From: Veronika Molnarova <vmolnaro@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:09:17 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: perf test perftool_testsuite: Use absolute paths
X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=241f21be7d0fdf3c1792ed7e61f90a9f5eecd03e;p=users%2Fhch%2Fmisc.git

perf test perftool_testsuite: Use absolute paths

Test cases from perftool_testsuite are affected by the current
directory where the test are run. For this reason, the test
driver has to change the directory to the base_dir for references to
work correctly.

Utilize absolute paths when sourcing and referencing other scripts so
that the current working directory doesn't impact the test cases.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Brnak <jbrnak@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Veronika Molnarova <vmolnaro@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_blacklisted.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_blacklisted.sh
index 8226449ac5c3..f74aab5c5d7f 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_blacklisted.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_blacklisted.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 #	they must be skipped.
 #
 
-# include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
-
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
+# include working environment
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
+
 # skip if not supported
 BLACKFUNC_LIST=`head -n 5 /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/blacklist 2> /dev/null | cut -f2`
 if [ -z "$BLACKFUNC_LIST" ]; then
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ for BLACKFUNC in $BLACKFUNC_LIST; do
 	PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 	# check for bad DWARF polluting the result
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_MISSING_DECL_LINE" >/dev/null < $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted.err
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"$REGEX_MISSING_DECL_LINE" >/dev/null < $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted.err
 
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		SKIP_DWARF=1
@@ -73,7 +75,11 @@ for BLACKFUNC in $BLACKFUNC_LIST; do
 			fi
 		fi
 	else
-		../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$REGEX_SKIP_MESSAGE" "$REGEX_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE" "$REGEX_ERROR_MESSAGE" "$REGEX_SCOPE_FAIL" "$REGEX_INVALID_ARGUMENT" "$REGEX_SYMBOL_FAIL" "$REGEX_OUT_SECTION" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted.err
+		"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+			"$REGEX_SKIP_MESSAGE" "$REGEX_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE" \
+			"$REGEX_ERROR_MESSAGE" "$REGEX_SCOPE_FAIL" \
+			"$REGEX_INVALID_ARGUMENT" "$REGEX_SYMBOL_FAIL" \
+			"$REGEX_OUT_SECTION" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted.err
 		CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 		SKIP_DWARF=0
@@ -94,7 +100,9 @@ fi
 $CMD_PERF list probe:\* > $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted_list.log
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "List of pre-defined events" "Metric Groups:" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted_list.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "List of pre-defined events" "Metric Groups:" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_blacklisted_list.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "listing blacklisted probe (should NOT be listed)"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_kernel.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_kernel.sh
index df288cf90cd6..555a825d55f2 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_kernel.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_adding_kernel.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 #		and removing.
 #
 
-# include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
-
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
+# include working environment
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
+
 # shellcheck source=lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
-. "$(dirname "$0")/../lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh"
+. "$DIR_PATH/../lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh"
 
 TEST_PROBE=${TEST_PROBE:-"inode_permission"}
 
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ for opt in "" "-a" "--add"; do
 	$CMD_PERF probe $opt $TEST_PROBE 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_add$opt.err
 	PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_add$opt.err
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_add$opt.err
 	CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 	print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "adding probe $TEST_PROBE :: $opt"
@@ -58,7 +61,10 @@ done
 $CMD_PERF list probe:\* > $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list.log
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "List of pre-defined events" "probe:${TEST_PROBE}(?:_\d+)?\s+\[Tracepoint event\]" "Metric Groups:" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "List of pre-defined events" \
+	"probe:${TEST_PROBE}(?:_\d+)?\s+\[Tracepoint event\]" \
+	"Metric Groups:" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "listing added probe :: perf list"
@@ -71,7 +77,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "listing added probe :: perf list
 $CMD_PERF probe -l > $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list-l.log
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "\s*probe:${TEST_PROBE}(?:_\d+)?\s+\(on ${TEST_PROBE}(?:[:\+]$RE_NUMBER_HEX)?@.+\)" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list-l.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"\s*probe:${TEST_PROBE}(?:_\d+)?\s+\(on ${TEST_PROBE}(?:[:\+]$RE_NUMBER_HEX)?@.+\)" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list-l.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 if [ $NO_DEBUGINFO ] ; then
@@ -93,9 +101,13 @@ REGEX_STAT_VALUES="\s*\d+\s+probe:$TEST_PROBE"
 # the value should be greater than 1
 REGEX_STAT_VALUE_NONZERO="\s*[1-9][0-9]*\s+probe:$TEST_PROBE"
 REGEX_STAT_TIME="\s*$RE_NUMBER\s+seconds (?:time elapsed|user|sys)"
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$REGEX_STAT_HEADER" "$REGEX_STAT_VALUES" "$REGEX_STAT_TIME" "$RE_LINE_COMMENT" "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_probe.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_STAT_HEADER" "$REGEX_STAT_VALUES" "$REGEX_STAT_TIME" \
+	"$RE_LINE_COMMENT" "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_probe.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_STAT_HEADER" "$REGEX_STAT_VALUE_NONZERO" "$REGEX_STAT_TIME" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_probe.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_STAT_HEADER" "$REGEX_STAT_VALUE_NONZERO" "$REGEX_STAT_TIME" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_probe.log
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "using added probe"
@@ -108,7 +120,8 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "using added probe"
 $CMD_PERF probe -d $TEST_PROBE\* 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_removing.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "Removed event: probe:$TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_removing.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"Removed event: probe:$TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_removing.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "deleting added probe"
@@ -121,7 +134,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "deleting added probe"
 $CMD_PERF list probe:\* > $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list_removed.log
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "List of pre-defined events" "Metric Groups:" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list_removed.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "List of pre-defined events" "Metric Groups:" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_list_removed.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "listing removed probe (should NOT be listed)"
@@ -135,7 +150,9 @@ $CMD_PERF probe -n --add $TEST_PROBE 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_dryrun.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 # check for the output (should be the same as usual)
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_dryrun.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_dryrun.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 # check that no probe was added in real
@@ -152,7 +169,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "dry run :: adding probe"
 $CMD_PERF probe --add $TEST_PROBE 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_01.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_01.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_01.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "force-adding probes :: first probe adding"
@@ -162,7 +181,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "force-adding probes :: first pro
 ! $CMD_PERF probe --add $TEST_PROBE 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_02.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Error: event \"$TEST_PROBE\" already exists." "Error: Failed to add events." < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_02.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"Error: event \"$TEST_PROBE\" already exists." \
+	"Error: Failed to add events." < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_02.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "force-adding probes :: second probe adding (without force)"
@@ -173,7 +194,9 @@ NO_OF_PROBES=`$CMD_PERF probe -l $TEST_PROBE| wc -l`
 $CMD_PERF probe --force --add $TEST_PROBE 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_03.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Added new events?:" "probe:${TEST_PROBE}_${NO_OF_PROBES}" "on $TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_03.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"Added new events?:" "probe:${TEST_PROBE}_${NO_OF_PROBES}" \
+	"on $TEST_PROBE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_forceadd_03.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "force-adding probes :: second probe adding (with force)"
@@ -187,7 +210,9 @@ $CMD_PERF stat -e probe:$TEST_PROBE -e probe:${TEST_PROBE}_${NO_OF_PROBES} -x';'
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 REGEX_LINE="$RE_NUMBER;+probe:${TEST_PROBE}_?(?:$NO_OF_PROBES)?;$RE_NUMBER;$RE_NUMBER"
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$REGEX_LINE" "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "$RE_LINE_COMMENT" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_two.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_LINE" "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "$RE_LINE_COMMENT" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_two.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 VALUE_1=`grep "$TEST_PROBE;" $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_using_two.log | awk -F';' '{print $1}'`
@@ -205,7 +230,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "using doubled probe"
 $CMD_PERF probe --del \* 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_removing_wildcard.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Removed event: probe:$TEST_PROBE" "Removed event: probe:${TEST_PROBE}_1" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_removing_wildcard.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"Removed event: probe:$TEST_PROBE" \
+	"Removed event: probe:${TEST_PROBE}_1" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_removing_wildcard.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "removing multiple probes"
@@ -217,7 +244,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "removing multiple probes"
 $CMD_PERF probe -nf --max-probes=512 -a 'vfs_* $params' 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_adding_wildcard.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "probe:vfs_mknod" "probe:vfs_create" "probe:vfs_rmdir" "probe:vfs_link" "probe:vfs_write" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_adding_wildcard.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"probe:vfs_mknod" "probe:vfs_create" "probe:vfs_rmdir" \
+	"probe:vfs_link" "probe:vfs_write" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_adding_wildcard.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 if [ $NO_DEBUGINFO ] ; then
@@ -240,13 +269,22 @@ test $PERF_EXIT_CODE -ne 139 -a $PERF_EXIT_CODE -ne 0
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 # check that the error message is reasonable
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Failed to find" "somenonexistingrandomstuffwhichisalsoprettylongorevenlongertoexceed64" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"Failed to find" \
+	"somenonexistingrandomstuffwhichisalsoprettylongorevenlongertoexceed64" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "in this function|at this address" "Error" "Failed to add events" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"in this function|at this address" "Error" "Failed to add events" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "Failed to find" "Error" "Probe point .+ not found" "optimized out" "Use.+\-\-range option to show.+location range" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"Failed to find" "Error" "Probe point .+ not found" "optimized out" \
+	"Use.+\-\-range option to show.+location range" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-../common/check_no_patterns_found.pl "$RE_SEGFAULT" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_no_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$RE_SEGFAULT" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_nonexisting.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 if [ $NO_DEBUGINFO ]; then
@@ -264,7 +302,10 @@ fi
 $CMD_PERF probe --add "$TEST_PROBE%return \$retval" 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_add.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" "on $TEST_PROBE%return with \\\$retval" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_add.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"Added new events?:" "probe:$TEST_PROBE" \
+	"on $TEST_PROBE%return with \\\$retval" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_add.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "function with retval :: add"
@@ -274,7 +315,9 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "function with retval :: add"
 $CMD_PERF record -e probe:$TEST_PROBE\* -o $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data -- cat /proc/cpuinfo > /dev/null 2> $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_record.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$RE_LINE_RECORD1" "$RE_LINE_RECORD2" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_record.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_RECORD1" "$RE_LINE_RECORD2" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_record.err
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "function with retval :: record"
@@ -285,9 +328,11 @@ $CMD_PERF script -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data > $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_r
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 REGEX_SCRIPT_LINE="\s*cat\s+$RE_NUMBER\s+\[$RE_NUMBER\]\s+$RE_NUMBER:\s+probe:$TEST_PROBE\w*:\s+\($RE_NUMBER_HEX\s+<\-\s+$RE_NUMBER_HEX\)\s+arg1=$RE_NUMBER_HEX"
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$REGEX_SCRIPT_LINE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_script.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_SCRIPT_LINE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_script.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_SCRIPT_LINE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_script.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_SCRIPT_LINE" < $LOGS_DIR/adding_kernel_func_retval_script.log
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "function argument probing :: script"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_basic.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_basic.sh
index 9d8b5afbeddd..162838ddc974 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_basic.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_basic.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 #		This test tests basic functionality of perf probe command.
 #
 
-# include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
-
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
+# include working environment
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
+
 if ! check_kprobes_available; then
 	print_overall_skipped
 	exit 2
@@ -30,15 +31,25 @@ if [ "$PARAM_GENERAL_HELP_TEXT_CHECK" = "y" ]; then
 	$CMD_PERF probe --help > $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.err
 	PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "PERF-PROBE" "NAME" "SYNOPSIS" "DESCRIPTION" "OPTIONS" "PROBE\s+SYNTAX" "PROBE\s+ARGUMENT" "LINE\s+SYNTAX" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"PERF-PROBE" "NAME" "SYNOPSIS" "DESCRIPTION" "OPTIONS" \
+		"PROBE\s+SYNTAX" "PROBE\s+ARGUMENT" "LINE\s+SYNTAX" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "LAZY\s+MATCHING" "FILTER\s+PATTERN" "EXAMPLES" "SEE\s+ALSO" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"LAZY\s+MATCHING" "FILTER\s+PATTERN" "EXAMPLES" "SEE\s+ALSO" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "vmlinux" "module=" "source=" "verbose" "quiet" "add=" "del=" "list.*EVENT" "line=" "vars=" "externs" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"vmlinux" "module=" "source=" "verbose" "quiet" "add=" "del=" \
+		"list.*EVENT" "line=" "vars=" "externs" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "no-inlines" "funcs.*FILTER" "filter=FILTER" "force" "dry-run" "max-probes" "exec=" "demangle-kernel" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"no-inlines" "funcs.*FILTER" "filter=FILTER" "force" "dry-run" \
+		"max-probes" "exec=" "demangle-kernel" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_no_patterns_found.pl "No manual entry for" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.err
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_no_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"No manual entry for" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.err
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 	print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "help message"
@@ -53,7 +64,9 @@ fi
 # without any args perf-probe should print usage
 $CMD_PERF probe 2> $LOGS_DIR/basic_usage.log > /dev/null
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "[Uu]sage" "perf probe" "verbose" "quiet" "add" "del" "force" "line" "vars" "externs" "range" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_usage.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"[Uu]sage" "perf probe" "verbose" "quiet" "add" "del" "force" \
+	"line" "vars" "externs" "range" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_usage.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results 0 $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "usage message"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_invalid_options.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_invalid_options.sh
index 92f7254eb32a..44a3ae014bfa 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_invalid_options.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_invalid_options.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 #		This test checks whether the invalid and incompatible options are reported
 #
 
-# include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
-
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
+# include working environment
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
+
 if ! check_kprobes_available; then
 	print_overall_skipped
 	exit 2
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ for opt in '-a' '-d' '-L' '-V'; do
 	! $CMD_PERF probe $opt 2> $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_missing_argument$opt.err
 	PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Error: switch .* requires a value" < $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_missing_argument$opt.err
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"Error: switch .* requires a value" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_missing_argument$opt.err
 	CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 	print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "missing argument for $opt"
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@ for opt in '-a xxx -d xxx' '-a xxx -L foo' '-a xxx -V foo' '-a xxx -l' '-a xxx -
 	! $CMD_PERF probe $opt > /dev/null 2> $LOGS_DIR/aux.log
 	PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Error: switch .+ cannot be used with switch .+" < $LOGS_DIR/aux.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"Error: switch .+ cannot be used with switch .+" < $LOGS_DIR/aux.log
 	CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 	print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "mutually exclusive options :: $opt"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_line_semantics.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_line_semantics.sh
index 20435b6bf6bc..576442d87a44 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_line_semantics.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_probe/test_line_semantics.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 #		arguments are properly reported.
 #
 
-# include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
-
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
+# include working environment
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
+
 if ! check_kprobes_available; then
 	print_overall_skipped
 	exit 2
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/setup.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/setup.sh
index 8634e7e0dda6..bb49b0fabb11 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/setup.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/setup.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #
 #
 
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
+
 # include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
 
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ SW_EVENT="cpu-clock"
 $CMD_PERF record -asdg -e $SW_EVENT -o $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data -- $CMD_LONGER_SLEEP 2> $LOGS_DIR/setup.log
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$RE_LINE_RECORD1" "$RE_LINE_RECORD2" < $LOGS_DIR/setup.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_RECORD1" "$RE_LINE_RECORD2" < $LOGS_DIR/setup.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "prepare the perf.data file"
@@ -38,7 +41,8 @@ echo ==================
 cat $LOGS_DIR/setup-latency.log
 echo ==================
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$RE_LINE_RECORD1" "$RE_LINE_RECORD2" < $LOGS_DIR/setup-latency.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_RECORD1" "$RE_LINE_RECORD2" < $LOGS_DIR/setup-latency.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "prepare the perf.data.1 file"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/test_basic.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/test_basic.sh
index adfd8713b8f8..0dfe7e5fd1ca 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/test_basic.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/base_report/test_basic.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 #
 #
 
