Commit a7cacaa0 authored by Madadi Vineeth Reddy's avatar Madadi Vineeth Reddy Committed by Namhyung Kim

perf sched replay: Fix -r/--repeat command line option for infinity

Currently, the -r/--repeat option accepts values from 0 and complains
for -1. The help section specifies:
-r, --repeat <n>      repeat the workload replay N times (-1: infinite)

The -r -1 option raises an error because replay_repeat is defined as
an unsigned int.

In the current implementation, the workload is repeated n times when
-r <n> is used, except when n is 0.

When -r is set to 0, the workload is also repeated once. This happens
because when -r=0, the run_one_test function is not called. (Note that
mutex unlocking, which is essential for child threads spawned to emulate
the workload, happens in run_one_test.) However, mutex unlocking is
still performed in the destroy_tasks function. Thus, -r=0 results in the
workload running once coincidentally.

To clarify and maintain the existing logic for -r >= 1 (which runs the
workload the specified number of times) and to fix the issue with infinite
runs, make -r=0 perform an infinite run.
Reviewed-by: default avatarJames Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMadadi Vineeth Reddy <vineethr@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240628071821.15264-1-vineethr@linux.ibm.comSigned-off-by: default avatarNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
parent 5484fd27
......@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist'
--state::
Show task state when it switched out.
OPTIONS for 'perf sched replay'
------------------------------
-r::
--repeat <n>::
repeat the workload n times (0: infinite). Default is 10.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]
......@@ -3386,6 +3386,9 @@ static int perf_sched__replay(struct perf_sched *sched)
sched->thread_funcs_exit = false;
create_tasks(sched);
printf("------------------------------------------------------------\n");
if (sched->replay_repeat == 0)
sched->replay_repeat = UINT_MAX;
for (i = 0; i < sched->replay_repeat; i++)
run_one_test(sched);
......@@ -3551,7 +3554,7 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv)
};
const struct option replay_options[] = {
OPT_UINTEGER('r', "repeat", &sched.replay_repeat,
"repeat the workload replay N times (-1: infinite)"),
"repeat the workload replay N times (0: infinite)"),
OPT_PARENT(sched_options)
};
const struct option map_options[] = {
......
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