From: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:38:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: perf test: Fix "trace summary" test for musl-based systems
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perf test: Fix "trace summary" test for musl-based systems

The trace summary test calls /bin/true and filters for open, read and
close events. These events are coming from shared library loads.

On a musl system, the loader and libc may point to the same file. true
needs only libc, no further shared libraries are loaded at startup. The
test fails since no open, read and close events are captured.

  root@host:~# ldd /bin/true
	/lib/ld-musl-riscv64.so.1 (0x3fb8882000)
	libc.so => /lib/ld-musl-riscv64.so.1 (0x3fb8882000)

  root@host:~# file /lib/ld-musl-riscv64.so.1
  /lib/ld-musl-riscv64.so.1: symbolic link to /usr/lib/libc.so

  root@host:~# strace -f /bin/true
  execve("/bin/true", ["/bin/true", ...], ... /* 18 vars */) = 1
  set_tid_address(0x3fa1f7bf70)           = 330
  mprotect(0x2ad6b8e000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0
  exit_group(0)                           = ?
  +++ exited with 0 +++

Run "cat /dev/null" instead of "true". This creates the required events
regardless of the C library and it works for cat from busybox or from
coreutils.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_summary.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_summary.sh
index 22e2651d59191..b80dea77cec6a 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_summary.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_summary.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ OUTPUT=$(mktemp /tmp/perf_trace_test.XXXXX)
 
 test_perf_trace() {
     args=$1
-    workload="true"
+    workload="cat /dev/null"
     search="^\s*(open|read|close).*[0-9]+%$"
 
     echo "testing: perf trace ${args} -- ${workload}"