From ae42a2a2a3aeda1a62527d38d64e3cdfa0e5627c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:27:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] perf tests: Speed up lock contention analysis shell test

The lock contention analysis test suite (`lock_contention.sh`) performs a
series of 13 separate profiling checks to verify various aggregation and
filtering parameters of `perf lock contention`. Each of these checks runs
the `perf bench sched messaging` messaging benchmark as its workload.

By default, `sched messaging` runs 10 groups of 40 processes (400
processes total) generating substantial task scheduling, context
switching, and IPC message passing. When traced system-wide for lock
events, the tracing overhead (handling millions of lock acquisitions and
releases) slows execution down significantly, causing the test suite to
take over 80 seconds.

Optimize this by introducing a scaled-down messaging benchmark workload:
`perf bench sched messaging -g 1 -p`. Running 1 group (40 processes) takes
only 0.01 seconds natively (instead of 0.08 seconds), drastically reduces
the sheer volume of lock acquire/release trace events, and reduces CPU
context switching during tracing while still generating sufficient lock
events to fully exercise the BPF/record filters.

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/tests/shell/lock_contention.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lock_contention.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lock_contention.sh
index 52e8b9db9fbd..ba598370be73 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lock_contention.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lock_contention.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
 result=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.result.XXXXX)
 errout=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.errout.XXXXX)
 
+# Workload to generate lock contention.
+# Using 1 group (-g 1) keeps runtime low while generating sufficient lock events.
+msg_workload="perf bench sched messaging -g 1"
+
 cleanup() {
 	rm -f ${perfdata}
 	rm -f ${result}
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ check() {
 test_record()
 {
 	echo "Testing perf lock record and perf lock contention"
-	perf lock record -o ${perfdata} -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2>&1
+	perf lock record -o ${perfdata} -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2>&1
 	# the output goes to the stderr and we expect only 1 output (-E 1)
 	perf lock contention -i ${perfdata} -E 1 -q 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ test_bpf()
 	fi
 
 	# the perf lock contention output goes to the stderr
-	perf lock con -a -b -E 1 -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -E 1 -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result count is not 1:" "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)"
 		err=1
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ test_bpf()
 test_record_concurrent()
 {
 	echo "Testing perf lock record and perf lock contention at the same time"
-	perf lock record -o- -- perf bench sched messaging -p 2> ${errout} | \
+	perf lock record -o- -- ${msg_workload} 2> ${errout} | \
 	perf lock contention -i- -E 1 -q 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] Recorded result count is not 1:" "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)"
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ test_aggr_task()
 	fi
 
 	# the perf lock contention output goes to the stderr
-	perf lock con -a -b -t -E 1 -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -t -E 1 -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result count is not 1:" "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)"
 		err=1
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ test_aggr_addr()
 	fi
 
 	# the perf lock contention output goes to the stderr
-	perf lock con -a -b -l -E 1 -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -l -E 1 -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result count is not 1:" "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)"
 		err=1
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ test_aggr_cgroup()
 	fi
 
 	# the perf lock contention output goes to the stderr
-	perf lock con -a -b --lock-cgroup -E 1 -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b --lock-cgroup -E 1 -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result count is not 1:" "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)"
 		err=1
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ test_type_filter()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	perf lock con -a -b -Y spinlock -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -Y spinlock -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(grep -c -v spinlock "${result}")" != "0" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result should not have non-spinlocks:" "$(cat "${result}")"
 		err=1
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ test_lock_filter()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	perf lock con -a -b -L tasklist_lock -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -L tasklist_lock -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(grep -c -v "${test_lock_filter_type}" "${result}")" != "0" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result should not have non-${test_lock_filter_type} locks:" "$(cat "${result}")"
 		err=1
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ test_stack_filter()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	perf lock con -a -b -S unix_stream -E 1 -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -S unix_stream -E 1 -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result should have a lock from unix_stream:" "$(cat "${result}")"
 		err=1
@@ -269,7 +273,7 @@ test_aggr_task_stack_filter()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	perf lock con -a -b -t -S unix_stream -E 1 -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b -t -S unix_stream -E 1 -q -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result should have a task from unix_stream:" "$(cat "${result}")"
 		err=1
@@ -285,7 +289,8 @@ test_cgroup_filter()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	perf lock con -a -b --lock-cgroup -E 1 -F wait_total -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b --lock-cgroup -E 1 -F wait_total -q \
+		-- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result should have a cgroup result:" "$(cat "${result}")"
 		err=1
@@ -293,7 +298,8 @@ test_cgroup_filter()
 	fi
 
 	cgroup=$(cat "${result}" | awk '{ print $3 }')
-	perf lock con -a -b --lock-cgroup -E 1 -G "${cgroup}" -q -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2> ${result}
+	perf lock con -a -b --lock-cgroup -E 1 -G "${cgroup}" -q \
+		-- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2> ${result}
 	if [ "$(cat "${result}" | wc -l)" != "1" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result should have a result with cgroup filter:" "$(cat "${cgroup}")"
 		err=1
@@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ test_csv_output()
 	fi
 
 	# the perf lock contention output goes to the stderr
-	perf lock con -a -b -E 1 -x , --output ${result} -- perf bench sched messaging -p > /dev/null 2>&1
+	perf lock con -a -b -E 1 -x , --output ${result} -- ${msg_workload} > /dev/null 2>&1
 	output=$(grep -v "^#" ${result} | tr -d -c , | wc -c)
 	if [ "${header}" != "${output}" ]; then
 		echo "[Fail] BPF result does not match the number of commas: ${header} != ${output}"