diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh
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+# Check open filename arg using perf trace + vfs_getname
+
+# Uses the 'perf test shell' library to add probe:vfs_getname to the system
+# then use it with 'perf trace' using 'touch' to write to a temp file, then
+# checks that that was captured by the vfs_getname was used by 'perf trace',
+# that already handles "probe:vfs_getname" if present, and used in the
+# "open" syscall "filename" argument beautifier.
+
+# Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, 2017
+
+. $(dirname $0)/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
+
+file=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary_file.XXXXX)
+
+trace_open_vfs_getname() {
+	perf trace -e open touch $file 2>&1 | \
+	egrep " +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ +\( +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ ms\): +touch\/[0-9]+ open\(filename: +${file}, +flags: CREAT\|NOCTTY\|NONBLOCK\|WRONLY, +mode: +IRUGO\|IWUGO\) += +[0-9]+$"
+}
+
+
+add_probe_vfs_getname || skip_if_no_debuginfo
+err=$?
+if [ $err -ne 0 ] ; then
+	exit $err
+fi
+
+trace_open_vfs_getname
+err=$?
+rm -f ${file}
+cleanup_probe_vfs_getname
+exit $err