kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/tests/tests.h, branch v7.2-rc2

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

perf test maps: Additional maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert tests

2025-11-20T00:20:15+00:00

Add additional test to the maps covering maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert. Change the test suite to be for more than just 1 test. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim