linux.git/tools/perf/tests/workloads, branch master

perf test: Add Arm CoreSight callchain test

2026-07-03T23:52:00+00:00

Add a CoreSight shell test for synthesized callchains. The test uses the new callchain workload to generate trace and decodes it with synthesis callchain. It then verifies that the instruction samples show the expected callchain push and pop. Use control FIFOs so tracing starts only around the workload, which keeps the trace data small. The test is limited to with the cs_etm event available and root permission. After: perf test 138 -vvv 138: CoreSight synthesized callchain: ---- start ---- test child forked, pid 35581 Callchain flow matched: l1=4642868 l2=4642880 l3=4642895 l4=4642919 l5=4670494 l6=4670500 l7=4670520 ---- end(0) ---- 138: CoreSight synthesized callchain : Ok Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5 Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tests workloads: Support sub-second durations in noploop and thloop

2026-07-01T00:09:13+00:00

Currently, the noploop and thloop workloads only support sleep durations in integer seconds because they parse the argument using atoi() and use alarm() for timer signaling. To support much shorter execution times in tests (speeding up test suites and allowing faster retries), change the input parsing to use atof() for double floating-point seconds. Use ualarm() for fractional durations less than 1.0 seconds, and fall back to alarm() for durations of 1.0 second or more. Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf test: Compile named_threads workload with -O0

2026-06-12T00:14:30+00:00

The work loop relies on the compiler not optimizing it away, although named_threads_work is not static for that reason, the compiler could still do it. Fix it by compiling without optimization. Also add -fno-inline for consistency and in case anyone wants to look at callstacks. Fixes: b5dd510be55e8670 ("perf test: Add named_threads workload") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260609160001.2739E1F00893@smtp.kernel.org Reported-by: sashiko-bot Reviewed-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add named_threads workload

2026-06-10T21:55:49+00:00

Add a workload that runs X threads that run a unique function named "named_threads_thread[x]" which performs a multiplication in a loop for Y loops. Each thread sets its name to "thread[x]". This can be used to test that processor trace decoding handles concurrent threads correctly and the correct symbols and thread names are assigned to samples. Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Amir Ayupov Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paschalis Mpeis Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add deterministic workload

2026-06-10T21:55:48+00:00

Add a workload that does the same thing every time for testing CPU trace decoding. Reviewed-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Amir Ayupov Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paschalis Mpeis Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Add a workload that forces context switches

2026-06-10T21:55:48+00:00

This workload launches two processes that block when reading and writing to each other forcing the other process to be scheduled for each read/write pair. Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Amir Ayupov Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paschalis Mpeis Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Remove /usr/bin/cc dependency from Intel PT shell test

2026-06-04T14:41:46+00:00

In test_intel_pt.sh, the test script compiled two external C programs at runtime using /usr/bin/cc (a thread loop workload and a JIT self- modifying workload). Relying on external C compilers inside shell tests frequently causes failures in continuous integration environments. Create a built-in 'jitdump' workload and switch test_intel_pt.sh to use 'perf test -w thloop' and 'perf test -w jitdump'. Also add multi- architecture compatibility without external C compiler dependencies, the workload instruction arrays dynamically encode CHK_BYTE into opcodes across x86, ARM32, ARM64, RISC-V, PowerPC, MIPS, LoongArch, and s390x. Some minor include fixes for util/jitdump.h. Assisted-by: Gemini-CLI:Google Gemini 3 Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Make leafloop workload immune to compiler options

2026-05-29T14:48:48+00:00

Since the leafloop test program was moved into the main Perf binary as a workload, it inherited the same compiler options as Perf. In this case the -fstack-protector option broke the assumption that simple leaf frames don't have a stack frame on Arm. This causes test_arm_callgraph_fp.sh to pass even if the stack isn't augmented with the link register, making the test useless. Fix it by rewriting the leaf function in assembly seeing as it's so simple. Adding -fno-stack-protector would also work, but wouldn't be robust against other future compiler option additions. The local variables and 'a' variable were never needed so remove them to simplify. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Assisted-by: GitHub-Copilot:GPT-5.5 Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test type profiling: Remote typedef on struct

2026-03-04T06:37:48+00:00

The typedef creates an issue where the struct or the typedef may appear in the output and cause the "perf data type profiling tests" to fail. Let's remove the typedef to keep the test passing. Fixes: 335047109d7d ("perf tests: Test annotate with data type profiling and C") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tests workload: Formatting for code_with_type.rs

2026-02-09T18:36:00+00:00

One part of the rust code for code_with_type workload wasn't properly formatted. Pass it through rustfmt to fix that. Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602091357.oyRv6hgQ-lkp@intel.com/ Reported-by: kernel test robot Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com> Cc: Miguel Ojeda Cc: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo