tools/perf: Fix parallel-perf python script to replace new python syntax ":=" usage
authorAthira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 06:48:50 +0000 (12:18 +0530)
committerNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:06:19 +0000 (11:06 -0700)
commit7d49ced808b169c8cb754da15a69ed0b2fb26567
tree70258d4472b5104587b9191fd2f923d1d4c1239d
parentb9241f150ac745698d0eabbf1d038efc32c24c34
tools/perf: Fix parallel-perf python script to replace new python syntax ":=" usage

perf test "perf script tests" fails as below in systems
with python 3.6

File "/home/athira/linux/tools/perf/tests/shell/../../scripts/python/parallel-perf.py", line 442
if line := p.stdout.readline():
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
--- Cleaning up ---
---- end(-1) ----
92: perf script tests: FAILED!

This happens because ":=" is a new syntax that assigns values
to variables as part of a larger expression. This is introduced
from python 3.8 and hence fails in setup with python 3.6
Address this by splitting the large expression and check the
value in two steps:
Previous line: if line := p.stdout.readline():
Current change:
line = p.stdout.readline()
if line:

With patch

./perf test "perf script tests"
 93: perf script tests:  Ok

Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: akanksha@linux.ibm.com
Cc: kjain@linux.ibm.com
Cc: maddy@linux.ibm.com
Cc: disgoel@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240623064850.83720-3-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
tools/perf/scripts/python/parallel-perf.py