@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ tests-y += test-evsel.o
 tests-y += test-evlist.o
 tests-y += test-cpumap.o
 tests-y += test-threadmap.o
+tests-y += test-parse-events.o

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ int tests_verbose;
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	__T("test parse_events", !test_parse_events(argc, argv));
 	__T("test cpumap", !test_cpumap(argc, argv));
 	__T("test threadmap", !test_threadmap(argc, argv));
 	__T("test evlist", !test_evlist(argc, argv));

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
 #define _GNU_SOURCE // needed for sched.h to get sched_[gs]etaffinity and CPU_(ZERO,SET)
+#endif
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+#include <perf/evlist.h>
+#include <perf/evsel.h>
+#include <internal/evlist.h>
+#include <internal/tests.h>
+#include "tests.h"
+
+static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
+			 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+int test_parse_events(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+	int err;
+
+	__T_START;
+
+	libperf_init(libperf_print);
+
+	evlist = perf_evlist__new();
+	__T("failed to create evlist", evlist);
+
+	err = libperf_parse_events(evlist, "mem:0:rw");
+	__T("failed to parse events", !err);
+
+	evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	__T("wrong type", PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT == evsel->attr.type);
+	__T("wrong config", 0 == evsel->attr.config);
+	__T("wrong bp_type", (HW_BREAKPOINT_R|HW_BREAKPOINT_W) == evsel->attr.bp_type);
+	__T("wrong bp_len", HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4 == evsel->attr.bp_len);
+
+	__T_END;
+	return tests_failed == 0 ? 0 : -1;
+}

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ int test_cpumap(int argc, char **argv);
 int test_threadmap(int argc, char **argv);
 int test_evlist(int argc, char **argv);
 int test_evsel(int argc, char **argv);
+int test_parse_events(int argc, char **argv);
 
 #endif /* TESTS_H */