perf test script: Add perl script testing support

2026-02-12T20:45:23+00:00

Basic coverage of perl script support from `perf script`. This is disabled by default and so the test will most normally skip. Committer testing: $ perf test 'perf script perl' 106: perf script perl tests : Skip $ perf test -vv 'perf script perl' 106: perf script perl tests: --- start --- test child forked, pid 578323 perf script perl test [Skipped: no libperl support] ---- end(-2) ---- 106: perf script perl tests : Skip $ perf check feature libperl libperl: [ OFF ] # HAVE_LIBPERL_SUPPORT ( tip: Deprecated, use LIBPERL=1 and install perl-ExtUtils-Embed/libperl-dev to build with it ) $ Install perl-ExtUtils-Embed, build with LIBPERL=1, rebuild: $ perf check feature libperl libperl: [ on ] # HAVE_LIBPERL_SUPPORT $ perf test 'perf script perl' 106: perf script perl tests : Ok $ perf test -vv 'perf script perl' 106: perf script perl tests: --- start --- test child forked, pid 588206 Testing event: sched:sched_switch perf script perl test [Skipped: failed to record sched:sched_switch] Testing event: task-clock Generating perl script... generated Perl script: /tmp/__perf_test_script.RpMn5.pl Executing perl script... perf script perl test [Success: task-clock triggered $VAR1] ---- end(0) ---- 106: perf script perl tests : Ok $ 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: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sandipan Das Cc: Yujie Liu Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/tests/shell/script_perl.sh, branch v7.0-rc7

perf test script: Add perl script testing support