perf tests: Add test to check backward ring buffer
This test checks reading from backward ring buffer.
Test result:
# ~/perf test 'ring buffer'
45: Test backward reading from ring buffer : Ok
The test case is a while loop which calls prctl(PR_SET_NAME) multiple
times. Each prctl should issue 2 events: one PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE, one
PERF_RECORD_COMM.
The first round creates a relative large ring buffer (256 pages). It can
afford all events. Read from it and check the count of each type of
events.
The second round creates a small ring buffer (1 page) and makes it
overwritable. Check the correctness of the buffer.
Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462758471-89706-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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