[PATCH v3 3/8] perf test ibs: Skip privilege test on Zen6 and newer platforms

From: Ravi Bangoria

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 02:02:01 EST


IBS on pre-Zen6 platforms lacked a hardware privilege filter, so the
kernel enabled swfilt=1. Zen6 and newer platforms provides privilege
filtering via the RIP[63] bit, making swfilt redundant. Skip the perf
unit test that assumes IBS has no hardware-assisted privilege filter
on Zen6 and newer platforms.

swfilt is ignored by kernel on platforms that support RIP[63] bit filter
i.e. all amd-ibs-swfilt.sh tests will test hardware assisted privilege
filter.

Without the patch on Zen6:

# sudo ./perf test -vv 77
77: AMD IBS software filtering:
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 30813
check availability of IBS swfilt
run perf record with modifier and swfilt
[FAIL] IBS PMU should not accept exclude_kernel
---- end(-1) ----
77: AMD IBS software filtering : FAILED!

With the patch:

# ./perf test -vv 77
77: AMD IBS software filtering:
--- start ---
test child forked, pid 30903
check availability of IBS swfilt
run perf record with modifier and swfilt
[ perf record: Woken up 2 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.000 MB /dev/null ]
[ perf record: Woken up 3 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.000 MB /dev/null ]
[ perf record: Woken up 3 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.000 MB /dev/null ]
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.000 MB /dev/null ]
check number of samples with swfilt
[ perf record: Woken up 4 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.051 MB - ]
[ perf record: Woken up 4 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.063 MB - ]
---- end(0) ----
77: AMD IBS software filtering : Ok

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/amd-ibs-swfilt.sh | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/amd-ibs-swfilt.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/amd-ibs-swfilt.sh
index e7f66df05c4b..e3738436773e 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/amd-ibs-swfilt.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/amd-ibs-swfilt.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
#!/bin/bash
# AMD IBS software filtering

+cpu_family() {
+ grep -m1 '^cpu family[[:space:]]*:' /proc/cpuinfo \
+ | awk -F: '{gsub(/^[ \t]+/, "", $2); print $2}'
+}
+
+cpu_model() {
+ grep -m1 '^model[[:space:]]*:' /proc/cpuinfo \
+ | awk -F: '{gsub(/^[ \t]+/, "", $2); print $2}'
+}
+
+# IBS PMUs does not advertize privilege filtering capability. Rely
+# on Family / Model check.
+hw_priv_filter_supported() {
+ family=$(cpu_family)
+ model=$(cpu_model)
+
+ if (( family > 0x1a )) ||
+ { (( family == 0x1a )) &&
+ { { (( model >= 0x50 && model <= 0x5f )) ||
+ (( model >= 0x80 && model <= 0xaf )) ||
+ (( model >= 0xc0 && model <= 0xcf )); }; }; }; then
+ return 0 # True
+ else
+ return 1 # False
+ fi
+}
+
ParanoidAndNotRoot() {
[ "$(id -u)" != 0 ] && [ "$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid)" -gt $1 ]
}
@@ -23,10 +50,12 @@ echo "run perf record with modifier and swfilt"
err=0

# setting any modifiers should fail
-perf record -B -e ibs_op//u -o /dev/null true 2> /dev/null
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
- echo "[FAIL] IBS PMU should not accept exclude_kernel"
- exit 1
+if ! hw_priv_filter_supported; then
+ perf record -B -e ibs_op//u -o /dev/null true 2> /dev/null
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo "[FAIL] IBS PMU should not accept exclude_kernel"
+ exit 1
+ fi
fi

# setting it with swfilt should be fine
--
2.43.0