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authorJames Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>2026-06-09 15:40:17 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2026-06-10 18:55:49 -0300
commitac390ed34317144589cc8b6b374dbed137c7f076 (patch)
treecccb0fa6211124a17838798bc29451d92e2a0677
parentf8fabdccdeb4adea3b29e2678bf8289f477f6763 (diff)
perf test cs-etm: Skip if not root
Use the common idiom for skipping tests if not running as root, which is required for these tests. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Amir Ayupov <aaupov@meta.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paschalis Mpeis <Paschalis.Mpeis@arm.com> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
-rwxr-xr-xtools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh6
-rwxr-xr-xtools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
index 39553702c1f3..8ed2c934c87d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ skip_if_no_cs_etm_event() {
skip_if_no_cs_etm_event || exit 2
+if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
+ # Requires root for -C and system wide tests
+ echo "[Skip] No root permission"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
file=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary_file.XXXXX)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
index 0dfb4fadf531..339ae4831868 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sep="\s\|\s"
branch_search="\sbl${sep}b${sep}b.ne${sep}b.eq${sep}cbz\s"
## Test kernel ##
-if [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
+if [ "$(id -u)" == 0 ] && [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
echo "Testing kernel disassembly"
perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//k --kcore -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
perf script -i ${perfdata} -s python:${script_path} -- \
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ if [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
grep -q -e ${branch_search} ${file}
echo "Found kernel branches"
else
- # kcore is required for correct kernel decode due to runtime code patching
- echo "No kcore, skipping kernel test"
+ # Root and kcore are required for correct kernel decode due to runtime code patching
+ echo "No root or kcore, skipping kernel test"
fi
## Test user ##