[PATCH v1 16/17] perf tests evlist: Add basic evlist test

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Sat Nov 22 2025 - 03:20:06 EST


Add test that evlist reports expected events from perf record.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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
+ 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
--
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