.get_desc       = test__bpf_subtest_get_desc,
                },
        },
+       {
+               .desc = "Test thread map synthesize",
+               .func = test__thread_map_synthesize,
+       },
        {
                .func = NULL,
        },
 
 const char *test__bpf_subtest_get_desc(int subtest);
 int test__bpf_subtest_get_nr(void);
 int test_session_topology(int subtest);
+int test__thread_map_synthesize(int subtest);
 
 #if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
 
        thread_map__put(map);
        return 0;
 }
+
+static int process_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+                        union perf_event *event,
+                        struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+                        struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
+{
+       struct thread_map_event *map = &event->thread_map;
+
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong nr",   map->nr == 1);
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong pid",  map->entries[0].pid == (u64) getpid());
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong comm", !strcmp(map->entries[0].comm, "perf"));
+       return 0;
+}
+
+int test__thread_map_synthesize(int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+       struct thread_map *threads;
+
+       /* test map on current pid */
+       threads = thread_map__new_by_pid(getpid());
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to alloc map", threads);
+
+       thread_map__read_comms(threads);
+
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to synthesize map",
+               !perf_event__synthesize_thread_map2(NULL, threads, process_event, NULL));
+
+       return 0;
+}
 
        return err;
 }
 
+int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map2(struct perf_tool *tool,
+                                     struct thread_map *threads,
+                                     perf_event__handler_t process,
+                                     struct machine *machine)
+{
+       union perf_event *event;
+       int i, err, size;
+
+       size  = sizeof(event->thread_map);
+       size += threads->nr * sizeof(event->thread_map.entries[0]);
+
+       event = zalloc(size);
+       if (!event)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       event->header.type = PERF_RECORD_THREAD_MAP;
+       event->header.size = size;
+       event->thread_map.nr = threads->nr;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < threads->nr; i++) {
+               struct thread_map_event_entry *entry = &event->thread_map.entries[i];
+               char *comm = thread_map__comm(threads, i);
+
+               if (!comm)
+                       comm = (char *) "";
+
+               entry->pid = thread_map__pid(threads, i);
+               strncpy((char *) &entry->comm, comm, sizeof(entry->comm));
+       }
+
+       err = process(tool, event, NULL, machine);
+
+       free(event);
+       return err;
+}
+
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_comm(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
 {
        const char *s;
 
                                      perf_event__handler_t process,
                                      struct machine *machine, bool mmap_data,
                                      unsigned int proc_map_timeout);
+int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map2(struct perf_tool *tool,
+                                     struct thread_map *threads,
+                                     perf_event__handler_t process,
+                                     struct machine *machine);
 int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                   perf_event__handler_t process,
                                   struct machine *machine, bool mmap_data,