[PATCH] perf test: Fix perf stat --bpf-counters on hybrid machines
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 03:00:44 EST
The test constantly fails on my Intel hybrid machine. The issue was it
has two events in the output even if I only gave it one event.
$ perf stat -e instructions -- perf test -w sqrtloop
Performance counter stats for 'perf test -w sqrtloop':
910,856,421 cpu_atom/instructions/ (28.05%)
14,852,865,997 cpu_core/instructions/ (96.79%)
1.014313341 seconds time elapsed
1.004114000 seconds user
0.008174000 seconds sys
Let's modify the awk script to add the values for each line and print
the total. That way it should work on any platforms.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
index f43e28a136d3c9bc..e04808ed871e3f08 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ check_counts()
test_bpf_counters()
{
printf "Testing --bpf-counters "
- base_instructions=$(perf stat --no-big-num -e instructions -- $workload 2>&1 | awk '/instructions/ {print $1}')
- bpf_instructions=$(perf stat --no-big-num --bpf-counters -e instructions -- $workload 2>&1 | awk '/instructions/ {print $1}')
+ base_instructions=$(perf stat --no-big-num -e instructions -- $workload 2>&1 | \
+ awk -v i=0 '/instructions/ {i += $1} END {print i}')
+ bpf_instructions=$(perf stat --no-big-num --bpf-counters -e instructions -- $workload 2>&1 | \
+ awk -v i=0 '/instructions/ {i += $1} END {print i}')
check_counts $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
compare_number $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
echo "[Success]"
@@ -52,8 +54,8 @@ test_bpf_modifier()
{
printf "Testing bpf event modifier "
stat_output=$(perf stat --no-big-num -e instructions/name=base_instructions/,instructions/name=bpf_instructions/b -- $workload 2>&1)
- base_instructions=$(echo "$stat_output"| awk '/base_instructions/ {print $1}')
- bpf_instructions=$(echo "$stat_output"| awk '/bpf_instructions/ {print $1}')
+ base_instructions=$(echo "$stat_output"| awk -v i=0 '/base_instructions/ {i += $1} END {print i}')
+ bpf_instructions=$(echo "$stat_output"| awk -v i=0 '/bpf_instructions/ {i += $1} END {print i}')
check_counts $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
compare_number $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
echo "[Success]"
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