[PATCH v5 1/2] perf tests: Add test for uncore event sorting

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Sun May 17 2026 - 20:37:57 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>
Tested-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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 | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 177 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..8d10b0d84fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/uncore-event-sorting.c
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "evlist.h"
+#include "parse-events.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
+#include "pmus.h"
+#include "tests.h"
+
+struct match_state {
+ char *event1;
+ char *event2;
+};
+
+static char *clean_event_name(struct pmu_event_info *info)
+{
+ const char *name = info->name;
+ const char *pmu_name = info->pmu->name;
+ size_t pmu_len = strlen(pmu_name);
+ char *res;
+ size_t len;
+
+ if (!strncmp(name, pmu_name, pmu_len) && name[pmu_len] == '/')
+ name += pmu_len + 1;
+
+ res = strdup(name);
+ if (!res)
+ return NULL;
+
+ len = strlen(res);
+ if (len > 0 && res[len - 1] == '/')
+ res[len - 1] = '\0';
+
+ return res;
+}
+
+static int event_cb(void *state, struct pmu_event_info *info)
+{
+ struct match_state *m = state;
+ char *clean_name;
+
+ if (m->event1 && m->event2)
+ return 1;
+
+ clean_name = clean_event_name(info);
+ if (!clean_name)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!m->event1) {
+ m->event1 = clean_name;
+ } else if (!m->event2) {
+ if (strcmp(m->event1, clean_name)) {
+ m->event2 = clean_name;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ free(clean_name);
+ } else {
+ free(clean_name);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#define CHECK_COND(cond, text) \
+do { \
+ if (!(cond)) { \
+ pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, text); \
+ ret = TEST_FAIL; \
+ goto out_err; \
+ } \
+} while (0)
+
+#define CHECK_EQUAL(val, expected, text) \
+do { \
+ if ((val) != (expected)) { \
+ pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d %s (%d != %d)\n", \
+ __FILE__, __LINE__, text, (val), (expected)); \
+ ret = TEST_FAIL; \
+ goto out_err; \
+ } \
+} while (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");
+ ret = TEST_FAIL;
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
+ CHECK_COND(evlist->core.nr_entries >= 4, "Number of events is >= 4");
+ CHECK_EQUAL(evlist->core.nr_entries % 2, 0, "Number of events is a multiple of 2");
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+ struct evsel *next;
+
+ if (!evsel__is_group_leader(evsel))
+ continue;
+
+ next = evsel__next(evsel);
+ CHECK_EQUAL(evsel->core.nr_members, 2, "Group size is 2");
+ CHECK_COND(evsel->pmu == next->pmu, "PMU match");
+ CHECK_COND(strstr(evsel__name(evsel), m.event1) != NULL, "First event name");
+ CHECK_COND(strstr(evsel__name(next), m.event2) != NULL, "Second event name");
+ }
+ ret = TEST_OK;
+
+out_err:
+ evlist__delete(evlist);
+ parse_events_error__exit(&err);
+ free(pmu_prefix);
+ free(m.event1);
+ free(m.event2);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+DEFINE_SUITE("Uncore event sorting", uncore_event_sorting);
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog