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+// Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+//
+// This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+// LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+#include "hbt/src/perf_event/BPerfEventsGroup.h"
+#include "hbt/src/perf_event/BPerfPerThreadReader.h"
+#include "hbt/src/perf_event/BuiltinMetrics.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <thread>
+
+using namespace facebook::hbt;
+using namespace facebook::hbt::perf_event;
+
+namespace {
+
+std::shared_ptr<BPerfPerThreadReader> createReader(void) {
+  auto reader = std::make_shared<BPerfPerThreadReader>("cycles", 1);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(reader->enable(), 0);
+  return reader;
+}
+
+int createPerfEvent() {
+  struct perf_event_attr attr = {.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr)};
+
+  attr.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
+  attr.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
+  attr.read_format =
+      PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED | PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING;
+
+  int fd = syscall(
+      __NR_perf_event_open,
+      &attr,
+      0 /* pid */,
+      -1 /* cpu */,
+      -1 /* group_fd */,
+      0 /* flags */);
+  EXPECT_GE(fd, 0);
+  return fd;
+}
+
+volatile __u64 __work = 0;
+
+static void doSomeWork(long count) {
+  long i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    __work += i * count;
+  }
+}
+
+__u64 normalizedValue(const struct bpf_perf_event_value& value) {
+  if (value.running == 0)
+    return 0;
+  return (__u64)((float)value.counter * value.enabled / value.running);
+}
+
+#define TESTS 4
+
+void printBPerfThreadData(
+    const std::string& name,
+    const struct BPerfThreadData& data) {
+  GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << name << " counter = " << data.values[0].counter;
+  GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << name << " enabled = " << data.values[0].enabled;
+  GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << name << " running = " << data.values[0].running;
+}
+
+void userThread(void) {
+  auto reader = createReader();
+  auto pmu_fd = createPerfEvent();
+  struct bpf_perf_event_value beforeValue, afterValue;
+  struct BPerfThreadData beforeData, afterData;
+  long workSizes[TESTS] = {1000000, 10000000, 100000000, 1000000000};
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < TESTS; i++) {
+    int err;
+
+    err = ::read(pmu_fd, &beforeValue, sizeof(beforeValue));
+    EXPECT_EQ(err, 24);
+    err = reader->read(&beforeData);
+    EXPECT_EQ(err, 0);
+    doSomeWork(workSizes[i]);
+    err = ::read(pmu_fd, &afterValue, sizeof(afterValue));
+    err = reader->read(&afterData);
+    EXPECT_EQ(err, 0);
+
+    auto perfDiff = normalizedValue(afterValue) - normalizedValue(beforeValue);
+    auto bperfDiff = normalizedValue(afterData.values[0]) -
+        normalizedValue(beforeData.values[0]);
+    auto ratio = (double)bperfDiff / perfDiff;
+
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "work = " << workSizes[i]
+                     << " bperf/perf value = " << (double)bperfDiff / perfDiff;
+
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "perfDiff = " << perfDiff;
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "bperfDiff = " << bperfDiff;
+    printBPerfThreadData("before", beforeData);
+    printBPerfThreadData("after ", afterData);
+
+    // We are within 1% in most cases. Give a bigger margin so that the
+    // test is more stable.
+    EXPECT_GE(ratio, 0.95);
+    EXPECT_LE(ratio, 1.05);
+  }
+
+  reader->disable();
+  close(pmu_fd);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+TEST(BPerfEventsGroupPerThreadTest, TestCycles) {
+  auto pmu_manager = makePmuDeviceManager();
+  auto pmu = pmu_manager->findPmuDeviceByName("generic_hardware");
+  auto ev_def = pmu_manager->findEventDef("cycles");
+  if (!ev_def) {
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "Cannot find event cycles";
+  }
+  auto ev_conf =
+      pmu->makeConf(ev_def->id, EventExtraAttr(), EventValueTransforms());
+
+  auto system = BPerfEventsGroup(EventConfs({ev_conf}), 0, true, "cycles");
+  EXPECT_EQ(system.open(), true);
+
+  std::thread t(userThread);
+  t.join();
+}