1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
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 61f3059ca54b..ea55d5ea1ced 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ap.add_argument('--system-wide', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--event', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--per-core', action='store_true')
 ap.add_argument('--per-thread', action='store_true')
+ap.add_argument('--per-cache', 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')
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@ def check_json_output(expected_items):
       'counter-value': lambda x: is_counter_value(x),
       'cgroup': lambda x: True,
       'cpu': lambda x: isint(x),
+      'cache': lambda x: True,
       'die': lambda x: True,
       'event': lambda x: True,
       'event-runtime': lambda x: isfloat(x),
       'interval': lambda x: isfloat(x),
       'metric-unit': lambda x: True,
       'metric-value': lambda x: isfloat(x),
+      'metricgroup': lambda x: True,
       'node': lambda x: True,
       'pcnt-running': lambda x: isfloat(x),
       'socket': lambda x: True,
@@ -63,10 +66,12 @@ def check_json_output(expected_items):
   for item in json.loads(input):
     if expected_items != -1:
       count = len(item)
-      if count != expected_items and count >= 1 and count <= 4 and 'metric-value' in item:
+      if count != expected_items and count >= 1 and count <= 6 and 'metric-value' in item:
         # Events that generate >1 metric may have isolated metric
-        # values and possibly other prefixes like interval, core and
-        # aggregate-number.
+        # values and possibly other prefixes like interval, core,
+        # aggregate-number, or event-runtime/pcnt-running from multiplexing.
+        pass
+      elif count != expected_items and count >= 1 and count <= 5 and 'metricgroup' in item:
         pass
       elif count != expected_items:
         raise RuntimeError(f'wrong number of fields. counted {count} expected {expected_items}'
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ try:
     expected_items = 7
   elif args.interval or args.per_thread or args.system_wide_no_aggr:
     expected_items = 8
-  elif args.per_core or args.per_socket or args.per_node or args.per_die:
+  elif args.per_core or args.per_socket or args.per_node or args.per_die or args.per_cache:
     expected_items = 9
   else:
     # If no option is specified, don't check the number of items.