From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>,
Falcon Thomas <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@intel.com>,
Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@intel.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [Patch v11 09/10] perf tests: Add x86 eGPRs/SSP registers sampling test
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:40:48 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260914014049.2061519-10-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260914014049.2061519-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Validate that eGPRs (extended general purpose registers) and SSP
(shadow stack pointer) registers can be sampled correctly on x86
platforms.
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 119 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
index 625240809fce..770a546f8d45 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,124 @@ check_system_wide() {
perf report -i "${perfdata}" -q | grep -q "${testsym}"
}
+check_ext_reg_capture() {
+ local script_field="$1"
+ local ext_reg="$2"
+
+ perf script -F ip,sym,"${script_field}" -i "${perfdata}" 2>/dev/null | \
+ grep -q -i "${ext_reg}:"
+}
+
+get_x86_extended_regs() {
+ local advertised_ext_regs="$1"
+ local ext_regs=""
+
+ if echo "${advertised_ext_regs}" | grep -q -i R16
+ then
+ ext_regs="${ext_regs} R16"
+ fi
+ if echo "${advertised_ext_regs}" | grep -q -i R31
+ then
+ ext_regs="${ext_regs} R31"
+ fi
+ if echo "${advertised_ext_regs}" | grep -q -i SSP
+ then
+ ext_regs="${ext_regs} SSP"
+ fi
+
+ echo "${ext_regs}" | xargs
+}
+
+validate_extd_regs_sampling() {
+ local regs_opt="$1"
+ local extd_regs="$2"
+ local script_field="$3"
+ local ret=0
+ local reg
+
+ for reg in ${extd_regs}
+ do
+ perf_record_with_retry "${perfdata}" \
+ "check_ext_reg_capture ${script_field} ${reg}" "perf test -w thloop" \
+ -e br_inst_retired.near_call ${regs_opt}=${reg} -c 1000 \
+ --per-thread || ret=$?
+
+ if [ $ret -ne 0 ]
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Failed record ${regs_opt}=${reg}]"
+ return 1
+ fi
+ done
+
+ return 0
+}
+
+test_extd_register_capture() {
+ local arch
+ local intr_regs
+ local user_regs
+ local intr_ext_regs
+ local user_ext_regs
+ local tested=0
+
+ echo "Extended register capture test"
+ if ! perf list pmu | grep -q 'br_inst_retired.near_call'
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Skipped missing event]"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ intr_regs=$(perf record --intr-regs=\? 2>&1 || true)
+ user_regs=$(perf record --user-regs=\? 2>&1 || true)
+
+ intr_ext_regs=""
+ user_ext_regs=""
+
+ arch=$(uname -m)
+ case ${arch} in
+ x86_64|i386)
+ intr_ext_regs=$(get_x86_extended_regs "${intr_regs}")
+ user_ext_regs=$(get_x86_extended_regs "${user_regs}")
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Skipped non-x86 platform]"
+ return
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ if [ -z "${intr_ext_regs}" ]
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Skipped missing intr extended registers]"
+ elif ! validate_extd_regs_sampling "--intr-regs" "${intr_ext_regs}" "iregs"
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Failed intr extended register sampling]"
+ err=1
+ return
+ else
+ tested=1
+ fi
+
+ if [ -z "${user_ext_regs}" ]
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Skipped missing user extended registers]"
+ elif ! validate_extd_regs_sampling "--user-regs" "${user_ext_regs}" "uregs"
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Failed user extended register sampling]"
+ err=1
+ return
+ else
+ tested=1
+ fi
+
+ if [ ${tested} -eq 0 ]
+ then
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Skipped missing extended registers]"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ echo "Extended register capture test [Success]"
+}
+
test_system_wide() {
echo "Basic --system-wide mode test"
local ret=0
@@ -491,6 +609,7 @@ fi
test_per_thread
test_register_capture
+test_extd_register_capture
test_system_wide
test_workload
test_branch_counter
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-14 1:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-14 1:40 [Patch v11 00/10] Perf tools: Support eGPRs/SSP/SIMD registers sampling Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 01/10] perf dwarf-regs: Fix DWARF register index bounds check Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 1:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 02/10] perf util: Add missed fields in _attr__fprintf() and __attr_swap() Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 1:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 03/10] tools headers: Sync x86 headers with kernel sources Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 1:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 3:06 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 04/10] perf headers: Sync perf_event.h/perf_regs.h with the kernel headers Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 2:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 3:23 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 05/10] perf regs: Support x86 eGPRs/SSP sampling Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 2:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 06/10] perf regs: Support x86 SIMD registers sampling Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 2:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 5:14 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 07/10] perf regs: Enable dumping of SIMD registers Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 2:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 5:17 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-09-14 18:29 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-14 19:28 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-14 23:56 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-09-15 0:05 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 08/10] perf dwarf-regs: Add SIMD/eGPRs support for x86 DWARF registers Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 1:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 1:40 ` Dapeng Mi [this message]
2026-09-14 1:57 ` [Patch v11 09/10] perf tests: Add x86 eGPRs/SSP registers sampling test sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 1:40 ` [Patch v11 10/10] perf tests: Add SIMD " Dapeng Mi
2026-09-14 1:59 ` sashiko-bot
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