlin@atomlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260816205921.576365-1-atomlin@atomlin.com>
Add a dedicated shell test script, trace_ksym_beautifier.sh, to verify
that 'perf trace' properly symbolises kernel virtual addresses and
function pointers using both the default kallsyms beautifier (SCA_KSYM)
and BTF type routing i.e., --force-btf.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
.../perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh | 52 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2916f78503f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# perf trace kernel symbol beautifier tests
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+err=0
+OUTPUT=$(mktemp /tmp/perf_trace_test.XXXXX)
+
+# shellcheck source=lib/probe.sh
+. "$(dirname $0)"/lib/probe.sh
+skip_if_no_perf_trace || exit 2
+[ "$(id -u)" = 0 ] || exit 2
+
+cleanup() {
+ rm -f ${OUTPUT}
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT TERM INT HUP
+
+test_ksym_kallsyms() {
+ echo "Testing perf trace kernel symbol beautifier (default kallsyms)"
+ perf trace -e kmem:kmalloc --max-events=1 > ${OUTPUT} 2>&1
+ if ! grep -q -E "call_site: [a-zA-Z0-9_]+" ${OUTPUT}
+ then
+ printf "Default kallsyms function symbolization failed, output:\n$(cat ${OUTPUT})\n"
+ err=1
+ fi
+}
+
+test_ksym_btf() {
+ echo "Testing perf trace kernel symbol beautifier (BTF)"
+ if [ ! -f /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux ]; then
+ echo "Skipping BTF test due to missing vmlinux BTF"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ perf trace -e kmem:kmalloc --force-btf --max-events=1 > ${OUTPUT} 2>&1
+ if ! grep -q -E "call_site: [a-zA-Z0-9_]+" ${OUTPUT}
+ then
+ printf "BTF function symbolization failed, output:\n$(cat ${OUTPUT})\n"
+ err=1
+ fi
+}
+
+test_ksym_kallsyms
+
+if [ $err = 0 ]; then
+ test_ksym_btf
+fi
+
+cleanup
+
+exit $err
--
2.55.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-16 20:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-16 20:59 [PATCH perf-tools-next v2 0/4] perf trace: Symbolise kernel virtual addresses and function pointers Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-16 20:59 ` [PATCH perf-tools-next v2 1/4] perf trace: Introduce kernel symbol beautifier for virtual addresses Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-16 20:59 ` [PATCH perf-tools-next v2 2/4] perf trace: Auto-assign kernel symbol beautifier to function pointer fields Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-16 20:59 ` [PATCH perf-tools-next v2 3/4] perf trace: Enhance BTF type formatting to symbolise kernel function pointers Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-16 20:59 ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
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