Merge branch 'linus' into x86/entry, to resolve conflicts

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/traps.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

117 files changed, 547 insertions, 766 deletions

diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index db189945e9b0..02dabc9e77b0 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4FMAPS	(18*32+ 3) /* AVX-512 Multiply Accumulation Single precision */
 #define X86_FEATURE_FSRM		(18*32+ 4) /* Fast Short Rep Mov */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT (18*32+ 8) /* AVX-512 Intersect for D/Q */
+#define X86_FEATURE_SRBDS_CTRL		(18*32+ 9) /* "" SRBDS mitigation MSR available */
 #define X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR		(18*32+10) /* VERW clears CPU buffers */
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSX_FORCE_ABORT	(18*32+13) /* "" TSX_FORCE_ABORT */
 #define X86_FEATURE_PCONFIG		(18*32+18) /* Intel PCONFIG */
@@ -407,5 +408,6 @@
 #define X86_BUG_SWAPGS			X86_BUG(21) /* CPU is affected by speculation through SWAPGS */
 #define X86_BUG_TAA			X86_BUG(22) /* CPU is affected by TSX Async Abort(TAA) */
 #define X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT		X86_BUG(23) /* CPU may incur MCE during certain page attribute changes */
+#define X86_BUG_SRBDS			X86_BUG(24) /* CPU may leak RNG bits if not mitigated */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index ef452b817f44..e8370e64a155 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
 #define TSX_CTRL_RTM_DISABLE		BIT(0)	/* Disable RTM feature */
 #define TSX_CTRL_CPUID_CLEAR		BIT(1)	/* Disable TSX enumeration */
 
+/* SRBDS support */
+#define MSR_IA32_MCU_OPT_CTRL		0x00000123
+#define RNGDS_MITG_DIS			BIT(0)
+
 #define MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS		0x00000174
 #define MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP		0x00000175
 #define MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP		0x00000176
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 43e24903812c..17c5a038f42d 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -385,33 +385,48 @@ struct kvm_sync_regs {
 #define KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT (1 << 4)
 
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_VMX	0
-#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_SVM	1	/* unused */
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_SVM	1
 
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE	0x00000001
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING	0x00000002
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS		0x00000004
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_MTF_PENDING	0x00000008
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_GIF_SET	0x00000100
 
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_GUEST_MODE	0x00000001
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_VMXON	0x00000002
 
 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE	0x1000
 
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SVM_VMCB_SIZE	0x1000
+
+#define KVM_STATE_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_DEADLINE	0x00000001
+
 struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data {
 	__u8 vmcs12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE];
 	__u8 shadow_vmcs12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE];
-	__u64 preemption_timer_deadline;
 };
 
 struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr {
+	__u32 flags;
 	__u64 vmxon_pa;
 	__u64 vmcs12_pa;
+	__u64 preemption_timer_deadline;
 
 	struct {
 		__u16 flags;
 	} smm;
 };
 
+struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data {
+	/* Save area only used if KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING.  */
+	__u8 vmcb12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_SVM_VMCB_SIZE];
+};
+
+struct kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr {
+	__u64 vmcb_pa;
+};
+
 /* for KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE */
 struct kvm_nested_state {
 	__u16 flags;
@@ -420,6 +435,7 @@ struct kvm_nested_state {
 
 	union {
 		struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr vmx;
+		struct kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr svm;
 
 		/* Pad the header to 128 bytes.  */
 		__u8 pad[120];
@@ -432,6 +448,7 @@ struct kvm_nested_state {
 	 */
 	union {
 		struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data vmx[0];
+		struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
 	} data;
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 30d7d04d72d6..be5e2e747f50 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 #ifndef _UAPI_ASM_X86_UNISTD_H
 #define _UAPI_ASM_X86_UNISTD_H
 
-/* x32 syscall flag bit */
+/*
+ * x32 syscall flag bit.  Some user programs expect syscall NR macros
+ * and __X32_SYSCALL_BIT to have type int, even though syscall numbers
+ * are, for practical purposes, unsigned long.
+ *
+ * Fortunately, expressions like (nr & ~__X32_SYSCALL_BIT) do the right
+ * thing regardless.
+ */
 #define __X32_SYSCALL_BIT	0x40000000
 
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
index e95b72ec19bc..b8ff9e8ac0d5 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@
 	{ EXIT_REASON_UMWAIT,                "UMWAIT" }, \
 	{ EXIT_REASON_TPAUSE,                "TPAUSE" }
 
+#define VMX_EXIT_REASON_FLAGS \
+	{ VMX_EXIT_REASONS_FAILED_VMENTRY,	"FAILED_VMENTRY" }
+
 #define VMX_ABORT_SAVE_GUEST_MSR_FAIL        1
 #define VMX_ABORT_LOAD_HOST_PDPTE_FAIL       2
 #define VMX_ABORT_LOAD_HOST_MSR_FAIL         4
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
index 0efaf45f7367..e0878f5f74b1 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -14,13 +14,18 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bootconfig.h>
 
-static int xbc_show_array(struct xbc_node *node)
+static int xbc_show_value(struct xbc_node *node)
 {
 	const char *val;
+	char q;
 	int i = 0;
 
 	xbc_array_for_each_value(node, val) {
-		printf("\"%s\"%s", val, node->next ? ", " : ";\n");
+		if (strchr(val, '"'))
+			q = '\'';
+		else
+			q = '"';
+		printf("%c%s%c%s", q, val, q, node->next ? ", " : ";\n");
 		i++;
 	}
 	return i;
@@ -48,10 +53,7 @@ static void xbc_show_compact_tree(void)
 			continue;
 		} else if (cnode && xbc_node_is_value(cnode)) {
 			printf("%s = ", xbc_node_get_data(node));
-			if (cnode->next)
-				xbc_show_array(cnode);
-			else
-				printf("\"%s\";\n", xbc_node_get_data(cnode));
+			xbc_show_value(cnode);
 		} else {
 			printf("%s;\n", xbc_node_get_data(node));
 		}
@@ -205,11 +207,13 @@ int show_xbc(const char *path)
 	}
 
 	ret = load_xbc_from_initrd(fd, &buf);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to load a boot config from initrd: %d\n", ret);
-	else
-		xbc_show_compact_tree();
-
+		goto out;
+	}
+	xbc_show_compact_tree();
+	ret = 0;
+out:
 	close(fd);
 	free(buf);
 
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh b/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh
index eff16b77d5eb..3c2ab9e75730 100755
--- a/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ echo "Apply command test"
 xpass $BOOTCONF -a $TEMPCONF $INITRD
 new_size=$(stat -c %s $INITRD)
 
+echo "Show command test"
+xpass $BOOTCONF $INITRD
+
 echo "File size check"
 xpass test $new_size -eq $(expr $bconf_size + $initrd_size + 9 + 12)
 
@@ -114,6 +117,13 @@ xpass grep -q "bar" $OUTFILE
 xpass grep -q "baz" $OUTFILE
 xpass grep -q "qux" $OUTFILE
 
+echo "Double/single quotes test"
+echo "key = '\"string\"';" > $TEMPCONF
+$BOOTCONF -a $TEMPCONF $INITRD
+$BOOTCONF $INITRD > $TEMPCONF
+cat $TEMPCONF
+xpass grep \'\"string\"\' $TEMPCONF
+
 echo "=== expected failure cases ==="
 for i in samples/bad-* ; do
   xfail $BOOTCONF -a $i $INITRD
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 3a3201e4618e..f4a01305d9a6 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -855,9 +855,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_clone3, sys_clone3)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_openat2, sys_openat2)
 #define __NR_pidfd_getfd 438
 __SYSCALL(__NR_pidfd_getfd, sys_pidfd_getfd)
+#define __NR_faccessat2 439
+__SYSCALL(__NR_faccessat2, sys_faccessat2)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 439
+#define __NR_syscalls 440
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/tools/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 2813e579b480..14b67cd6b54b 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -1969,6 +1969,30 @@ enum drm_i915_perf_property_id {
 	 */
 	DRM_I915_PERF_PROP_HOLD_PREEMPTION,
 
+	/**
+	 * Specifying this pins all contexts to the specified SSEU power
+	 * configuration for the duration of the recording.
+	 *
+	 * This parameter's value is a pointer to a struct
+	 * drm_i915_gem_context_param_sseu.
+	 *
+	 * This property is available in perf revision 4.
+	 */
+	DRM_I915_PERF_PROP_GLOBAL_SSEU,
+
+	/**
+	 * This optional parameter specifies the timer interval in nanoseconds
+	 * at which the i915 driver will check the OA buffer for available data.
+	 * Minimum allowed value is 100 microseconds. A default value is used by
+	 * the driver if this parameter is not specified. Note that larger timer
+	 * values will reduce cpu consumption during OA perf captures. However,
+	 * excessively large values would potentially result in OA buffer
+	 * overwrites as captures reach end of the OA buffer.
+	 *
+	 * This property is available in perf revision 5.
+	 */
+	DRM_I915_PERF_PROP_POLL_OA_PERIOD,
+
 	DRM_I915_PERF_PROP_MAX /* non-ABI */
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index ca88b7bce553..2f86b2ad6d7e 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -84,10 +84,20 @@
 #define DN_ATTRIB	0x00000020	/* File changed attibutes */
 #define DN_MULTISHOT	0x80000000	/* Don't remove notifier */
 
+/*
+ * The constants AT_REMOVEDIR and AT_EACCESS have the same value.  AT_EACCESS is
+ * meaningful only to faccessat, while AT_REMOVEDIR is meaningful only to
+ * unlinkat.  The two functions do completely different things and therefore,
+ * the flags can be allowed to overlap.  For example, passing AT_REMOVEDIR to
+ * faccessat would be undefined behavior and thus treating it equivalent to
+ * AT_EACCESS is valid undefined behavior.
+ */
 #define AT_FDCWD		-100    /* Special value used to indicate
                                            openat should use the current
                                            working directory. */
 #define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW	0x100   /* Do not follow symbolic links.  */
+#define AT_EACCESS		0x200	/* Test access permitted for
+                                           effective IDs, not real IDs.  */
 #define AT_REMOVEDIR		0x200   /* Remove directory instead of
                                            unlinking file.  */
 #define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW	0x400   /* Follow symbolic links.  */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 379a612f8f1d..f44eb0a04afd 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ struct fsxattr {
 #define FS_EA_INODE_FL			0x00200000 /* Inode used for large EA */
 #define FS_EOFBLOCKS_FL			0x00400000 /* Reserved for ext4 */
 #define FS_NOCOW_FL			0x00800000 /* Do not cow file */
+#define FS_DAX_FL			0x02000000 /* Inode is DAX */
 #define FS_INLINE_DATA_FL		0x10000000 /* Reserved for ext4 */
 #define FS_PROJINHERIT_FL		0x20000000 /* Create with parents projid */
 #define FS_CASEFOLD_FL			0x40000000 /* Folder is case insensitive */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h
index a10e3cdc2839..7875709ccfeb 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_MASK		0x03
 #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY		0x04
 #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64	0x08
-#define FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_VALID		0x0F
+#define FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_32	0x10
+#define FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_VALID		0x1F
 
 /* Encryption algorithms */
 #define FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_XTS		1
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index fdd632c833b4..4fdf30316582 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -188,10 +188,13 @@ struct kvm_s390_cmma_log {
 struct kvm_hyperv_exit {
 #define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC          1
 #define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL          2
+#define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNDBG         3
 	__u32 type;
+	__u32 pad1;
 	union {
 		struct {
 			__u32 msr;
+			__u32 pad2;
 			__u64 control;
 			__u64 evt_page;
 			__u64 msg_page;
@@ -201,6 +204,15 @@ struct kvm_hyperv_exit {
 			__u64 result;
 			__u64 params[2];
 		} hcall;
+		struct {
+			__u32 msr;
+			__u32 pad2;
+			__u64 control;
+			__u64 status;
+			__u64 send_page;
+			__u64 recv_page;
+			__u64 pending_page;
+		} syndbg;
 	} u;
 };
 
@@ -1017,6 +1029,8 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
 #define KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS 179
 #define KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED 180
 #define KVM_CAP_PPC_SECURE_GUEST 181
+#define KVM_CAP_HALT_POLL 182
+#define KVM_CAP_ASYNC_PF_INT 183
 
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
 
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/stat.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
index d1192783139a..82cc58fe9368 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ struct statx {
 	__u32	stx_dev_major;	/* ID of device containing file [uncond] */
 	__u32	stx_dev_minor;
 	/* 0x90 */
-	__u64	__spare2[14];	/* Spare space for future expansion */
+	__u64	stx_mnt_id;
+	__u64	__spare2;
+	/* 0xa0 */
+	__u64	__spare3[12];	/* Spare space for future expansion */
 	/* 0x100 */
 };
 
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ struct statx {
 #define STATX_BLOCKS		0x00000400U	/* Want/got stx_blocks */
 #define STATX_BASIC_STATS	0x000007ffU	/* The stuff in the normal stat struct */
 #define STATX_BTIME		0x00000800U	/* Want/got stx_btime */
+#define STATX_MNT_ID		0x00001000U	/* Got stx_mnt_id */
 
 #define STATX__RESERVED		0x80000000U	/* Reserved for future struct statx expansion */
 
@@ -177,7 +181,9 @@ struct statx {
 #define STATX_ATTR_NODUMP		0x00000040 /* [I] File is not to be dumped */
 #define STATX_ATTR_ENCRYPTED		0x00000800 /* [I] File requires key to decrypt in fs */
 #define STATX_ATTR_AUTOMOUNT		0x00001000 /* Dir: Automount trigger */
+#define STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT		0x00002000 /* Root of a mount */
 #define STATX_ATTR_VERITY		0x00100000 /* [I] Verity protected file */
+#define STATX_ATTR_DAX			0x00002000 /* [I] File is DAX */
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_STAT_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index 9fe72e4b1373..0c2349612e77 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 
+#define VHOST_FILE_UNBIND -1
+
 /* ioctls */
 
 #define VHOST_VIRTIO 0xAF
@@ -140,4 +142,6 @@
 /* Get the max ring size. */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VRING_NUM	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x76, __u16)
 
+/* Set event fd for config interrupt*/
+#define VHOST_VDPA_SET_CONFIG_CALL	_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x77, int)
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index e1bd2a93c6db..5b36c589a029 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -1425,13 +1425,28 @@ static unsigned int type_size(const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int append(char **buf, const char *delim, const char *str)
+{
+	char *new_buf;
+
+	new_buf = realloc(*buf, strlen(*buf) + strlen(delim) + strlen(str) + 1);
+	if (!new_buf)
+		return -1;
+	strcat(new_buf, delim);
+	strcat(new_buf, str);
+	*buf = new_buf;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int event_read_fields(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_format_field **fields)
 {
 	struct tep_format_field *field = NULL;
 	enum tep_event_type type;
 	char *token;
 	char *last_token;
+	char *delim = " ";
 	int count = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	do {
 		unsigned int size_dynamic = 0;
@@ -1490,24 +1505,51 @@ static int event_read_fields(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_format_field **
 					field->flags |= TEP_FIELD_IS_POINTER;
 
 				if (field->type) {
-					char *new_type;
-					new_type = realloc(field->type,
-							   strlen(field->type) +
-							   strlen(last_token) + 2);
-					if (!new_type) {
-						free(last_token);
-						goto fail;
-					}
-					field->type = new_type;
-					strcat(field->type, " ");
-					strcat(field->type, last_token);
+					ret = append(&field->type, delim, last_token);
 					free(last_token);
+					if (ret < 0)
+						goto fail;
 				} else
 					field->type = last_token;
 				last_token = token;
+				delim = " ";
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			/* Handle __attribute__((user)) */
+			if ((type == TEP_EVENT_DELIM) &&
+			    strcmp("__attribute__", last_token) == 0 &&
+			    token[0] == '(') {
+				int depth = 1;
+				int ret;
+
+				ret = append(&field->type, " ", last_token);
+				ret |= append(&field->type, "", "(");
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+
+				delim = " ";
+				while ((type = read_token(&token)) != TEP_EVENT_NONE) {
+					if (type == TEP_EVENT_DELIM) {
+						if (token[0] == '(')
+							depth++;
+						else if (token[0] == ')')
+							depth--;
+						if (!depth)
+							break;
+						ret = append(&field->type, "", token);
+						delim = "";
+					} else {
+						ret = append(&field->type, delim, token);
+						delim = " ";
+					}
+					if (ret < 0)
+						goto fail;
+					free(last_token);
+					last_token = token;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -1523,8 +1565,6 @@ static int event_read_fields(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_format_field **
 		if (strcmp(token, "[") == 0) {
 			enum tep_event_type last_type = type;
 			char *brackets = token;
-			char *new_brackets;
-			int len;
 
 			field->flags |= TEP_FIELD_IS_ARRAY;
 
@@ -1536,29 +1576,27 @@ static int event_read_fields(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_format_field **
 				field->arraylen = 0;
 
 		        while (strcmp(token, "]") != 0) {
+				const char *delim;
+
 				if (last_type == TEP_EVENT_ITEM &&
 				    type == TEP_EVENT_ITEM)
-					len = 2;
+					delim = " ";
 				else
-					len = 1;
+					delim = "";
+
 				last_type = type;
 
-				new_brackets = realloc(brackets,
-						       strlen(brackets) +
-						       strlen(token) + len);
-				if (!new_brackets) {
+				ret = append(&brackets, delim, token);
+				if (ret < 0) {
 					free(brackets);
 					goto fail;
 				}
-				brackets = new_brackets;
-				if (len == 2)
-					strcat(brackets, " ");
-				strcat(brackets, token);
 				/* We only care about the last token */
 				field->arraylen = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
 				free_token(token);
 				type = read_token(&token);
 				if (type == TEP_EVENT_NONE) {
+					free(brackets);
 					do_warning_event(event, "failed to find token");
 					goto fail;
 				}
@@ -1566,13 +1604,11 @@ static int event_read_fields(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_format_field **
 
 			free_token(token);
 
-			new_brackets = realloc(brackets, strlen(brackets) + 2);
-			if (!new_brackets) {
+			ret = append(&brackets, "", "]");
+			if (ret < 0) {
 				free(brackets);
 				goto fail;
 			}
-			brackets = new_brackets;
-			strcat(brackets, "]");
 
 			/* add brackets to type */
 
@@ -1582,34 +1618,23 @@ static int event_read_fields(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_format_field **
 			 * the format: type [] item;
 			 */
 			if (type == TEP_EVENT_ITEM) {
-				char *new_type;
-				new_type = realloc(field->type,
-						   strlen(field->type) +
-						   strlen(field->name) +
-						   strlen(brackets) + 2);
-				if (!new_type) {
+				ret = append(&field->type, " ", field->name);
+				if (ret < 0) {
 					free(brackets);
 					goto fail;
 				}
-				field->type = new_type;
-				strcat(field->type, " ");
-				strcat(field->type, field->name);
+				ret = append(&field->type, "", brackets);
+
 				size_dynamic = type_size(field->name);
 				free_token(field->name);
-				strcat(field->type, brackets);
 				field->name = field->alias = token;
 				type = read_token(&token);
 			} else {
-				char *new_type;
-				new_type = realloc(field->type,
-						   strlen(field->type) +
-						   strlen(brackets) + 1);
-				if (!new_type) {
+				ret = append(&field->type, "", brackets);
+				if (ret < 0) {
 					free(brackets);
 					goto fail;
 				}
-				field->type = new_type;
-				strcat(field->type, brackets);
 			}
 			free(brackets);
 		}
@@ -2046,19 +2071,16 @@ process_op(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_print_arg *arg, char **tok)
 		/* could just be a type pointer */
 		if ((strcmp(arg->op.op, "*") == 0) &&
 		    type == TEP_EVENT_DELIM && (strcmp(token, ")") == 0)) {
-			char *new_atom;
+			int ret;
 
 			if (left->type != TEP_PRINT_ATOM) {
 				do_warning_event(event, "bad pointer type");
 				goto out_free;
 			}
-			new_atom = realloc(left->atom.atom,
-					    strlen(left->atom.atom) + 3);
-			if (!new_atom)
+			ret = append(&left->atom.atom, " ", "*");
+			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_warn_free;
 
-			left->atom.atom = new_atom;
-			strcat(left->atom.atom, " *");
 			free(arg->op.op);
 			*arg = *left;
 			free(left);
@@ -3063,6 +3085,37 @@ err:
 }
 
 static enum tep_event_type
+process_builtin_expect(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	enum tep_event_type type;
+	char *token = NULL;
+
+	/* Handle __builtin_expect( cond, #) */
+	type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+
+	if (type != TEP_EVENT_DELIM || token[0] != ',')
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+
+	/* We don't care what the second parameter is of the __builtin_expect() */
+	if (read_expect_type(TEP_EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	if (read_expected(TEP_EVENT_DELIM, ")") < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(tok);
+	return type;
+
+out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return TEP_EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum tep_event_type
 process_function(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_print_arg *arg,
 		 char *token, char **tok)
 {
@@ -3106,6 +3159,10 @@ process_function(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_print_arg *arg,
 		free_token(token);
 		return process_dynamic_array_len(event, arg, tok);
 	}
+	if (strcmp(token, "__builtin_expect") == 0) {
+		free_token(token);
+		return process_builtin_expect(event, arg, tok);
+	}
 
 	func = find_func_handler(event->tep, token);
 	if (func) {
@@ -3151,18 +3208,15 @@ process_arg_token(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_print_arg *arg,
 		}
 		/* atoms can be more than one token long */
 		while (type == TEP_EVENT_ITEM) {
-			char *new_atom;
-			new_atom = realloc(atom,
-					   strlen(atom) + strlen(token) + 2);
-			if (!new_atom) {
+			int ret;
+
+			ret = append(&atom, " ", token);
+			if (ret < 0) {
 				free(atom);
 				*tok = NULL;
 				free_token(token);
 				return TEP_EVENT_ERROR;
 			}
-			atom = new_atom;
-			strcat(atom, " ");
-			strcat(atom, token);
 			free_token(token);
 			type = read_token_item(&token);
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 877ca6be0ed0..513633809c81 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -396,6 +396,18 @@ else
       NO_LIBBPF := 1
       NO_JVMTI := 1
     else
+      ifneq ($(filter s% -fsanitize=address%,$(EXTRA_CFLAGS),),)
+        ifneq ($(shell ldconfig -p | grep libasan >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 0)
+          msg := $(error No libasan found, please install libasan);
+        endif
+      endif
+
+      ifneq ($(filter s% -fsanitize=undefined%,$(EXTRA_CFLAGS),),)
+        ifneq ($(shell ldconfig -p | grep libubsan >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 0)
+          msg := $(error No libubsan found, please install libubsan);
+        endif
+      endif
+
       ifneq ($(filter s% -static%,$(LDFLAGS),),)
         msg := $(error No static glibc found, please install glibc-static);
       else
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 37b844f839bc..78847b32e137 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@
 435	common	clone3			sys_clone3
 437	common	openat2			sys_openat2
 438	common	pidfd_getfd		sys_pidfd_getfd
+439	common	faccessat2		sys_faccessat2
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index b63b3fb2de70..5f1d2a878fad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -478,8 +478,7 @@ static size_t hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(struct hists *hists, struct report
 	if (rep->time_str)
 		ret += fprintf(fp, " (time slices: %s)", rep->time_str);
 
-	if (symbol_conf.show_ref_callgraph &&
-	    strstr(evname, "call-graph=no")) {
+	if (symbol_conf.show_ref_callgraph && evname && strstr(evname, "call-graph=no")) {
 		ret += fprintf(fp, ", show reference callgraph");
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 5da243676f12..181d65e5a450 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -3837,6 +3837,9 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_delete;
 
+	if (zstd_init(&(session->zstd_data), 0) < 0)
+		pr_warning("Decompression initialization failed. Reported data may be incomplete.\n");
+
 	err = __cmd_script(&script);
 
 	flush_scripting();
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/statx.c b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/statx.c
index 811cc0eeb2d5..110f0c609d84 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/statx.c
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/statx.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_statx_mask(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_a
 	P_FLAG(SIZE);
 	P_FLAG(BLOCKS);
 	P_FLAG(BTIME);
+	P_FLAG(MNT_ID);
 
 #undef P_FLAG
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
index b020a8678eb9..9887ae09242d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ static int
 gen_read_mem(struct bpf_insn_pos *pos,
 	     int src_base_addr_reg,
 	     int dst_addr_reg,
-	     long offset)
+	     long offset,
+	     int probeid)
 {
 	/* mov arg3, src_base_addr_reg */
 	if (src_base_addr_reg != BPF_REG_ARG3)
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ gen_read_mem(struct bpf_insn_pos *pos,
 		ins(BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_ARG1, dst_addr_reg), pos);
 
 	/* Call probe_read  */
-	ins(BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_probe_read), pos);
+	ins(BPF_EMIT_CALL(probeid), pos);
 	/*
 	 * Error processing: if read fail, goto error code,
 	 * will be relocated. Target should be the start of
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ static int
 gen_prologue_slowpath(struct bpf_insn_pos *pos,
 		      struct probe_trace_arg *args, int nargs)
 {
-	int err, i;
+	int err, i, probeid;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
 		struct probe_trace_arg *arg = &args[i];
@@ -276,11 +277,16 @@ gen_prologue_slowpath(struct bpf_insn_pos *pos,
 				stack_offset), pos);
 
 		ref = arg->ref;
+		probeid = BPF_FUNC_probe_read_kernel;
 		while (ref) {
 			pr_debug("prologue: arg %d: offset %ld\n",
 				 i, ref->offset);
+
+			if (ref->user_access)
+				probeid = BPF_FUNC_probe_read_user;
+
 			err = gen_read_mem(pos, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_7,
-					   ref->offset);
+					   ref->offset, probeid);
 			if (err) {
 				pr_err("prologue: failed to generate probe_read function call\n");
 				goto errout;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index c4ca932d092d..acef87d9af58 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ do { \
 		YYABORT; \
 } while (0)
 
-static struct list_head* alloc_list()
+static struct list_head* alloc_list(void)
 {
 	struct list_head *list;
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE '-' PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF sep_dc
 	struct list_head *list;
 	char pmu_name[128];
 
-	snprintf(&pmu_name, 128, "%s-%s", $1, $3);
+	snprintf(pmu_name, sizeof(pmu_name), "%s-%s", $1, $3);
 	free($1);
 	free($3);
 	if (parse_events_multi_pmu_add(_parse_state, pmu_name, &list) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 85e0c7f2515c..f971d9aa4570 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ int perf_pmu__check_alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_terms,
 			  struct perf_pmu_info *info);
 struct list_head *perf_pmu__alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 				  struct list_head *head_terms);
-int perf_pmu_wrap(void);
 void perf_pmu_error(struct list_head *list, char *name, char const *msg);
 
 int perf_pmu__new_format(struct list_head *list, char *name,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a08f373d3305..df713a5d1e26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_arg(char *str, struct perf_probe_arg *arg)
 	}
 
 	tmp = strchr(str, '@');
-	if (tmp && tmp != str && strcmp(tmp + 1, "user")) { /* user attr */
+	if (tmp && tmp != str && !strcmp(tmp + 1, "user")) { /* user attr */
 		if (!user_access_is_supported()) {
 			semantic_error("ftrace does not support user access\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -1995,7 +1995,10 @@ static int __synthesize_probe_trace_arg_ref(struct probe_trace_arg_ref *ref,
 		if (depth < 0)
 			return depth;
 	}
-	err = strbuf_addf(buf, "%+ld(", ref->offset);
+	if (ref->user_access)
+		err = strbuf_addf(buf, "%s%ld(", "+u", ref->offset);
+	else
+		err = strbuf_addf(buf, "%+ld(", ref->offset);
 	return (err < 0) ? err : depth;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
index 8c852948513e..064b63a6a3f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ static struct {
 	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_PROBE_TYPE_X, "*type: * x8/16/32/64,*"),
 	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_KRETPROBE_OFFSET, "*place (kretprobe): *"),
 	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_UPROBE_REF_CTR, "*ref_ctr_offset*"),
-	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_USER_ACCESS, "*[u]<offset>*"),
+	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_USER_ACCESS, "*u]<offset>*"),
 	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_MULTIPROBE_EVENT, "*Create/append/*"),
 	DEFINE_TYPE(FTRACE_README_IMMEDIATE_VALUE, "*\\imm-value,*"),
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index 3c6976f7574c..57d0706e1330 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static void print_aggr(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 	int s;
 	bool first;
 
-	if (!(config->aggr_map || config->aggr_get_id))
+	if (!config->aggr_map || !config->aggr_get_id)
 		return;
 
 	aggr_update_shadow(config, evlist);
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ static void print_percore(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 	int s;
 	bool first = true;
 
-	if (!(config->aggr_map || config->aggr_get_id))
+	if (!config->aggr_map || !config->aggr_get_id)
 		return;
 
 	if (config->percore_show_thread)
diff --git a/tools/spi/spidev_test.c b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
index eec23fa693bd..83844f8b862a 100644
--- a/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int transfer_size;
 static int iterations;
 static int interval = 5; /* interval in seconds for showing transfer rate */
 
-uint8_t default_tx[] = {
+static uint8_t default_tx[] = {
 	0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
 	0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x95,
 	0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ uint8_t default_tx[] = {
 	0xF0, 0x0D,
 };
 
-uint8_t default_rx[ARRAY_SIZE(default_tx)] = {0, };
-char *input_tx;
+static uint8_t default_rx[ARRAY_SIZE(default_tx)] = {0, };
+static char *input_tx;
 
 static void hex_dump(const void *src, size_t length, size_t line_size,
 		     char *prefix)
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		pabort("can't get max speed hz");
 
 	printf("spi mode: 0x%x\n", mode);
-	printf("bits per word: %d\n", bits);
-	printf("max speed: %d Hz (%d KHz)\n", speed, speed/1000);
+	printf("bits per word: %u\n", bits);
+	printf("max speed: %u Hz (%u kHz)\n", speed, speed/1000);
 
 	if (input_tx)
 		transfer_escaped_string(fd, input_tx);
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit_test.h b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit_test.h
index db3c07beb9d1..b5f7a996c4d0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit_test.h
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit_test.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct nd_cmd_translate_spa {
 		__u32 nfit_device_handle;
 		__u32 _reserved;
 		__u64 dpa;
-	} __packed devices[0];
+	} __packed devices[];
 
 } __packed;
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct nd_cmd_ars_err_inj_stat {
 	struct nd_error_stat_query_record {
 		__u64 err_inj_stat_spa_range_base;
 		__u64 err_inj_stat_spa_range_length;
-	} __packed record[0];
+	} __packed record[];
 } __packed;
 
 #define ND_INTEL_SMART			 1
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct nd_intel_fw_send_data {
 	__u32 context;
 	__u32 offset;
 	__u32 length;
-	__u8 data[0];
+	__u8 data[];
 /* this field is not declared due ot variable data from input */
 /*	__u32 status; */
 } __packed;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index a4605b5ee66d..8ec1922e974e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -263,10 +263,16 @@ CASENO=0
 
 testcase() { # testfile
   CASENO=$((CASENO+1))
-  desc=`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2 -d:`
+  desc=`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2- -d:`
   prlog -n "[$CASENO]$INSTANCE$desc"
 }
 
+checkreq() { # testfile
+  requires=`grep "^#[ \t]*requires:" $1 | cut -f2- -d:`
+  # Use eval to pass quoted-patterns correctly.
+  eval check_requires "$requires"
+}
+
 test_on_instance() { # testfile
   grep -q "^#[ \t]*flags:.*instance" $1
 }
@@ -356,7 +362,8 @@ trap 'SIG_RESULT=$XFAIL' $SIG_XFAIL
 
 __run_test() { # testfile
   # setup PID and PPID, $$ is not updated.
-  (cd $TRACING_DIR; read PID _ < /proc/self/stat; set -e; set -x; initialize_ftrace; . $1)
+  (cd $TRACING_DIR; read PID _ < /proc/self/stat; set -e; set -x;
+   checkreq $1; initialize_ftrace; . $1)
   [ $? -ne 0 ] && kill -s $SIG_FAIL $SIG_PID
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc
index 3b1f45e13a2e..13b4dabcf46e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: Snapshot and tracing setting
+# requires: snapshot
 # flags: instance
 
-[ ! -f snapshot ] && exit_unsupported
-
 echo "Set tracing off"
 echo 0 > tracing_on
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_pipe.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_pipe.tc
index 5058fbcfd90f..435d07b13407 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_pipe.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_pipe.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: trace_pipe and trace_marker
+# requires: trace_marker
 # flags: instance
 
-[ ! -f trace_marker ] && exit_unsupported
-
 echo "test input 1" > trace_marker
 
 : "trace interface never consume the ring buffer"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/direct/kprobe-direct.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/direct/kprobe-direct.tc
index 801ecb63e84c..e52e470a1f8f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/direct/kprobe-direct.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/direct/kprobe-direct.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Test ftrace direct functions against kprobes
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 rmmod ftrace-direct ||:
 if ! modprobe ftrace-direct ; then
@@ -8,11 +9,6 @@ if ! modprobe ftrace-direct ; then
   exit_unresolved;
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f kprobe_events ]; then
-	echo "No kprobe_events file -please build CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS"
-	exit_unresolved;
-fi
-
 echo "Let the module run a little"
 sleep 1
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_kprobe.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_kprobe.tc
index c6d8387dbbb8..68550f97d3c3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_kprobe.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_kprobe.tc
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Generic dynamic event - add/remove kprobe events
-
-[ -f dynamic_events ] || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "place: \[<module>:\]<symbol>" README || exit_unsupported
-grep -q "place (kretprobe): \[<module>:\]<symbol>" README || exit_unsupported
+# requires: dynamic_events "place: [<module>:]<symbol>":README "place (kretprobe): [<module>:]<symbol>":README
 
 echo 0 > events/enable
 echo > dynamic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_synth.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_synth.tc
index 62b77b5941d0..2b94611e1a28 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_synth.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_synth.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Generic dynamic event - add/remove synthetic events
-
-[ -f dynamic_events ] || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "s:\[synthetic/\]" README || exit_unsupported
+# requires: dynamic_events "s:[synthetic/]":README
 
 echo 0 > events/enable
 echo > dynamic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/clear_select_events.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/clear_select_events.tc
index e0842109cb57..c969be9eb7de 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/clear_select_events.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/clear_select_events.tc
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Generic dynamic event - selective clear (compatibility)
-
-[ -f dynamic_events ] || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "place: \[<module>:\]<symbol>" README || exit_unsupported
-grep -q "place (kretprobe): \[<module>:\]<symbol>" README || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "s:\[synthetic/\]" README || exit_unsupported
-
-[ -f synthetic_events ] || exit_unsupported
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported
+# requires: dynamic_events kprobe_events synthetic_events "place: [<module>:]<symbol>":README "place (kretprobe): [<module>:]<symbol>":README "s:[synthetic/]":README
 
 echo 0 > events/enable
 echo > dynamic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/generic_clear_event.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/generic_clear_event.tc
index 901922e97878..16d543eaac88 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/generic_clear_event.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/generic_clear_event.tc
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Generic dynamic event - generic clear event
-
-[ -f dynamic_events ] || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "place: \[<module>:\]<symbol>" README || exit_unsupported
-grep -q "place (kretprobe): \[<module>:\]<symbol>" README || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "s:\[synthetic/\]" README || exit_unsupported
+# requires: dynamic_events "place: [<module>:]<symbol>":README "place (kretprobe): [<module>:]<symbol>":README "s:[synthetic/]":README
 
 echo 0 > events/enable
 echo > dynamic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
index dfb0d5122f7b..cfe5bd2d4267 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event tracing - enable/disable with event level files
+# requires: set_event events/sched
 # flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
@@ -13,11 +14,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo 'sched:sched_switch' > set_event
 
 yield
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-no-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-no-pid.tc
index f0f366f18d0c..e6eb78f0b954 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-no-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-no-pid.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event tracing - restricts events based on pid notrace filtering
+# requires: set_event events/sched set_event_pid set_event_notrace_pid
 # flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
@@ -56,16 +57,6 @@ enable_events() {
     echo 1 > tracing_on
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f set_event_pid -o ! -f set_event_notrace_pid ]; then
-    echo "event pid notrace filtering is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo 0 > options/event-fork
 
 do_reset
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc
index f9cb214220b1..7f5f97dffdc3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event tracing - restricts events based on pid
+# requires: set_event set_event_pid events/sched
 # flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
@@ -16,16 +17,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f set_event_pid ]; then
-    echo "event pid filtering is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo 0 > options/event-fork
 
 echo 1 > events/sched/sched_switch/enable
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
index 83a8c571e93a..b1ede6249866 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event tracing - enable/disable with subsystem level files
+# requires: set_event events/sched/enable
 # flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
@@ -13,11 +14,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo 'sched:*' > set_event
 
 yield
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
index 84d7bda08d2a..93c10ea42a68 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event tracing - enable/disable with top level files
+# requires: available_events set_event events/enable
 
 do_reset() {
     echo > set_event
@@ -12,11 +13,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f available_events -o ! -f set_event -o ! -d events ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo '*:*' > set_event
 
 yield
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc
index f59853857ad2..cf3ea42b12b0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function graph filters with stack tracer
+# requires: stack_trace set_ftrace_filter function_graph:tracer
 
 # Make sure that function graph filtering works, and is not
 # affected by other tracers enabled (like stack tracer)
 
-if ! grep -q function_graph available_tracers; then
-    echo "no function graph tracer configured"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 do_reset() {
     if [ -e /proc/sys/kernel/stack_tracer_enabled ]; then
 	    echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/stack_tracer_enabled
@@ -37,12 +31,6 @@ fi
 
 echo function_graph > current_tracer
 
-if [ ! -f stack_trace ]; then
-    echo "Stack tracer not configured"
-    do_reset
-    exit_unsupported;
-fi
-
 echo "Now testing with stack tracer"
 
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/stack_tracer_enabled
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc
index d610f47edd90..b3ccdaec2a61 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function graph filters
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter function_graph:tracer
 
 # Make sure that function graph filtering works
 
-if ! grep -q function_graph available_tracers; then
-    echo "no function graph tracer configured"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 fail() { # msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc
index 28936f434ee5..4b994b6df5ac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-glob.tc
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function glob filters
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter function:tracer
 
 # Make sure that function glob matching filter works.
 
-if ! grep -q function available_tracers; then
-    echo "no function tracer configured"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 disable_tracing
 clear_trace
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-notrace-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-notrace-pid.tc
index 71db68a7975f..acb17ce543d2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-notrace-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-notrace-pid.tc
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function pid notrace filters
+# requires: set_ftrace_notrace_pid set_ftrace_filter function:tracer
 # flags: instance
 
 # Make sure that function pid matching filter with notrace works.
 
-if ! grep -q function available_tracers; then
-    echo "no function tracer configured"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f set_ftrace_notrace_pid ]; then
-    echo "set_ftrace_notrace_pid not found? Is function tracer not set?"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 do_function_fork=1
 
 if [ ! -f options/function-fork ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
index d58403c4b7cd..9f0a9687c773 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function pid filters
+# requires: set_ftrace_pid set_ftrace_filter function:tracer
 # flags: instance
 
 # Make sure that function pid matching filter works.
 # Also test it on an instance directory
 
-if ! grep -q function available_tracers; then
-    echo "no function tracer configured"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f set_ftrace_pid ]; then
-    echo "set_ftrace_pid not found? Is function tracer not set?"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 do_function_fork=1
 
 if [ ! -f options/function-fork ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-stacktrace.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-stacktrace.tc
index b2aff786c1a2..0f41e441c203 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-stacktrace.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-stacktrace.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - stacktrace filter command
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter
 # flags: instance
 
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 echo _do_fork:stacktrace >> set_ftrace_filter
 
 grep -q "_do_fork:stacktrace:unlimited" set_ftrace_filter
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_cpumask.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_cpumask.tc
index 71fa3f49e35e..0c6cf7725110 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_cpumask.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_cpumask.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function trace with cpumask
+# requires: function:tracer
 
 if ! which nproc ; then
   nproc() {
@@ -15,11 +16,6 @@ if [ $NP -eq 1 ] ;then
   exit_unresolved
 fi
 
-if ! grep -q "function" available_tracers ; then
-  echo "Function trace is not enabled"
-  exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 ORIG_CPUMASK=`cat tracing_cpumask`
 
 do_reset() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc
index e9b1fd534e96..3145b0f1835c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 # description: ftrace - test for function event triggers
 # flags: instance
 #
+# The triggers are set within the set_ftrace_filter file
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter
+#
 # Ftrace allows to add triggers to functions, such as enabling or disabling
 # tracing, enabling or disabling trace events, or recording a stack trace
 # within the ring buffer.
 #
 # This test is designed to test event triggers
-#
-
-# The triggers are set within the set_ftrace_filter file
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_ftrace_filter
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_mod_trace.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_mod_trace.tc
index 1a4b4a442d33..37c8feb9078b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_mod_trace.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_mod_trace.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function trace on module
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter
 
 : "mod: allows to filter a non exist function"
 echo 'non_exist_func:mod:non_exist_module' > set_ftrace_filter
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profile_stat.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profile_stat.tc
index 0d501058aa75..4daeffb02fd8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profile_stat.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profile_stat.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function profiling
-
-[ ! -f function_profile_enabled ] && exit_unsupported
+# requires: function_profile_enabled
 
 : "Enable function profile"
 echo 1 > function_profile_enabled
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc
index a3dadb6b93b4..1dbd766c0cd2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function profiler with function tracing
+# requires: function_profile_enabled set_ftrace_filter function_graph:tracer
 
 # There was a bug after a rewrite of the ftrace infrastructure that
 # caused the function_profiler not to be able to run with the function
@@ -13,17 +14,6 @@
 # This test triggers those bugs on those kernels.
 #
 # We need function_graph and profiling to to run this test
-if ! grep -q function_graph available_tracers; then
-    echo "no function graph tracer configured"
-    exit_unsupported;
-fi
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
-if [ ! -f function_profile_enabled ]; then
-    echo "function_profile_enabled not found, function profiling enabled?"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
 
 fail() { # mesg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc
index 70bad441fa7d..e96e279e0533 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_set_ftrace_file.tc
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - test reading of set_ftrace_filter
 #
+# The triggers are set within the set_ftrace_filter file
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter
+#
 # The set_ftrace_filter file of ftrace is used to list functions as well as
 # triggers (probes) attached to functions. The code to read this file is not
 # straight forward and has had various bugs in the past. This test is designed
@@ -9,9 +12,6 @@
 # file in various ways (cat vs dd).
 #
 
-# The triggers are set within the set_ftrace_filter file
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 fail() { # mesg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_stack_tracer.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_stack_tracer.tc
index 51e9e80bc0e6..61264e422699 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_stack_tracer.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_stack_tracer.tc
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - Max stack tracer
+# requires: stack_trace stack_trace_filter
 # Test the basic function of max-stack usage tracing
 
-if [ ! -f stack_trace ]; then
-  echo "Max stack tracer is not supported - please make CONFIG_STACK_TRACER=y"
-  exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-check_filter_file stack_trace_filter
-
 echo > stack_trace_filter
 echo 0 > stack_max_size
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/stack_tracer_enabled
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_traceonoff_triggers.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_traceonoff_triggers.tc
index 3ed173f2944a..aee22289536b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_traceonoff_triggers.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_traceonoff_triggers.tc
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # description: ftrace - test for function traceon/off triggers
 # flags: instance
 #
+# The triggers are set within the set_ftrace_filter file
+# requires: set_ftrace_filter
+#
 # Ftrace allows to add triggers to functions, such as enabling or disabling
 # tracing, enabling or disabling trace events, or recording a stack trace
 # within the ring buffer.
@@ -10,9 +13,6 @@
 # This test is designed to test enabling and disabling tracing triggers
 #
 
-# The triggers are set within the set_ftrace_filter file
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
-
 fail() { # mesg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/tracing-error-log.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/tracing-error-log.tc
index 23465823532b..6c190620db47 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/tracing-error-log.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/tracing-error-log.tc
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - test tracing error log support
+# event tracing is currently the only ftrace tracer that uses the
+# tracing error_log, hence this check
+# requires: set_event error_log
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-# event tracing is currently the only ftrace tracer that uses the
-# tracing error_log, hence this check
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-[ -f error_log ] || exit_unsupported
-
 ftrace_errlog_check 'event filter parse error' '((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || dsig ^== 17) && comm != bash' 'events/signal/signal_generate/filter'
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
index 697c77ef2e2b..c5dec55b7d95 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-check_filter_file() { # check filter file introduced by dynamic ftrace
-    if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
-        echo "$1 not found? Is dynamic ftrace not set?"
-        exit_unsupported
-    fi
-}
-
 clear_trace() { # reset trace output
     echo > trace
 }
@@ -113,6 +106,27 @@ initialize_ftrace() { # Reset ftrace to initial-state
     enable_tracing
 }
 
+check_requires() { # Check required files and tracers
+    for i in "$@" ; do
+        r=${i%:README}
+        t=${i%:tracer}
+        if [ $t != $i ]; then
+            if ! grep -wq $t available_tracers ; then
+                echo "Required tracer $t is not configured."
+                exit_unsupported
+            fi
+        elif [ $r != $i ]; then
+            if ! grep -Fq "$r" README ; then
+                echo "Required feature pattern \"$r\" is not in README."
+                exit_unsupported
+            fi
+        elif [ ! -e $i ]; then
+            echo "Required feature interface $i doesn't exist."
+            exit_unsupported
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
 LOCALHOST=127.0.0.1
 
 yield() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
index 4fa0f79144f4..0eb47fbb3f44 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Test creation and deletion of trace instances while setting an event
-
-if [ ! -d instances ] ; then
-    echo "no instance directory with this kernel"
-    exit_unsupported;
-fi
+# requires: instances
 
 fail() { # mesg
     rmdir foo 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance.tc
index b84651283bf3..607521d2592b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance.tc
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Test creation and deletion of trace instances
-
-if [ ! -d instances ] ; then
-    echo "no instance directory with this kernel"
-    exit_unsupported;
-fi
+# requires: instances
 
 fail() { # mesg
     rmdir x y z 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
index bb1eb5a7c64e..eba858c21815 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event - adding and removing
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 echo p:myevent _do_fork > kprobe_events
 grep myevent kprobe_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
index 442c1a8c5edf..d10bf4f05bc8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event - busy event check
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 echo p:myevent _do_fork > kprobe_events
 test -d events/kprobes/myevent
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc
index bcdecf80a8f1..61f2ac441aec 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event with arguments
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 echo 'p:testprobe _do_fork $stack $stack0 +0($stack)' > kprobe_events
 grep testprobe kprobe_events | grep -q 'arg1=\$stack arg2=\$stack0 arg3=+0(\$stack)'
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_comm.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_comm.tc
index 15c1f70fcaf9..05aaeed6987f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_comm.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_comm.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event with comm arguments
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 grep -A1 "fetcharg:" README | grep -q "\$comm" || exit_unsupported # this is too old
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_string.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_string.tc
index 46e7744f8358..b5fa05443b39 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_string.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_string.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event string type argument
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 case `uname -m` in
 x86_64)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_symbol.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_symbol.tc
index 2b6dd33f9076..b8c75a3d003c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_symbol.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_symbol.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event symbol argument
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 SYMBOL="linux_proc_banner"
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_syntax.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_syntax.tc
index 6f0f19953193..474ca1a9a088 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_syntax.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_syntax.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event argument syntax
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-
-grep "x8/16/32/64" README > /dev/null || exit_unsupported # version issue
+# requires: kprobe_events "x8/16/32/64":README
 
 PROBEFUNC="vfs_read"
 GOODREG=
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc
index 81490ecaaa92..0610e0b5587c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_type.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobes event arguments with types
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-
-grep "x8/16/32/64" README > /dev/null || exit_unsupported # version issue
+# requires: kprobe_events "x8/16/32/64":README
 
 gen_event() { # Bitsize
   echo "p:testprobe _do_fork \$stack0:s$1 \$stack0:u$1 \$stack0:x$1 \$stack0:b4@4/$1"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_user.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_user.tc
index 0f60087583d8..a30a9c07290d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_user.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_user.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event user-memory access
+# requires: kprobe_events '$arg<N>':README
 
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-
-grep -q '\$arg<N>' README || exit_unresolved # depends on arch
 grep -A10 "fetcharg:" README | grep -q 'ustring' || exit_unsupported
 grep -A10 "fetcharg:" README | grep -q '\[u\]<offset>' || exit_unsupported
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_eventname.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_eventname.tc
index 3ff236719b6e..1f6981ef7afa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_eventname.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_eventname.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event auto/manual naming
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 :;: "Add an event on function without name" ;:
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc
index df5072815b87..81d8b58c03bc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_ftrace.tc
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event with function tracer
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-grep "function" available_tracers || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-
-check_filter_file set_ftrace_filter
+# requires: kprobe_events stack_trace_filter function:tracer
 
 # prepare
 echo nop > current_tracer
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_module.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_module.tc
index d861bd776c5e..7e74ee11edf9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_module.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_module.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event - probing module
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 rmmod trace-printk ||:
 if ! modprobe trace-printk ; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_multiprobe.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_multiprobe.tc
index 44494bac86d1..366b7e1b6718 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_multiprobe.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_multiprobe.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Create/delete multiprobe on kprobe event
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported
-
-grep -q "Create/append/" README || exit_unsupported
+# requires: kprobe_events "Create/append/":README
 
 # Choose 2 symbols for target
 SYM1=_do_fork
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc
index eb0f4ab4e070..b4d834675e59 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe event parser error log check
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-
-[ -f error_log ] || exit_unsupported
+# requires: kprobe_events error_log
 
 check_error() { # command-with-error-pos-by-^
     ftrace_errlog_check 'trace_kprobe' "$1" 'kprobe_events'
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc
index ac9ab4a12e53..523fde6d1aa5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kretprobe dynamic event with arguments
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 # Add new kretprobe event
 echo 'r:testprobe2 _do_fork $retval' > kprobe_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_maxactive.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_maxactive.tc
index 8e05b178519a..4f0b268c1233 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_maxactive.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_maxactive.tc
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kretprobe dynamic event with maxactive
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-grep -q 'r\[maxactive\]' README || exit_unsupported # this is older version
+# requires: kprobe_events 'r[maxactive]':README
 
 # Test if we successfully reject unknown messages
 if echo 'a:myprobeaccept inet_csk_accept' > kprobe_events; then false; else true; fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/multiple_kprobes.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/multiple_kprobes.tc
index 6e3dbe5f96b7..312d23780096 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/multiple_kprobes.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/multiple_kprobes.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Register/unregister many kprobe events
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 # ftrace fentry skip size depends on the machine architecture.
 # Currently HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE defined on x86 and powerpc64le
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/probepoint.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/probepoint.tc
index a902aa0aaabc..624269c8d534 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/probepoint.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/probepoint.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe events - probe points
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 TARGET_FUNC=tracefs_create_dir
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/profile.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/profile.tc
index 0384b525cdee..ff6c44adc8a0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/profile.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/profile.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event - adding and removing
-
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+# requires: kprobe_events
 
 ! grep -q 'myevent' kprobe_profile
 echo p:myevent _do_fork > kprobe_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/uprobe_syntax_errors.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/uprobe_syntax_errors.tc
index 14229d5778a0..7b5b60c3c5a2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/uprobe_syntax_errors.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/uprobe_syntax_errors.tc
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Uprobe event parser error log check
-
-[ -f uprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
-
-[ -f error_log ] || exit_unsupported
+# requires: uprobe_events error_log
 
 check_error() { # command-with-error-pos-by-^
     ftrace_errlog_check 'trace_uprobe' "$1" 'uprobe_events'
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/preemptirq/irqsoff_tracer.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/preemptirq/irqsoff_tracer.tc
index 2b82c80edf69..22bff122b933 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/preemptirq/irqsoff_tracer.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/preemptirq/irqsoff_tracer.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: test for the preemptirqsoff tracer
+# requires: preemptoff:tracer irqsoff:tracer
 
 MOD=preemptirq_delay_test
 
@@ -27,9 +28,6 @@ unres() { #msg
 modprobe $MOD || unres "$MOD module not available"
 rmmod $MOD
 
-grep -q "preemptoff" available_tracers || unsup "preemptoff tracer not enabled"
-grep -q "irqsoff" available_tracers || unsup "irqsoff tracer not enabled"
-
 reset_tracer
 
 # Simulate preemptoff section for half a second couple of times
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
index e1a5d14c4eaf..2cd8947edf72 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: %HERE DESCRIBE WHAT THIS DOES%
+# requires: %HERE LIST THE REQUIRED FILES, TRACERS OR README-STRINGS%
+# The required tracer needs :tracer suffix, e.g. function:tracer
+# The required README string needs :README suffix, e.g. "x8/16/32/64":README
+# and the README string is treated as a fixed-string instead of regexp pattern.
 # you have to add ".tc" extention for your testcase file
 # Note that all tests are run with "errexit" option.
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup.tc
index b0893d7edda3..11be10e1bf96 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup.tc
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Test wakeup tracer
+# requires: wakeup:tracer
 
 if ! which chrt ; then
   echo "chrt is not found. This test requires nice command."
   exit_unresolved
 fi
 
-if ! grep -wq "wakeup" available_tracers ; then
-  echo "wakeup tracer is not supported"
-  exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo wakeup > current_tracer
 echo 1 > tracing_on
 echo 0 > tracing_max_latency
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup_rt.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup_rt.tc
index b9b6669a623b..3a77198b3c69 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup_rt.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/tracer/wakeup_rt.tc
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Test wakeup RT tracer
+# requires: wakeup_rt:tracer
 
 if ! which chrt ; then
   echo "chrt is not found. This test requires chrt command."
   exit_unresolved
 fi
 
-if ! grep -wq "wakeup_rt" available_tracers ; then
-  echo "wakeup_rt tracer is not supported"
-  exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo wakeup_rt > current_tracer
 echo 1 > tracing_on
 echo 0 > tracing_max_latency
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc
index 3f2aee115f6e..1590d6bfb857 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-action-hist-xfail.tc
@@ -1,24 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger expected fail actions
+# requires: set_event snapshot "snapshot()":README
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f snapshot ]; then
-    echo "snapshot is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-grep -q "snapshot()" README || exit_unsupported # version issue
-
 echo "Test expected snapshot action failure"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=comm:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).snapshot()' >> events/sched/sched_waking/trigger && exit_fail
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
index e232059a8ab2..41119e0440e9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test field variable support
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test field variable support"
 
 echo 'wakeup_latency u64 lat; pid_t pid; int prio; char comm[16]' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
index 07cfcb8157b6..7449a4b8f1f9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event combined histogram trigger
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test create synthetic event"
 
 echo 'waking_latency  u64 lat pid_t pid' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-multi-actions-accept.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-multi-actions-accept.tc
index 73e413c2ca26..3ad6e3fd8ac9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-multi-actions-accept.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-multi-actions-accept.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test multiple actions on hist trigger
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test multiple actions on hist trigger"
 echo 'wakeup_latency u64 lat; pid_t pid' >> synthetic_events
 TRIGGER1=events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc
index c80007aa9f86..adaabb873ed4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onchange action
+# requires: set_event "onchange(var)":README
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-grep -q "onchange(var)" README || exit_unsupported # version issue
-
 echo "Test onchange action"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=comm:newprio=prio:onchange($newprio).save(comm,prio) if comm=="ping"' >> events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
index ebe0ad827f9f..20e39471052e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onmatch action
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test create synthetic event"
 
 echo 'wakeup_latency  u64 lat pid_t pid char comm[16]' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
index 2a2ef767249e..f4b03ab7c287 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onmatch-onmax action
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test create synthetic event"
 
 echo 'wakeup_latency  u64 lat pid_t pid char comm[16]' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
index 98d73bfb0296..71c9b5911c70 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onmax action
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test create synthetic event"
 
 echo 'wakeup_latency  u64 lat pid_t pid char comm[16]' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc
index 01b01b9c4e07..67fa328b830f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,31 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger snapshot action
+# requires: set_event snapshot events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist "onchange(var)":README "snapshot()":README
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f snapshot ]; then
-    echo "snapshot is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-grep -q "onchange(var)" README || exit_unsupported # version issue
-
-grep -q "snapshot()" README || exit_unsupported # version issue
-
 echo "Test snapshot action"
 
 echo 1 > events/sched/enable
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-createremove.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-createremove.tc
index df44b14724a4..a152b558b40a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-createremove.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-createremove.tc
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test synthetic event create remove
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test create synthetic event"
 
 echo 'wakeup_latency  u64 lat pid_t pid char comm[16]' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc
index 88e6c3f43006..59216f3cfb12 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-syntax.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test synthetic_events syntax parser
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_trigger
@@ -14,16 +15,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 reset_tracer
 do_reset
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc
index c3baa486aeb4..c126d2350a6d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,29 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger trace action
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist "trace(<synthetic_event>":README
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic event is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-grep -q "trace(<synthetic_event>" README || exit_unsupported # version issue
-
 echo "Test create synthetic event"
 
 echo 'wakeup_latency  u64 lat pid_t pid char comm[16]' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc
index eddb51e1fbf7..c226acee74bf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test event enable/disable trigger
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,16 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 FEATURE=`grep enable_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
 if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
     echo "event enable/disable trigger is not supported"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc
index 2dcc2296ebdd..d9a198cb0f81 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test trigger filter
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,16 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test trigger filter"
 echo 1 > tracing_on
 echo 'traceoff if child_pid == 0' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
index fab4431639d3..4562e13cb26b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test histogram modifiers
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,21 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test histogram with execname modifier"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=common_pid.execname' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-syntax-errors.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-syntax-errors.tc
index d44087a2f3d1..52cfe7828e8a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-syntax-errors.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-syntax-errors.tc
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test histogram parser errors
-
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/kmem ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/kmem/kmalloc/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-[ -f error_log ] || exit_unsupported
+# requires: set_event events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger events/kmem/kmalloc/hist error_log
 
 check_error() { # command-with-error-pos-by-^
     ftrace_errlog_check 'hist:kmem:kmalloc' "$1" 'events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger'
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
index 177e8d4c4744..2950bfbc6fce 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test histogram trigger
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,22 +9,7 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-echo "Test histogram basic tigger"
+echo "Test histogram basic trigger"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid:vals=child_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
 for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
index 68ff3f45c720..7129b52da947 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test multiple histogram triggers
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,21 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test histogram multiple triggers"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid:vals=child_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc
index ac738500d17f..33f5bdee387f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-snapshot.tc
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test snapshot-trigger
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger snapshot
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f snapshot ]; then
-    echo "snapshot is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 FEATURE=`grep snapshot events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
 if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
     echo "snapshot trigger is not supported"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-stacktrace.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-stacktrace.tc
index 398c05c4d2a7..320ea9b3c6cd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-stacktrace.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-stacktrace.tc
@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test stacktrace-trigger
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 FEATURE=`grep stacktrace events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
 if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
     echo "stacktrace trigger is not supported"
     exit_unsupported
 fi
 
-echo "Test stacktrace tigger"
+echo "Test stacktrace trigger"
 echo 0 > trace
 echo 0 > options/stacktrace
 echo 'stacktrace' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-hist.tc
index ab6bedb25736..68f3af9d9910 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-hist.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: trace_marker trigger - test histogram trigger
+# requires: set_event events/ftrace/print/trigger events/ftrace/print/hist
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,27 +9,7 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d events/ftrace/print ]; then
-    echo "event trace_marker is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-echo "Test histogram trace_marker tigger"
+echo "Test histogram trace_marker trigger"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=common_pid' > events/ftrace/print/trigger
 for i in `seq 1 10` ; do echo "hello" > trace_marker; done
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-snapshot.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-snapshot.tc
index df246e505af7..27da2dba9b9e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-snapshot.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-snapshot.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: trace_marker trigger - test snapshot trigger
+# requires: set_event snapshot events/ftrace/print/trigger
 # flags: instance
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,26 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f snapshot ]; then
-    echo "snapshot is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d events/ftrace/print ]; then
-    echo "event trace_marker is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 test_trace() {
     file=$1
     x=$2
@@ -46,7 +27,7 @@ test_trace() {
     done
 }
 
-echo "Test snapshot trace_marker tigger"
+echo "Test snapshot trace_marker trigger"
 
 echo 'snapshot' > events/ftrace/print/trigger
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic-kernel.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic-kernel.tc
index 18b4d1c2807e..531139f41e94 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic-kernel.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic-kernel.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: trace_marker trigger - test histogram with synthetic event against kernel event
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_waking events/ftrace/print/trigger events/ftrace/print/hist
 # flags:
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,36 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic events not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d events/ftrace/print ]; then
-    echo "event trace_marker is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d events/sched/sched_waking ]; then
-    echo "event sched_waking is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test histogram kernel event to trace_marker latency histogram trigger"
 
 echo 'latency u64 lat' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic.tc
index dd262d6d0db6..cc99cbb06d5e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-trace-marker-synthetic.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: trace_marker trigger - test histogram with synthetic event
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/ftrace/print/trigger events/ftrace/print/hist
 # flags:
 
 fail() { #msg
@@ -8,31 +9,6 @@ fail() { #msg
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f synthetic_events ]; then
-    echo "synthetic events not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d events/ftrace/print ]; then
-    echo "event trace_marker is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/ftrace/print/hist ]; then
-    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test histogram trace_marker to trace_marker latency histogram trigger"
 
 echo 'latency u64 lat' > synthetic_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-traceonoff.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-traceonoff.tc
index d5d2dcbc9cab..9ca04678f4da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-traceonoff.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-traceonoff.tc
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test traceon/off trigger
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
     exit_fail
 }
 
-if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
-    echo "event tracing is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
-    echo "event trigger is not supported"
-    exit_unsupported
-fi
-
 echo "Test traceoff trigger"
 echo 1 > tracing_on
 echo 'traceoff' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
index c1921a53dbed..8d728eda783d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
@@ -95,4 +95,9 @@ static inline int sys_pidfd_getfd(int pidfd, int fd, int flags)
 	return syscall(__NR_pidfd_getfd, pidfd, fd, flags);
 }
 
+static inline int sys_memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, flags);
+}
+
 #endif /* __PIDFD_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_getfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_getfd_test.c
index 401a7c1d0312..84b65ecccb04 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_getfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_getfd_test.c
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ static int sys_kcmp(pid_t pid1, pid_t pid2, int type, unsigned long idx1,
 	return syscall(__NR_kcmp, pid1, pid2, type, idx1, idx2);
 }
 
-static int sys_memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	return syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, flags);
-}
-
 static int __child(int sk, int memfd)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c
index 133ec5b6cda8..9418108eae13 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_setns_test.c
@@ -470,4 +470,16 @@ TEST_F(current_nsset, no_foul_play)
 	}
 }
 
+TEST(setns_einval)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = sys_memfd_create("rostock", 0);
+	EXPECT_GT(fd, 0);
+
+	ASSERT_NE(setns(fd, 0), 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+	close(fd);
+}
+
 TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
index c0aa46ce14f6..252140a52553 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
@@ -1615,6 +1615,7 @@ TEST_F(TRACE_poke, getpid_runs_normally)
 # define ARCH_REGS     s390_regs
 # define SYSCALL_NUM   gprs[2]
 # define SYSCALL_RET   gprs[2]
+# define SYSCALL_NUM_RET_SHARE_REG
 #elif defined(__mips__)
 # define ARCH_REGS	struct pt_regs
 # define SYSCALL_NUM	regs[2]
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
index 6683b4a70b05..caab980211a6 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -135,10 +136,4 @@ static inline void free_page(unsigned long addr)
 	(void) (&_min1 == &_min2);		\
 	_min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
 
-/* TODO: empty stubs for now. Broken but enough for virtio_ring.c */
-#define list_add_tail(a, b) do {} while (0)
-#define list_del(a) do {} while (0)
-#define list_for_each_entry(a, b, c) while (0)
-/* end of stubs */
-
 #endif /* KERNEL_H */
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h b/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
index b751350d4ce8..5d90254ddae4 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ struct device {
 struct virtio_device {
 	struct device dev;
 	u64 features;
+	struct list_head vqs;
 };
 
 struct virtqueue {
-	/* TODO: commented as list macros are empty stubs for now.
-	 * Broken but enough for virtio_ring.c
-	 * struct list_head list; */
+	struct list_head list;
 	void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq);
 	const char *name;
 	struct virtio_device *vdev;
diff --git a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
index b427def67e7e..cb3f29c09aff 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_ring.h>
 #include "../../drivers/vhost/test.h"
 
+#define RANDOM_BATCH -1
+
 /* Unused */
 void *__kmalloc_fake, *__kfree_ignore_start, *__kfree_ignore_end;
 
@@ -43,6 +46,10 @@ struct vdev_info {
 	struct vhost_memory *mem;
 };
 
+static const struct vhost_vring_file no_backend = { .fd = -1 },
+				     backend = { .fd = 1 };
+static const struct vhost_vring_state null_state = {};
+
 bool vq_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
 	struct vq_info *info = vq->priv;
@@ -88,6 +95,19 @@ void vhost_vq_setup(struct vdev_info *dev, struct vq_info *info)
 	assert(r >= 0);
 }
 
+static void vq_reset(struct vq_info *info, int num, struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	if (info->vq)
+		vring_del_virtqueue(info->vq);
+
+	memset(info->ring, 0, vring_size(num, 4096));
+	vring_init(&info->vring, num, info->ring, 4096);
+	info->vq = __vring_new_virtqueue(info->idx, info->vring, vdev, true,
+					 false, vq_notify, vq_callback, "test");
+	assert(info->vq);
+	info->vq->priv = info;
+}
+
 static void vq_info_add(struct vdev_info *dev, int num)
 {
 	struct vq_info *info = &dev->vqs[dev->nvqs];
@@ -97,14 +117,7 @@ static void vq_info_add(struct vdev_info *dev, int num)
 	info->call = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK);
 	r = posix_memalign(&info->ring, 4096, vring_size(num, 4096));
 	assert(r >= 0);
-	memset(info->ring, 0, vring_size(num, 4096));
-	vring_init(&info->vring, num, info->ring, 4096);
-	info->vq = vring_new_virtqueue(info->idx,
-				       info->vring.num, 4096, &dev->vdev,
-				       true, false, info->ring,
-				       vq_notify, vq_callback, "test");
-	assert(info->vq);
-	info->vq->priv = info;
+	vq_reset(info, num, &dev->vdev);
 	vhost_vq_setup(dev, info);
 	dev->fds[info->idx].fd = info->call;
 	dev->fds[info->idx].events = POLLIN;
@@ -116,6 +129,7 @@ static void vdev_info_init(struct vdev_info* dev, unsigned long long features)
 	int r;
 	memset(dev, 0, sizeof *dev);
 	dev->vdev.features = features;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->vdev.vqs);
 	dev->buf_size = 1024;
 	dev->buf = malloc(dev->buf_size);
 	assert(dev->buf);
@@ -152,41 +166,93 @@ static void wait_for_interrupt(struct vdev_info *dev)
 }
 
 static void run_test(struct vdev_info *dev, struct vq_info *vq,
-		     bool delayed, int bufs)
+		     bool delayed, int batch, int reset_n, int bufs)
 {
 	struct scatterlist sl;
-	long started = 0, completed = 0;
-	long completed_before;
+	long started = 0, completed = 0, next_reset = reset_n;
+	long completed_before, started_before;
 	int r, test = 1;
 	unsigned len;
 	long long spurious = 0;
+	const bool random_batch = batch == RANDOM_BATCH;
+
 	r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_TEST_RUN, &test);
 	assert(r >= 0);
+	if (!reset_n) {
+		next_reset = INT_MAX;
+	}
+
 	for (;;) {
 		virtqueue_disable_cb(vq->vq);
 		completed_before = completed;
+		started_before = started;
 		do {
-			if (started < bufs) {
+			const bool reset = completed > next_reset;
+			if (random_batch)
+				batch = (random() % vq->vring.num) + 1;
+
+			while (started < bufs &&
+			       (started - completed) < batch) {
 				sg_init_one(&sl, dev->buf, dev->buf_size);
 				r = virtqueue_add_outbuf(vq->vq, &sl, 1,
 							 dev->buf + started,
 							 GFP_ATOMIC);
-				if (likely(r == 0)) {
-					++started;
-					if (unlikely(!virtqueue_kick(vq->vq)))
+				if (unlikely(r != 0)) {
+					if (r == -ENOSPC &&
+					    started > started_before)
+						r = 0;
+					else
 						r = -1;
+					break;
 				}
-			} else
+
+				++started;
+
+				if (unlikely(!virtqueue_kick(vq->vq))) {
+					r = -1;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (started >= bufs)
 				r = -1;
 
+			if (reset) {
+				r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_TEST_SET_BACKEND,
+					  &no_backend);
+				assert(!r);
+			}
+
 			/* Flush out completed bufs if any */
-			if (virtqueue_get_buf(vq->vq, &len)) {
+			while (virtqueue_get_buf(vq->vq, &len)) {
 				++completed;
 				r = 0;
 			}
 
+			if (reset) {
+				struct vhost_vring_state s = { .index = 0 };
+
+				vq_reset(vq, vq->vring.num, &dev->vdev);
+
+				r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE,
+					  &s);
+				assert(!r);
+
+				s.num = 0;
+				r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_SET_VRING_BASE,
+					  &null_state);
+				assert(!r);
+
+				r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_TEST_SET_BACKEND,
+					  &backend);
+				assert(!r);
+
+				started = completed;
+				while (completed > next_reset)
+					next_reset += completed;
+			}
 		} while (r == 0);
-		if (completed == completed_before)
+		if (completed == completed_before && started == started_before)
 			++spurious;
 		assert(completed <= bufs);
 		assert(started <= bufs);
@@ -203,7 +269,9 @@ static void run_test(struct vdev_info *dev, struct vq_info *vq,
 	test = 0;
 	r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_TEST_RUN, &test);
 	assert(r >= 0);
-	fprintf(stderr, "spurious wakeups: 0x%llx\n", spurious);
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"spurious wakeups: 0x%llx started=0x%lx completed=0x%lx\n",
+		spurious, started, completed);
 }
 
 const char optstring[] = "h";
@@ -245,6 +313,16 @@ const struct option longopts[] = {
 		.val = 'd',
 	},
 	{
+		.name = "batch",
+		.val = 'b',
+		.has_arg = required_argument,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "reset",
+		.val = 'r',
+		.has_arg = optional_argument,
+	},
+	{
 	}
 };
 
@@ -255,6 +333,8 @@ static void help(void)
 		" [--no-event-idx]"
 		" [--no-virtio-1]"
 		" [--delayed-interrupt]"
+		" [--batch=random/N]"
+		" [--reset=N]"
 		"\n");
 }
 
@@ -263,6 +343,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct vdev_info dev;
 	unsigned long long features = (1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) |
 		(1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) | (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1);
+	long batch = 1, reset = 0;
 	int o;
 	bool delayed = false;
 
@@ -289,6 +370,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'D':
 			delayed = true;
 			break;
+		case 'b':
+			if (0 == strcmp(optarg, "random")) {
+				batch = RANDOM_BATCH;
+			} else {
+				batch = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+				assert(batch > 0);
+				assert(batch < (long)INT_MAX + 1);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'r':
+			if (!optarg) {
+				reset = 1;
+			} else {
+				reset = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+				assert(reset > 0);
+				assert(reset < (long)INT_MAX + 1);
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			assert(0);
 			break;
@@ -298,6 +397,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 done:
 	vdev_info_init(&dev, features);
 	vq_info_add(&dev, 256);
-	run_test(&dev, &dev.vqs[0], delayed, 0x100000);
+	run_test(&dev, &dev.vqs[0], delayed, batch, reset, 0x100000);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/virtio/vringh_test.c b/tools/virtio/vringh_test.c
index 293653463303..fa87b58bd5fa 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/vringh_test.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/vringh_test.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static int parallel_test(u64 features,
 		close(to_host[0]);
 
 		gvdev.vdev.features = features;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gvdev.vdev.vqs);
 		gvdev.to_host_fd = to_host[1];
 		gvdev.notifies = 0;
 
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	getrange = getrange_iov;
 	vdev.features = 0;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vdev.vqs);
 
 	while (argv[1]) {
 		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--indirect") == 0)