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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] perf: tests: Disable breakpoint tests on ARM (32-bit)
On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 11:11:36AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> breakpoint tests on the ARM 32-bit kernel are broken in several ways.
>
> The breakpoint length requested does not necessarily match whether the
> function address has the Thumb bit (bit 0) set or not, and this does
> matter to the ARM kernel hw_breakpoint infrastructure. See [1] for
> background.
>
> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/15/205
>
> As Will indicated, the overflow handling would require single-stepping
> which is not supported at the moment. Just disable those tests for the
> ARM 32-bit platforms and update the comment above to explain these
> limitations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
>
> - directly incorporate Will's comment, Will can you add your
> Signed-off-by?

Of course:

Co-developed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

Will

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