[PATCH 10/14] perf tests: Spawn child for each test

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu May 15 2014 - 13:25:41 EST


In upcoming tests we will setup process limits, which
might affect other tests. Spawning child for each test
to prevent this.

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 0d5afaf..fe46f3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
*
* Builtin regression testing command: ever growing number of sanity tests
*/
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include "builtin.h"
#include "intlist.h"
#include "tests.h"
@@ -164,6 +166,34 @@ static bool perf_test__matches(int curr, int argc, const char *argv[])
return false;
}

+static int run_test(struct test *test)
+{
+ int status, err = -1, child = fork();
+
+ if (child < 0) {
+ pr_err("failed to fork test: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (!child) {
+ pr_debug("test child forked, pid %d\n", getpid());
+ err = test->func();
+ exit(err);
+ }
+
+ wait(&status);
+
+ if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+ err = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+ pr_debug("test child finished with %d\n", err);
+ } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+ err = -1;
+ pr_debug("test child interrupted\n");
+ }
+
+ return err;
+}
+
static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[], struct intlist *skiplist)
{
int i = 0;
@@ -192,7 +222,7 @@ static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[], struct intlist *skiplist)
}

pr_debug("\n--- start ---\n");
- err = tests[curr].func();
+ err = run_test(&tests[curr]);
pr_debug("---- end ----\n%s:", tests[curr].desc);

switch (err) {
--
1.8.3.1

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