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perf record test depends on finding symbol test_loop in perf, and fails if perf has been stripped and no debug object is available. In that case, skip the test instead. Example: Note, building with perl support adds option -Wl,-E which causes the linker to add all (global) symbols to the dynamic symbol table. So the test_loop symbol, being global, does not get stripped unless NO_LIBPERL=1 Before: $ make NO_LIBPERL=1 -C tools/perf >/dev/null 2>&1 $ strip tools/perf/perf $ tools/perf/perf buildid-cache -p `realpath tools/perf/perf` $ tools/perf/perf test -v 'record tests' 91: perf record tests : --- start --- test child forked, pid 118750 Basic --per-thread mode test Per-thread record [Failed missing output] Register capture test Register capture test [Success] Basic --system-wide mode test System-wide record [Skipped not supported] Basic target workload test Workload record [Failed missing output] test child finished with -1 ---- end ---- perf record tests: FAILED! After: $ tools/perf/perf test -v 'record tests' 91: perf record tests : --- start --- test child forked, pid 120025 perf does not have symbol 'test_loop' perf is missing symbols - skipping test test child finished with -2 ---- end ---- perf record tests: Skip Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231123075848.9652-5-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.