1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
index bdcceb886f77..038de3ecb8cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
@@ -147,10 +147,15 @@ void test_attr__open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, pid_t pid, int cpu,
 
 static int run_dir(const char *d, const char *perf)
 {
+        char v[] = "-vvvvv";
+        int vcnt = min(verbose, (int) sizeof(v) - 1);
         char cmd[3*PATH_MAX];
 
-        snprintf(cmd, 3*PATH_MAX, PYTHON " %s/attr.py -d %s/attr/ -p %s %s",
-                 d, d, perf, verbose ? "-v" : "");
+        if (verbose)
+                vcnt++;
+
+        snprintf(cmd, 3*PATH_MAX, PYTHON " %s/attr.py -d %s/attr/ -p %s %.*s",
+                 d, d, perf, vcnt, v);
 
         return system(cmd);
 }