kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tools/perf/tests/tests.h, branch master

perf test: Add Arm CoreSight callchain test

2026-07-03T23:52:00+00:00

Add a CoreSight shell test for synthesized callchains. The test uses the new callchain workload to generate trace and decodes it with synthesis callchain. It then verifies that the instruction samples show the expected callchain push and pop. Use control FIFOs so tracing starts only around the workload, which keeps the trace data small. The test is limited to with the cs_etm event available and root permission. After: perf test 138 -vvv 138: CoreSight synthesized callchain: ---- start ---- test child forked, pid 35581 Callchain flow matched: l1=4642868 l2=4642880 l3=4642895 l4=4642919 l5=4670494 l6=4670500 l7=4670520 ---- end(0) ---- 138: CoreSight synthesized callchain : Ok Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5 Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf test: Add named_threads workload

2026-06-10T21:55:49+00:00

Add a workload that runs X threads that run a unique function named "named_threads_thread[x]" which performs a multiplication in a loop for Y loops. Each thread sets its name to "thread[x]". This can be used to test that processor trace decoding handles concurrent threads correctly and the correct symbols and thread names are assigned to samples. Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Amir Ayupov Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paschalis Mpeis Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add deterministic workload

2026-06-10T21:55:48+00:00

Add a workload that does the same thing every time for testing CPU trace decoding. Reviewed-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Amir Ayupov Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paschalis Mpeis Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add a workload that forces context switches

2026-06-10T21:55:48+00:00

This workload launches two processes that block when reading and writing to each other forcing the other process to be scheduled for each read/write pair. Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Amir Ayupov Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paschalis Mpeis Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Remove /usr/bin/cc dependency from Intel PT shell test

2026-06-04T14:41:46+00:00

In test_intel_pt.sh, the test script compiled two external C programs at runtime using /usr/bin/cc (a thread loop workload and a JIT self- modifying workload). Relying on external C compilers inside shell tests frequently causes failures in continuous integration environments. Create a built-in 'jitdump' workload and switch test_intel_pt.sh to use 'perf test -w thloop' and 'perf test -w jitdump'. Also add multi- architecture compatibility without external C compiler dependencies, the workload instruction arrays dynamically encode CHK_BYTE into opcodes across x86, ARM32, ARM64, RISC-V, PowerPC, MIPS, LoongArch, and s390x. Some minor include fixes for util/jitdump.h. Assisted-by: Gemini-CLI:Google Gemini 3 Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Support dynamic test suites with setup callback and private data

2026-06-04T14:36:21+00:00

Add void *priv to struct test_case to allow passing per-test context. Add int (*setup)(struct test_suite *) to struct test_suite to allow dynamic generation of test cases. Update build_suites() to invoke the setup callback for each suite if present, ensuring dynamic cases are available before listing or running. Assisted-by: Gemini-CLI:Google Gemini 3 Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests: Add test for uncore event sorting

2026-05-20T21:23:55+00:00

Add a test for uncore event sorting matching multiple PMUs. Uncore PMUs may have a common prefix, like the PMUs uncore_imc_free_running_0 and uncore_imc_free_running_1 have a prefix of uncore_imc_free_running. Parsing an event group like "{data_read,data_write}" for those PMUs should result with two groups: "{uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_read/,uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_write/}, {uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_read/,uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_write/}" which means the evsels need resorting as when initially parsed the evsels are ordered with mixed PMUs: "{uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_read/,uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_read/, uncore_imc_free_running_0/data_write/,uncore_imc_free_running_1/data_write/}". Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Zide Chen Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Collin Funk Cc: Dmitrii Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com> Cc: German Gomez Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test workload: Add code_with_type test workload

2026-02-08T22:16:24+00:00

The purpose of the workload is to gather samples of rust runtime. To achieve that it has a dummy rust library linked with it. Per recommendations for such scenarios [1], the rust library is statically linked. An example: $ perf record perf test -w code_with_type [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.160 MB perf.data (4074 samples) ] $ perf report --stdio --dso perf -s srcfile,srcline 45.16% ub_checks.rs ub_checks.rs:72 6.72% code_with_type.rs code_with_type.rs:15 6.64% range.rs range.rs:767 4.26% code_with_type.rs code_with_type.rs:21 4.23% range.rs range.rs:0 3.99% code_with_type.rs code_with_type.rs:16 [...] [1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/linkage.html#mixed-rust-and-foreign-codebases Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test workload: Add inlineloop test workload

2026-01-12T19:11:15+00:00

The purpose of this workload is to gather samples in an inlined function. This can be used to test whether inlined addr2line works correctly. Committer testing: $ perf record perf test -w inlineloop 1 [ perf record: Woken up 2 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.161 MB perf.data (4005 samples) ] $ perf report --stdio --dso perf -s srcfile,srcline # # Total Lost Samples: 0 # # Samples: 4K of event 'cpu/cycles/Pu' # Event count (approx.): 5535180842 # # Overhead Source File Source:Line # ........ ............ ............... # 99.04% inlineloop.c inlineloop.c:21 0.46% inlineloop.c inlineloop.c:20 # $ Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Tony Jones Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add kallsyms split test

2025-12-03T05:59:15+00:00

Create a fake root directory for /proc/{version,modules,kallsyms} in /tmp for testing. The kallsyms has a bad symbol in the module and it causes the main map splitted. The test ensures it only has two maps - kernel and the module and it finds the initial map after the module without creating the split maps like [kernel].0 and so on. $ perf test -vv "split kallsyms" 69: split kallsyms: --- start --- test child forked, pid 1016196 try to create fake root directory create kernel maps from the fake root directory maps__set_modules_path_dir: cannot open /tmp/perf-test.Zrv6Sy/lib/modules/X.Y.Z dir Problems setting modules path maps, continuing anyway... Failed to open /tmp/perf-test.Zrv6Sy/proc/kcore. Note /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access. Using /tmp/perf-test.Zrv6Sy/proc/kallsyms for symbols kernel map loaded - check symbol and map ---- end(0) ---- 69: split kallsyms : Ok Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim