[PATCH v2] perf test: Fix perf stat --bpf-counters on hybrid machines

From: Namhyung Kim

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 03:18:50 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. The variable 'i' has a number of input lines that have valid
output and variable 'c' has the sum of actual counter values. That way
it should work on any platforms.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2) handle '<not counted>' and '<not supported>'.

tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 16 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..8b42585f45025d5c 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ 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 -v c=0 '/instructions/ { \
+ if ($1 != "<not") { i++; c += $1 } \
+ } END { if (i > 0) print c; else print "<not" }')
+ bpf_instructions=$(perf stat --no-big-num --bpf-counters -e instructions -- $workload 2>&1 | \
+ awk -v i=0 -v c=0 '/instructions/ { \
+ if ($1 != "<not") { i++; c += $1 } \
+ } END { if (i > 0) print c; else print "<not" }')
check_counts $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
compare_number $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
echo "[Success]"
@@ -52,8 +58,14 @@ test_bpf_modifier()
{
printf "Testing bpf event modifier "
stat_output=$(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 -v c=0 '/base_instructions/ { \
+ if ($1 != "<not") { i++; c += $1 } \
+ } END { if (i > 0) print c; else print "<not" }')
+ bpf_instructions=$(echo "$stat_output"| \
+ awk -v i=0 -v c=0 '/bpf_instructions/ { \
+ if ($1 != "<not") { i++; c += $1 } \
+ } END { if (i > 0) print c; else print "<not" }')
check_counts $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
compare_number $base_instructions $bpf_instructions
echo "[Success]"
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