kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c, branch master

perf evlist: Add reference count checking

2026-06-30T17:17:11+00:00

Now the evlist is reference counted, add reference count checking so that gets and puts are paired and easy to debug. Reference count checking is documented here: https://perfwiki.github.io/main/reference-count-checking/ This large patch is adding accessors to evlist functions and switching to their use. There was some minor renaming as evlist__mmap is now an accessor to the mmap variable, and the original evlist__mmap is renamed to evlist__do_mmap. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alice Rogers Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Richter Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf evlist: Add reference count

2026-06-30T17:17:10+00:00

This a no-op for most of the perf tool. The reference count is set to 1 at allocation, the put will see the 1, decrement it and perform the delete. The purpose for adding the reference count is for the python code. Prior to this change the python code would clone evlists, but this has issues if events are opened, etc. This change adds a reference count for the evlists and a later change will add it to evsels. The combination is needed for the python code to operate correctly (not hit asserts in the evsel clone), but the changes are broken apart for the sake of smaller patches. Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alice Rogers Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Richter Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf test: Switch cycles event to cpu-cycles

2025-10-15T14:59:12+00:00

Without a PMU perf matches an event against any PMU with the event. Unfortunately some PMU drivers advertise a "cycles" event which is typically just a core event. As tests assume a core event, switch to use "cpu-cycles" that avoids the overloaded "cycles" event on troublesome PMUs and is so far not overloaded. Note, on x86 this changes a legacy event into a sysfs one. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf thread_map: Remove uid options

2025-06-09T18:18:18+00:00

Now the target doesn't have a uid, it is handled through BPF filters, remove the uid options to thread_map creation. Tidy up the functions used in tests to avoid passing unused arguments. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250604174545.2853620-11-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

libperf cpumap: Replace usage of perf_cpu_map__new(NULL) with perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus()

2023-12-12T17:55:13+00:00

Passing NULL to perf_cpu_map__new() performs perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus(), just directly call perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus() to be more intention revealing. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andrew Jones Cc: André Almeida Cc: Athira Jajeev Cc: Atish Patra Cc: Changbin Du Cc: Darren Hart Cc: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kajol Jain Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Cc: Sandipan Das Cc: Sean Christopherson Cc: Steinar H. Gunderson Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yang Jihong Cc: Yang Li Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231129060211.1890454-5-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Do not pass NULL to parse_events()

2022-08-10T17:30:09+00:00

Many cases do not use the extra error information provided by parse_events and instead pass NULL as the struct parse_events_error pointer. Add a wrapper for those cases so that the pointer is never NULL. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220809080702.6921-4-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Rename struct test to test_suite

2021-11-13T13:32:22+00:00

This is to align with kunit's terminology. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Brendan Higgins Cc: Daniel Latypov Cc: David Gow Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jin Yao Cc: John Garry Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Clarke Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211104064208.3156807-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Move each test suite struct to its test

2021-11-13T13:30:58+00:00

Rather than export test functions, export the test struct. Rename with a suite__ prefix to avoid name collisions. Committer notes: Its '&suite__vectors_page', not '&suite__vectors_pages', noticed when cross building to arm (32-bit). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Brendan Higgins Cc: Daniel Latypov Cc: David Gow Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jin Yao Cc: John Garry Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Clarke Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211104064208.3156807-5-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Fix cpu and thread map leaks in keep_tracking test

2021-03-06T19:54:28+00:00

The evlist and the cpu/thread maps should be released together. Otherwise following error was reported by Asan. $ perf test -v 28 28: Use a dummy software event to keep tracking: --- start --- test child forked, pid 156810 mmap size 528384B ================================================================= ==156810==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks Direct leak of 40 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from: #0 0x7f637d2bce8f in __interceptor_malloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:145 #1 0x55cc6295cffa in cpu_map__trim_new /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:79 #2 0x55cc6295da1f in perf_cpu_map__read /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:149 #3 0x55cc6295e1df in cpu_map__read_all_cpu_map /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:166 #4 0x55cc6295e1df in perf_cpu_map__new /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:181 #5 0x55cc626287cf in test__keep_tracking tests/keep-tracking.c:84 #6 0x55cc625e38fb in run_test tests/builtin-test.c:428 #7 0x55cc625e38fb in test_and_print tests/builtin-test.c:458 #8 0x55cc625e5a53 in __cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:679 #9 0x55cc625e5a53 in cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:825 #10 0x55cc62651cc4 in run_builtin /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:313 #11 0x55cc624dba88 in handle_internal_command /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:365 #12 0x55cc624dba88 in run_argv /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:409 #13 0x55cc624dba88 in main /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:539 #14 0x7f637cdf2d09 in __libc_start_main ../csu/libc-start.c:308 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 72 byte(s) leaked in 2 allocation(s). test child finished with 1 ---- end ---- Use a dummy software event to keep tracking: FAILED! Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210301140409.184570-7-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' event attribute config methods

2020-11-30T18:15:27+00:00

perf_evlist__ is for 'struct perf_evlist' methods, in tools/lib/perf/, go on completing this split. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo