1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/annotate.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/annotate.sh
index 1db1e8113d99..b072d9b97387 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/annotate.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/annotate.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ skip_test_missing_symbol ${testsym}
 
 err=0
 perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
+perfout=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.out.XXXXX)
 testprog="perf test -w noploop"
 # disassembly format: "percent : offset: instruction (operands ...)"
 disasm_regex="[0-9]*\.[0-9]* *: *\w*: *\w*"
 
 cleanup() {
-  rm -rf "${perfdata}"
+  rm -rf "${perfdata}" "${perfout}"
   rm -rf "${perfdata}".old
 
   trap - EXIT TERM INT
@@ -41,8 +42,11 @@ test_basic() {
     return
   fi
 
+  # Generate the annotated output file
+  perf annotate -i "${perfdata}" --stdio 2> /dev/null > "${perfout}"
+
   # check if it has the target symbol
-  if ! perf annotate -i "${perfdata}" 2> /dev/null | grep "${testsym}"
+  if ! grep "${testsym}" "${perfout}"
   then
     echo "Basic annotate [Failed: missing target symbol]"
     err=1
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ test_basic() {
   fi
 
   # check if it has the disassembly lines
-  if ! perf annotate -i "${perfdata}" 2> /dev/null | grep "${disasm_regex}"
+  if ! grep "${disasm_regex}" "${perfout}"
   then
     echo "Basic annotate [Failed: missing disasm output from default disassembler]"
     err=1