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 v3] perf tests: Add auto counter reload (ACR) sampling test
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:55:11 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421045511.2401316-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> (raw)
Add auto counter reload sampling test to verify that the intended event
records can be captured and the self-reloaded events won't generate any
records.
Additionally, enhance ratio_to_prev test to verify ACR sampling as well
if ACR is supported.
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
---
V3: Move ratio-to-prev ACR sampling test into ratio_to_prev test.
V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260420025501.2133495-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260413010920.546501-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com/
tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
index 7cb81cf3444a..091d8b0a998b 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
@@ -402,7 +402,52 @@ test_callgraph() {
echo "Callgraph test [Success]"
}
+test_acr_sampling() {
+ events="{instructions/period=40000,acr_mask=0x2/u,cycles/period=20000,acr_mask=0x3/u}"
+ pebs_events="{instructions/period=40000,acr_mask=0x2/pu,cycles/period=20000,acr_mask=0x3/u}"
+ echo "Auto counter reload (ACR) sampling test"
+ if ! perf record -o "${perfdata}" -e "${events}" ${testprog} 2> /dev/null
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload sampling [Skipped not supported]"
+ return
+ fi
+ if ! perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F event | grep -q "instructions"
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload sampling [Failed missing instructions event]"
+ err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ if perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F event | grep -q "cycles"
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload sampling [Failed cycles event shouldn't be sampled]"
+ err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ if ! perf record -o "${perfdata}" -e "${pebs_events}" ${testprog} 2> /dev/null
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload PEBS sampling [Skipped not supported]"
+ echo "Auto counter reload sampling [Success]"
+ return
+ fi
+ if ! perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F event | grep -q "instructions"
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload PEBS sampling [Failed missing instructions event]"
+ err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ if perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F event | grep -q "cycles"
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload PEBS sampling [Failed cycles event shouldn't be sampled]"
+ err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ echo "Auto counter reload sampling [Success]"
+}
+
test_ratio_to_prev() {
+ ratio_events="{instructions:u,cycles/period=20000,ratio-to-prev=0.5/u}"
+ p_core_ratio_events="{cpu_core/instructions/u,cpu_core/cycles,period=20000,ratio-to-prev=0.5/u}"
+ e_core_ratio_events="{cpu_atom/instructions/u,cpu_atom/cycles,period=20000,ratio-to-prev=0.5/u}"
echo "ratio-to-prev test"
if ! perf record -o /dev/null -e "{instructions, cycles/period=100000,ratio-to-prev=0.5/}" \
true 2> /dev/null
@@ -438,7 +483,51 @@ test_ratio_to_prev() {
err=1
return
fi
- echo "Basic ratio-to-prev record test [Success]"
+
+ ratio_err=0
+ do_ratio_to_prev_test() {
+ local events=$1
+ local cpu=$2
+ if ! perf record -o "${perfdata}" -e "${events}" ${testprog} 2> /dev/null
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload ${cpu} ratio-to-prev sampling [Failed sampling]"
+ ratio_err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ if ! perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F event | grep -q "instructions"
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload ${cpu} ratio-to-prev sampling [Failed missing instructions event]"
+ ratio_err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ if perf script -i "${perfdata}" -F event | grep -q "cycles"
+ then
+ echo "Auto counter reload ${cpu} ratio-to-prev sampling [Failed cycles event shouldn't be sampled]"
+ ratio_err=1
+ return
+ fi
+ }
+
+ # ratio-to-prev sampling would fallback to normal sampling if ACR sampling
+ # is not supported, so acr_mask must be checked before testing ratio-to-prev sampling.
+ if [ -e /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/acr_mask ]
+ then
+ do_ratio_to_prev_test "${ratio_events}" ""
+ fi
+ if [ -e /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu_core/format/acr_mask ]
+ then
+ do_ratio_to_prev_test "${p_core_ratio_events}" "P-core"
+ fi
+ if [ -e /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu_atom/format/acr_mask ]
+ then
+ do_ratio_to_prev_test "${e_core_ratio_events}" "E-core"
+ fi
+ if test "$ratio_err" -eq 0
+ then
+ echo "Basic ratio-to-prev record test [Success]"
+ else
+ err="${ratio_err}"
+ fi
}
# raise the limit of file descriptors to minimum
@@ -457,6 +546,7 @@ test_leader_sampling
test_topdown_leader_sampling
test_precise_max
test_callgraph
+test_acr_sampling
test_ratio_to_prev
# restore the default value
--
2.34.1
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