On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 12:19:28AM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Add test that evlist reports expected events from perf record.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/shell/evlist.sh | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/evlist.sh
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/evlist.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/evlist.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..140f099e75c1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/evlist.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
> +#!/bin/bash
> +# perf evlist tests
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +set -e
> +
> +err=0
> +perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
> +
> +cleanup() {
> + rm -f "${perfdata}"
> + trap - EXIT TERM INT
> +}
> +
> +trap_cleanup() {
> + echo "Unexpected signal in ${FUNCNAME[1]}"
> + cleanup
> + exit 1
> +}
> +trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
> +
> +test_evlist_simple() {
> + echo "Simple evlist test"
> + if ! perf record -e cycles -o "${perfdata}" true 2> /dev/null
I think we need to use a software event to make sure it can run on any
platforms.
Thanks,
Namhyung
> + then
> + echo "Simple evlist [Failed record]"
> + err=1
> + return
> + fi
> + if ! perf evlist -i "${perfdata}" | grep -q "cycles"
> + then
> + echo "Simple evlist [Failed to list event]"
> + err=1
> + return
> + fi
> + echo "Simple evlist test [Success]"
> +}
> +
> +test_evlist_group() {
> + echo "Group evlist test"
> + if ! perf record -e "{cycles,instructions}" -o "${perfdata}" true 2> /dev/null
> + then
> + echo "Group evlist [Skipped event group recording failed]"
> + return
> + fi
> +
> + if ! perf evlist -i "${perfdata}" -g | grep -q "{.*cycles.*,.*instructions.*}"
> + then
> + echo "Group evlist [Failed to list event group]"
> + err=1
> + return
> + fi
> + echo "Group evlist test [Success]"
> +}
> +
> +test_evlist_verbose() {
> + echo "Event configuration evlist test"
> + if ! perf record -e cycles -o "${perfdata}" true 2> /dev/null
> + then
> + echo "Event configuration evlist [Failed record]"
> + err=1
> + return
> + fi
> +
> + if ! perf evlist -i "${perfdata}" -v | grep -q "config:"
> + then
> + echo "Event configuration evlist [Failed to list verbose info]"
> + err=1
> + return
> + fi
> + echo "Event configuration evlist test [Success]"
> +}
> +
> +test_evlist_simple
> +test_evlist_group
> +test_evlist_verbose
> +
> +cleanup
> +exit $err
> --
> 2.52.0.rc2.455.g230fcf2819-goog
>