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+#!/bin/bash
+# Test data symbol
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>, 2022
+
+skip_if_no_mem_event() {
+	perf mem record -e list 2>&1 | egrep -q 'available' && return 0
+	return 2
+}
+
+skip_if_no_mem_event || exit 2
+
+# skip if there's no compiler
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v cc)" ]; then
+	echo "skip: no compiler, install gcc"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+TEST_PROGRAM=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
+PERF_DATA=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
+
+check_result() {
+	# The memory report format is as below:
+	#    99.92%  ...  [.] buf1+0x38
+	result=$(perf mem report -i ${PERF_DATA} -s symbol_daddr -q 2>&1 |
+		 awk '/buf1/ { print $4 }')
+
+	# Testing is failed if has no any sample for "buf1"
+	[ -z "$result" ] && return 1
+
+	while IFS= read -r line; do
+		# The "data1" and "data2" fields in structure "buf1" have
+		# offset "0x0" and "0x38", returns failure if detect any
+		# other offset value.
+		if [ "$line" != "buf1+0x0" ] && [ "$line" != "buf1+0x38" ]; then
+			return 1
+		fi
+	done <<< "$result"
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+cleanup_files()
+{
+	echo "Cleaning up files..."
+	rm -f ${PERF_DATA}
+	rm -f ${TEST_PROGRAM}
+}
+
+trap cleanup_files exit term int
+
+# compile test program
+echo "Compiling test program..."
+cat << EOF | cc -o ${TEST_PROGRAM} -x c -
+typedef struct _buf {
+	char data1;
+	char reserved[55];
+	char data2;
+} buf __attribute__((aligned(64)));
+
+static buf buf1;
+
+int main(void) {
+	for (;;) {
+		buf1.data1++;
+		buf1.data2 += buf1.data1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+echo "Recording workload..."
+
+# perf mem/c2c internally uses IBS PMU on AMD CPU which doesn't support
+# user/kernel filtering and per-process monitoring, spin program on
+# specific CPU and test in per-CPU mode.
+is_amd=$(egrep -c 'vendor_id.*AuthenticAMD' /proc/cpuinfo)
+if (($is_amd >= 1)); then
+	perf mem record -o ${PERF_DATA} -C 0 -- taskset -c 0 $TEST_PROGRAM &
+else
+	perf mem record --all-user -o ${PERF_DATA} -- $TEST_PROGRAM &
+fi
+
+PERFPID=$!
+
+sleep 1
+
+kill $PERFPID
+wait $PERFPID
+
+check_result
+exit $?