return perf_pmu__test();
 }
 
+static int __perf_evsel__name_array_test(const char *names[], int nr_names)
+{
+       int i, err;
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+        struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new(NULL, NULL);
+
+        if (evlist == NULL)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_names; ++i) {
+               err = parse_events(evlist, names[i], 0);
+               if (err) {
+                       pr_debug("failed to parse event '%s', err %d\n",
+                                names[i], err);
+                       goto out_delete_evlist;
+               }
+       }
+
+       err = 0;
+       list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist->entries, node) {
+               if (strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), names[evsel->idx])) {
+                       --err;
+                       pr_debug("%s != %s\n", perf_evsel__name(evsel), names[evsel->idx]);
+               }
+       }
+
+out_delete_evlist:
+       perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+       return err;
+}
+
+#define perf_evsel__name_array_test(names) \
+       __perf_evsel__name_array_test(names, ARRAY_SIZE(names))
+
+static int perf_evsel__roundtrip_name_test(void)
+{
+       int err = 0, ret = 0;
+
+       err = perf_evsel__name_array_test(perf_evsel__hw_names);
+       if (err)
+               ret = err;
+
+       err = perf_evsel__name_array_test(perf_evsel__sw_names);
+       if (err)
+               ret = err;
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static struct test {
        const char *desc;
        int (*func)(void);
                .desc = "Test dso data interface",
                .func = dso__test_data,
        },
+       {
+               .desc = "roundtrip evsel->name check",
+               .func = perf_evsel__roundtrip_name_test,
+       },
        {
                .func = NULL,
        },
 
        return evsel;
 }
 
-static const char *perf_evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
+const char *perf_evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
        "cycles",
        "instructions",
        "cache-references",
        return r + perf_evsel__add_modifiers(evsel, bf + r, size - r);
 }
 
-static const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
+const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
        "cpu-clock",
        "task-clock",
        "page-faults",
        "context-switches",
-       "CPU-migrations",
+       "cpu-migrations",
        "minor-faults",
        "major-faults",
        "alignment-faults",
 
                                       [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
 extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_op[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX]
                                          [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
-const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX]
-                                      [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
+extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX]
+                                             [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
+extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX];
+extern const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
 int __perf_evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(u8 type, u8 op, u8 result,
                                            char *bf, size_t size);
 const char *perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel);