perf tests: Fix flakiness in trace record and replay test

2026-07-01T00:09:13Z

The `perf trace record and replay` test fails intermittently on slow or virtualized hosts because the default recording workload (`sleep 1`) occasionally completes without scheduling the target `nanosleep` or `clock_nanosleep` system calls inside the recorded sample window, resulting in the error: `Failed: cannot find *nanosleep syscall`. Generalize the `perf_record_with_retry` helper in `tests/shell/lib/perf_record.sh` to support a custom record command prefix via the `PERF_RECORD_CMD` environment variable (defaulting to "perf record"). Update `trace_record_replay.sh` to use this robust retry loop running with `PERF_RECORD_CMD="perf trace record"` and a base workload of `sleep`. The test will automatically retry with scaled sleep durations (from 0.01s up to 2.0s) until the required `nanosleep` event is successfully captured. Fixes: 15bcfb96d0dd ("perf test: Add trace record and replay test") Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tests: Add robust record retry helper and use subsecond workloads

2026-07-01T00:09:13Z

Introduce `perf_record_with_retry` and `perf_record_cleanup` in a shared library `tests/shell/lib/perf_record.sh` to prevent record test failures caused by transient recording or workload delays. Update `record.sh`, `record_lbr.sh`, `pipe_test.sh`, `kvm.sh`, and `stat_all_pfm.sh` to use this robust record retry logic. These tests now start with very short durations (e.g. 0.01 seconds) and scale up if the initial recording failed to capture samples, significantly improving test execution speed on success while remaining resilient to slow systems. Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

wireguard-linux/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_record.sh, branch stable

perf tests: Fix flakiness in trace record and replay test

perf tests: Add robust record retry helper and use subsecond workloads