3 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/attr.py b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/attr.py
index 3db9a7d78715..bfccc727d9b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/attr.py
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/attr.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
+import configparser
 import os
 import sys
 import glob
@@ -13,11 +12,6 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 
-try:
-    import configparser
-except ImportError:
-    import ConfigParser as configparser
-
 def data_equal(a, b):
     # Allow multiple values in assignment separated by '|'
     a_list = a.split('|')
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
index b066d721f897..9e772a89ce38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ap.add_argument('--per-cluster', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--per-die', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--per-node', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--per-socket', action='store_true')
+ap.add_argument('--metric-only', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--file', type=argparse.FileType('r'), default=sys.stdin)
 args = ap.parse_args()
 
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ def check_json_output(expected_items):
       'socket': lambda x: True,
       'thread': lambda x: True,
       'unit': lambda x: True,
+      'insn per cycle': lambda x: isfloat(x),
+      'GHz': lambda x: True,  # FIXME: it seems unintended for --metric-only
   }
   input = '[\n' + ','.join(Lines) + '\n]'
   for item in json.loads(input):
@@ -78,6 +81,8 @@ def check_json_output(expected_items):
         pass
       elif count - 1 in expected_items and 'metric-threshold' in item:
           pass
+      elif count in expected_items and 'insn per cycle' in item:
+          pass
       elif count not in expected_items:
         raise RuntimeError(f'wrong number of fields. counted {count} expected {expected_items}'
                            f' in \'{item}\'')
@@ -95,6 +100,8 @@ try:
     expected_items = [6, 8]
   elif args.per_core or args.per_socket or args.per_node or args.per_die or args.per_cluster or args.per_cache:
     expected_items = [7, 9]
+  elif args.metric_only:
+    expected_items = [1, 2]
   else:
     # If no option is specified, don't check the number of items.
     expected_items = -1
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
index 9a176ceae4a3..4d4aac547f01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ check_per_socket()
 	echo "[Success]"
 }
 
+check_metric_only()
+{
+	echo -n "Checking $1 output: metric only "
+	perf stat --metric-only $2 -e instructions,cycles true
+	commachecker --metric-only
+	echo "[Success]"
+}
+
 # The perf stat options for per-socket, per-core, per-die
 # and -A ( no_aggr mode ) uses the info fetched from this
 # directory: "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/topology". For