[PATCH v1 5/9] perf tests parse-events: Use branches rather than cache-references

Ian Rogers
2024-04-15T06:37:02Z

Switch from cache-references to branches in test as Intel has a sysfs
event for cache-references and changing the priority for sysfs over
legacy causes the test to fail.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 0b70451451b3..993e482f094c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -942,8 +942,8 @@ static int test__group2(struct evlist *evlist)
continue;
}
if (evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
- test_config(evsel, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES)) {
- /* cache-references + :u modifier */
+ test_config(evsel, PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS)) {
+ /* branches + :u modifier */
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ static const struct evlist_test test__events[] = {
/* 8 */
},
{
- .name = "{faults:k,cache-references}:u,cycles:k",
+ .name = "{faults:k,branches}:u,cycles:k",
.check = test__group2,
/* 9 */
},