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perf test script: Add perl script testing support
authorIan Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Mon, 9 Feb 2026 20:22:07 +0000 (12:22 -0800)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:45:23 +0000 (17:45 -0300)
Basic coverage of perl script support from `perf script`. This is
disabled by default and so the test will most normally skip.

Committer testing:

  $ perf test 'perf script perl'
  106: perf script perl tests                                          : Skip
  $ perf test -vv 'perf script perl'
  106: perf script perl tests:
  --- start ---
  test child forked, pid 578323
  perf script perl test [Skipped: no libperl support]
  ---- end(-2) ----
  106: perf script perl tests                                          : Skip
  $ perf check feature libperl
                 libperl: [ OFF ]  # HAVE_LIBPERL_SUPPORT ( tip: Deprecated, use LIBPERL=1 and install perl-ExtUtils-Embed/libperl-dev to build with it )
  $

Install perl-ExtUtils-Embed, build with LIBPERL=1, rebuild:

  $ perf check feature libperl
                 libperl: [ on  ]  # HAVE_LIBPERL_SUPPORT
  $ perf test 'perf script perl'
  106: perf script perl tests                                          : Ok
  $ perf test -vv 'perf script perl'
  106: perf script perl tests:
  --- start ---
  test child forked, pid 588206
  Testing event: sched:sched_switch
  perf script perl test [Skipped: failed to record sched:sched_switch]
  Testing event: task-clock
  Generating perl script...
  generated Perl script: /tmp/__perf_test_script.RpMn5.pl
  Executing perl script...
  perf script perl test [Success: task-clock triggered $VAR1]
  ---- end(0) ----
  106: perf script perl tests                                          : Ok
  $

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>
Cc: Yujie Liu <yujie.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/tests/shell/script_perl.sh [new file with mode: 0755]

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/script_perl.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/script_perl.sh
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..b6d65b6
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# perf script perl tests
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+# set PERF_EXEC_PATH to find scripts in the source directory
+perfdir=$(dirname "$0")/../..
+if [ -e "$perfdir/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util" ]; then
+  export PERF_EXEC_PATH=$perfdir
+fi
+
+
+perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test_script_perl.perf.data.XXXXX)
+generated_script=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test_script.XXXXX.pl)
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -f "${perfdata}"
+  rm -f "${generated_script}"
+  trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+  echo "Unexpected signal in ${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+  cleanup
+  exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup TERM INT
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+check_perl_support() {
+       if perf check feature -q libperl; then
+               return 0
+       fi
+       echo "perf script perl test [Skipped: no libperl support]"
+       return 2
+}
+
+test_script() {
+       local event_name=$1
+       local expected_output=$2
+       local record_opts=$3
+
+       echo "Testing event: $event_name"
+
+       # Try to record. If this fails, it might be permissions or lack of support.
+       # We return 2 to indicate "skip this event" rather than "fail test".
+       if ! perf record -o "${perfdata}" -e "$event_name" $record_opts -- perf test -w thloop > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+               echo "perf script perl test [Skipped: failed to record $event_name]"
+               return 2
+       fi
+
+       echo "Generating perl script..."
+       if ! perf script -i "${perfdata}" -g "${generated_script}"; then
+               echo "perf script perl test [Failed: script generation for $event_name]"
+               return 1
+       fi
+
+       if [ ! -f "${generated_script}" ]; then
+               echo "perf script perl test [Failed: script not generated for $event_name]"
+               return 1
+       fi
+
+       echo "Executing perl script..."
+       output=$(perf script -i "${perfdata}" -s "${generated_script}" 2>&1)
+
+       if echo "$output" | grep -q "$expected_output"; then
+               echo "perf script perl test [Success: $event_name triggered $expected_output]"
+               return 0
+       else
+               echo "perf script perl test [Failed: $event_name did not trigger $expected_output]"
+               echo "Output was:"
+               echo "$output" | head -n 20
+               return 1
+       fi
+}
+
+check_perl_support || exit 2
+
+# Try tracepoint first
+test_script "sched:sched_switch" "sched::sched_switch" "-c 1" && res=0 || res=$?
+
+if [ $res -eq 0 ]; then
+       exit 0
+elif [ $res -eq 1 ]; then
+       exit 1
+fi
+
+# If tracepoint skipped (res=2), try task-clock
+# For generic events like task-clock, the generated script uses process_event()
+# which dumps data using Data::Dumper. We check for "$VAR1" which is standard Dumper output.
+test_script "task-clock" "\$VAR1" "-c 100" && res=0 || res=$?
+
+if [ $res -eq 0 ]; then
+       exit 0
+elif [ $res -eq 1 ]; then
+       exit 1
+fi
+
+# If both skipped
+echo "perf script perl test [Skipped: Could not record tracepoint or task-clock]"
+exit 2