[PATCH 3/3] perf test: Fix record tests on hybrid machines
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 17:53:44 EST
Currently the leader sampling test looks for "cycles:" string to match
the event and retrieve the value before the event name. But it won't
work on hybrid systems as the event name is different like below.
$ perf script | grep -m 10 brstack
perf 3322152 1873980.978431: 625379 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc40cf brstack_bench+0x31 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978431: 625379 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc40cf brstack_bench+0x31 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978598: 612177 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc4082 brstack_foo+0x17 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978598: 612177 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc4082 brstack_foo+0x17 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978762: 591859 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc403d brstack_bar+0x0 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978762: 591859 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc403d brstack_bar+0x0 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978948: 628505 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc403e brstack_bar+0x1 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.978948: 628505 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc403e brstack_bar+0x1 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.979146: 669816 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc40e5 brstack_bench+0x47 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
perf 3322152 1873980.979146: 669816 cpu_atom/cycles/: 558200cc40e5 brstack_bench+0x47 (/home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf)
But we can control the output format of perf script using -F option. So
we knows where the period is in the output. To filter by symbol name,
"ip" and "sym" fields are required as well.
$ perf script -F period,ip,sym | grep -m 10 brstack
625379 558200cc40cf brstack_bench
625379 558200cc40cf brstack_bench
612177 558200cc4082 brstack_foo
612177 558200cc4082 brstack_foo
591859 558200cc403d brstack_bar
591859 558200cc403d brstack_bar
628505 558200cc403e brstack_bar
628505 558200cc403e brstack_bar
669816 558200cc40e5 brstack_bench
669816 558200cc40e5 brstack_bench
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
index 04df35b30b0c15fd..fa8d17e389a0116d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ test_leader_sampling() {
err=1
return
fi
- perf script -i "${perfdata}" | grep brstack > $script_output
+ perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F period,ip,sym | grep brstack > $script_output
# Check if the two instruction counts are equal in each record.
# However, the throttling code doesn't consider event grouping. During throttling, only the
# leader is stopped, causing the slave's counts significantly higher. To temporarily solve this,
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ test_leader_sampling() {
tolerance_rate=0.8
while IFS= read -r line
do
- cycles=$(echo $line | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if($i=="cycles:") print $(i-1)}')
+ cycles=$(echo $line | awk '{ print $1 }')
if [ $(($index%2)) -ne 0 ]
then
if (( $(bc <<< "scale=4; r = ${cycles} / ${prev_cycles}; r >= 0.99 && r <= 1.01") ))
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