linux/tools
David Vernet 4a54de6596 bpf/selftests: Fix send_signal tracepoint tests
The send_signal tracepoint tests are non-deterministically failing in
CI. The test works as follows:

1. Two pairs of file descriptors are created using the pipe() function.
   One pair is used to communicate between a parent process -> child
   process, and the other for the reverse direction.

2. A child is fork()'ed. The child process registers a signal handler,
   notifies its parent that the signal handler is registered, and then
   and waits for its parent to have enabled a BPF program that sends a
   signal.

3. The parent opens and loads a BPF skeleton with programs that send
   signals to the child process. The different programs are triggered by
   different perf events (either NMI or normal perf), or by regular
   tracepoints. The signal is delivered to the child whenever the child
   triggers the program.

4. The child's signal handler is invoked, which sets a flag saying that
   the signal handler was reached. The child then signals to the parent
   that it received the signal, and the test ends.

The perf testcases (send_signal_perf{_thread} and
send_signal_nmi{_thread}) work 100% of the time, but the tracepoint
testcases fail non-deterministically because the tracepoint is not
always being fired for the child.

There are two tracepoint programs registered in the test:
'tracepoint/sched/sched_switch', and
'tracepoint/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep'. The child never intentionally
blocks, nor sleeps, so neither tracepoint is guaranteed to be triggered.
To fix this, we can have the child trigger the nanosleep program with a
usleep().

Before this patch, the test would fail locally every 2-3 runs. Now, it
doesn't fail after more than 1000 runs.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230310061909.1420887-1-void@manifault.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2023-03-10 10:36:46 -08:00
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accounting tools/accounting/procacct: remove some unused variables 2022-11-18 13:55:09 -08:00
arch bpf-next-for-netdev 2023-03-06 20:36:39 -08:00
bootconfig tools/bootconfig: fix single & used for logical condition 2023-02-22 08:27:35 +09:00
bpf tools/resolve_btfids: Add /libsubcmd to .gitignore 2023-03-06 16:23:01 +01:00
build tools build: Add test echo-cmd 2023-02-03 13:54:22 -03:00
certs
cgroup tools:cgroup:memcg_shrinker remove redundant import 2023-01-18 17:12:59 -08:00
counter
debugging
edid
firewire
firmware
gpio tools: gpio: fix -c option of gpio-event-mon 2023-01-27 14:05:46 +01:00
hv
iio tools/iio/iio_utils:fix memory leak 2023-01-21 17:52:26 +00:00
include bpf: Fix a typo for BPF_F_ANY_ALIGNMENT in bpf.h 2023-03-09 20:42:57 +01:00
io_uring
kvm/kvm_stat
laptop
leds
lib libbpf: USDT arm arg parsing support 2023-03-07 15:35:53 -08:00
memory-model tools: memory-model: Make plain accesses carry dependencies 2023-01-03 20:47:04 -08:00
mm tools/mm: allow users to provide additional cflags/ldflags 2023-02-02 22:33:24 -08:00
net/ynl tools: net: add __pycache__ to gitignore 2023-02-24 11:55:47 -08:00
objtool - Daniel Verkamp has contributed a memfd series ("mm/memfd: add 2023-02-23 17:09:35 -08:00
pci
pcmcia
perf - Daniel Verkamp has contributed a memfd series ("mm/memfd: add 2023-02-23 17:09:35 -08:00
power platform-drivers-x86 for v6.3-1 2023-02-21 17:32:50 -08:00
rcu
scripts selftests/bpf: Fix cross compilation with CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS 2023-02-22 13:04:55 -08:00
spi
testing bpf/selftests: Fix send_signal tracepoint tests 2023-03-10 10:36:46 -08:00
thermal
time
tracing tracing updates for 6.3: 2023-02-23 10:20:49 -08:00
usb
verification tools/rv: Remove unneeded semicolon 2023-01-31 19:21:12 -05:00
virtio tools/virtio: enable to build with retpoline 2023-02-20 19:26:59 -05:00
wmi
Makefile