[PATCH v1 1/2] perf tests: Add test for uncore event sorting
From: Ian Rogers
Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 14:32:40 EST
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 <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/uncore-event-sorting.c | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/uncore-event-sorting.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/Build b/tools/perf/tests/Build
index c2a67ce45941..66944a4f4968 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/Build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
perf-test-y += builtin-test.o
perf-test-y += tests-scripts.o
perf-test-y += parse-events.o
+perf-test-y += uncore-event-sorting.o
perf-test-y += dso-data.o
perf-test-y += vmlinux-kallsyms.o
perf-test-y += openat-syscall.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 06507066213b..f2c135891477 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static struct test_suite *generic_tests[] = {
&suite__basic_mmap,
&suite__mem,
&suite__parse_events,
+ &suite__uncore_event_sorting,
&suite__expr,
&suite__PERF_RECORD,
&suite__pmu,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index f5f1238d1f7f..ee00518bf36f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ DECLARE_SUITE(sigtrap);
DECLARE_SUITE(event_groups);
DECLARE_SUITE(symbols);
DECLARE_SUITE(util);
+DECLARE_SUITE(uncore_event_sorting);
DECLARE_SUITE(subcmd_help);
DECLARE_SUITE(kallsyms_split);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/uncore-event-sorting.c b/tools/perf/tests/uncore-event-sorting.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91e1a580709b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/uncore-event-sorting.c
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
+#include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "parse-events.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
+#include "pmus.h"
+#include "evlist.h"
+#include <string.h>
+
+struct match_state {
+ char *event1;
+ char *event2;
+};
+
+static int event_cb(void *state, struct pmu_event_info *info)
+{
+ struct match_state *m = state;
+
+ if (!m->event1) {
+ m->event1 = strdup(info->name);
+ } else if (!m->event2) {
+ if (strcmp(m->event1, info->name)) {
+ m->event2 = strdup(info->name);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int test__uncore_event_sorting(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
+ int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+ struct evlist *evlist;
+ struct parse_events_error err;
+ struct evsel *evsel;
+ struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
+ char *pmu_prefix = NULL;
+ struct match_state m = { NULL, NULL };
+ char buf[1024];
+ int ret;
+
+ while ((pmu = perf_pmus__scan(pmu)) != NULL) {
+ size_t len;
+ struct perf_pmu *sibling;
+
+ if (pmu->is_core)
+ continue;
+
+ len = pmu_name_len_no_suffix(pmu->name);
+ if (len == strlen(pmu->name))
+ continue;
+
+ sibling = pmu;
+ while ((sibling = perf_pmus__scan(sibling)) != NULL) {
+ if (sibling->is_core)
+ continue;
+ if (pmu_name_len_no_suffix(sibling->name) == len &&
+ !strncmp(pmu->name, sibling->name, len))
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (!sibling)
+ continue;
+
+ m.event1 = m.event2 = NULL;
+ perf_pmu__for_each_event(pmu, false, &m, event_cb);
+
+ if (m.event1 && m.event2) {
+ pmu_prefix = strndup(pmu->name, len);
+ break;
+ }
+ free(m.event1);
+ }
+
+ if (!pmu_prefix) {
+ pr_debug("No suitable uncore PMU found\n");
+ return TEST_SKIP;
+ }
+
+ evlist = evlist__new();
+ if (!evlist)
+ return TEST_FAIL;
+
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "{%s/%s/,%s/%s/}",
+ pmu_prefix, m.event1, pmu_prefix, m.event2);
+ pr_debug("Parsing: %s\n", buf);
+
+ parse_events_error__init(&err);
+ ret = parse_events(evlist, buf, &err);
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_debug("parse_events failed\n");
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
+ TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Number of events is > 0", evlist->core.nr_entries > 0);
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Number of events is a multiple of 2", evlist->core.nr_entries % 2, 0);
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+ if (evsel__is_group_leader(evsel)) {
+ struct evsel *next = evsel__next(evsel);
+
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Group size is 2", evsel->core.nr_members, 2);
+ TEST_ASSERT_VAL("PMU match", evsel->pmu == next->pmu);
+ TEST_ASSERT_VAL("First event name", strstr(evsel->name, m.event1) != NULL);
+ TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Second event name", strstr(next->name, m.event2) != NULL);
+ }
+ }
+
+ evlist__delete(evlist);
+ parse_events_error__exit(&err);
+ free(pmu_prefix);
+ free(m.event1);
+ free(m.event2);
+ return TEST_OK;
+
+out_err:
+ evlist__delete(evlist);
+ parse_events_error__exit(&err);
+ free(pmu_prefix);
+ free(m.event1);
+ free(m.event2);
+ return TEST_FAIL;
+}
+
+DEFINE_SUITE("Uncore event sorting", uncore_event_sorting);
--
2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog