v4.19.13 snapshot.
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c b/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "tests.h"
+#include "machine.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "map.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+
+int test__thread_mg_share(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	struct machines machines;
+	struct machine *machine;
+
+	/* thread group */
+	struct thread *leader;
+	struct thread *t1, *t2, *t3;
+	struct map_groups *mg;
+
+	/* other process */
+	struct thread *other, *other_leader;
+	struct map_groups *other_mg;
+
+	/*
+	 * This test create 2 processes abstractions (struct thread)
+	 * with several threads and checks they properly share and
+	 * maintain map groups info (struct map_groups).
+	 *
+	 * thread group (pid: 0, tids: 0, 1, 2, 3)
+	 * other  group (pid: 4, tids: 4, 5)
+	*/
+
+	machines__init(&machines);
+	machine = &machines.host;
+
+	/* create process with 4 threads */
+	leader = machine__findnew_thread(machine, 0, 0);
+	t1     = machine__findnew_thread(machine, 0, 1);
+	t2     = machine__findnew_thread(machine, 0, 2);
+	t3     = machine__findnew_thread(machine, 0, 3);
+
+	/* and create 1 separated process, without thread leader */
+	other  = machine__findnew_thread(machine, 4, 5);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to create threads",
+			leader && t1 && t2 && t3 && other);
+
+	mg = leader->mg;
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(&mg->refcnt), 4);
+
+	/* test the map groups pointer is shared */
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("map groups don't match", mg == t1->mg);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("map groups don't match", mg == t2->mg);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("map groups don't match", mg == t3->mg);
+
+	/*
+	 * Verify the other leader was created by previous call.
+	 * It should have shared map groups with no change in
+	 * refcnt.
+	 */
+	other_leader = machine__find_thread(machine, 4, 4);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to find other leader", other_leader);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ok, now that all the rbtree related operations were done,
+	 * lets remove all of them from there so that we can do the
+	 * refcounting tests.
+	 */
+	machine__remove_thread(machine, leader);
+	machine__remove_thread(machine, t1);
+	machine__remove_thread(machine, t2);
+	machine__remove_thread(machine, t3);
+	machine__remove_thread(machine, other);
+	machine__remove_thread(machine, other_leader);
+
+	other_mg = other->mg;
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(&other_mg->refcnt), 2);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("map groups don't match", other_mg == other_leader->mg);
+
+	/* release thread group */
+	thread__put(leader);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(&mg->refcnt), 3);
+
+	thread__put(t1);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(&mg->refcnt), 2);
+
+	thread__put(t2);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(&mg->refcnt), 1);
+
+	thread__put(t3);
+
+	/* release other group  */
+	thread__put(other_leader);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(&other_mg->refcnt), 1);
+
+	thread__put(other);
+
+	machines__exit(&machines);
+	return 0;
+}