-# include working environment
-. ../common/init.sh
-
+DIR_PATH="$(dirname $0)"
 TEST_RESULT=0
 
+# include working environment
+. "$DIR_PATH/../common/init.sh"
+
 
 ### help message
 
@@ -25,19 +26,37 @@ if [ "$PARAM_GENERAL_HELP_TEXT_CHECK" = "y" ]; then
 	$CMD_PERF report --help > $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.err
 	PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "PERF-REPORT" "NAME" "SYNOPSIS" "DESCRIPTION" "OPTIONS" "OVERHEAD\s+CALCULATION" "SEE ALSO" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"PERF-REPORT" "NAME" "SYNOPSIS" "DESCRIPTION" "OPTIONS" \
+		"OVERHEAD\s+CALCULATION" "SEE ALSO" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "input" "verbose" "show-nr-samples" "show-cpu-utilization" "threads" "comms" "pid" "tid" "dsos" "symbols" "symbol-filter" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"input" "verbose" "show-nr-samples" "show-cpu-utilization" \
+		"threads" "comms" "pid" "tid" "dsos" "symbols" "symbol-filter" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "hide-unresolved" "sort" "fields" "parent" "exclude-other" "column-widths" "field-separator" "dump-raw-trace" "children" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"hide-unresolved" "sort" "fields" "parent" "exclude-other" \
+		"column-widths" "field-separator" "dump-raw-trace" "children" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "call-graph" "max-stack" "inverted" "ignore-callees" "pretty" "stdio" "tui" "gtk" "vmlinux" "kallsyms" "modules" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"call-graph" "max-stack" "inverted" "ignore-callees" "pretty" \
+		"stdio" "tui" "gtk" "vmlinux" "kallsyms" "modules" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "force" "symfs" "cpu" "disassembler-style" "source" "asm-raw" "show-total-period" "show-info" "branch-stack" "group" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"force" "symfs" "cpu" "disassembler-style" "source" "asm-raw" \
+		"show-total-period" "show-info" "branch-stack" "group" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "branch-history" "objdump" "demangle" "percent-limit" "percentage" "header" "itrace" "full-source-path" "show-ref-call-graph" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"branch-history" "objdump" "demangle" "percent-limit" "percentage" \
+		"header" "itrace" "full-source-path" "show-ref-call-graph" \
+		< $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.log
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
-	../common/check_no_patterns_found.pl "No manual entry for" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.err
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_no_patterns_found.pl" \
+		"No manual entry for" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_helpmsg.err
 	(( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 	print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "help message"
@@ -57,9 +76,12 @@ REGEX_LOST_SAMPLES_INFO="#\s*Total Lost Samples:\s+$RE_NUMBER"
 REGEX_SAMPLES_INFO="#\s*Samples:\s+(?:$RE_NUMBER)\w?\s+of\s+event\s+'$RE_EVENT_ANY'"
 REGEX_LINES_HEADER="#\s*Children\s+Self\s+Command\s+Shared Object\s+Symbol"
 REGEX_LINES="\s*$RE_NUMBER%\s+$RE_NUMBER%\s+\S+\s+\[kernel\.(?:vmlinux)|(?:kallsyms)\]\s+\[[k\.]\]\s+\w+"
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_LOST_SAMPLES_INFO" "$REGEX_SAMPLES_INFO" "$REGEX_LINES_HEADER" "$REGEX_LINES" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_basic.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_LOST_SAMPLES_INFO" "$REGEX_SAMPLES_INFO" \
+	"$REGEX_LINES_HEADER" "$REGEX_LINES" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_basic.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_basic.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"$DIR_PATH/stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_basic.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "basic execution"
@@ -74,9 +96,11 @@ PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 REGEX_LINES_HEADER="#\s*Children\s+Self\s+Samples\s+Command\s+Shared Object\s+Symbol"
 REGEX_LINES="\s*$RE_NUMBER%\s+$RE_NUMBER%\s+$RE_NUMBER\s+\S+\s+\[kernel\.(?:vmlinux)|(?:kallsyms)\]\s+\[[k\.]\]\s+\w+"
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_LINES_HEADER" "$REGEX_LINES" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_nrsamples.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_LINES_HEADER" "$REGEX_LINES" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_nrsamples.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_nrsamples.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"$DIR_PATH/stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_nrsamples.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "number of samples"
@@ -98,7 +122,10 @@ REGEX_LINE_CPUS_ONLINE="#\s+nrcpus online\s*:\s*$MY_CPUS_ONLINE"
 REGEX_LINE_CPUS_AVAIL="#\s+nrcpus avail\s*:\s*$MY_CPUS_AVAILABLE"
 # disable precise check for "nrcpus avail" in BASIC runmode
 test $PERFTOOL_TESTSUITE_RUNMODE -lt $RUNMODE_STANDARD && REGEX_LINE_CPUS_AVAIL="#\s+nrcpus avail\s*:\s*$RE_NUMBER"
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_LINE_TIMESTAMP" "$REGEX_LINE_HOSTNAME" "$REGEX_LINE_KERNEL" "$REGEX_LINE_PERF" "$REGEX_LINE_ARCH" "$REGEX_LINE_CPUS_ONLINE" "$REGEX_LINE_CPUS_AVAIL" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_header.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_LINE_TIMESTAMP" "$REGEX_LINE_HOSTNAME" "$REGEX_LINE_KERNEL" \
+	"$REGEX_LINE_PERF" "$REGEX_LINE_ARCH" "$REGEX_LINE_CPUS_ONLINE" \
+	"$REGEX_LINE_CPUS_AVAIL" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_header.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "header"
@@ -129,9 +156,11 @@ PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 REGEX_LINES_HEADER="#\s*Children\s+Self\s+sys\s+usr\s+Command\s+Shared Object\s+Symbol"
 REGEX_LINES="\s*$RE_NUMBER%\s+$RE_NUMBER%\s+$RE_NUMBER%\s+$RE_NUMBER%\s+\S+\s+\[kernel\.(?:vmlinux)|(?:kallsyms)\]\s+\[[k\.]\]\s+\w+"
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "$REGEX_LINES_HEADER" "$REGEX_LINES" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_cpuut.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"$REGEX_LINES_HEADER" "$REGEX_LINES" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_cpuut.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_cpuut.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"$DIR_PATH/stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_cpuut.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "show CPU utilization"
@@ -144,9 +173,11 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "show CPU utilization"
 $CMD_PERF report --stdio -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data --pid=1 > $LOGS_DIR/basic_pid.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/basic_pid.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-grep -P -v '^#' $LOGS_DIR/basic_pid.log | grep -P '\s+[\d\.]+%' | ../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "systemd|init"
+grep -P -v '^#' $LOGS_DIR/basic_pid.log | grep -P '\s+[\d\.]+%' | \
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" "systemd|init"
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_pid.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"$DIR_PATH/stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_pid.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "pid"
@@ -159,9 +190,11 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "pid"
 $CMD_PERF report --stdio -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data --symbols=dummynonexistingsymbol > $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbols.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbols.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "$RE_LINE_COMMENT" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbols.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" \
+	"$RE_LINE_EMPTY" "$RE_LINE_COMMENT" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbols.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbols.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"$DIR_PATH/stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbols.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "non-existing symbol"
@@ -174,9 +207,11 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "non-existing symbol"
 $CMD_PERF report --stdio -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data --symbol-filter=map > $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbolfilter.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbolfilter.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-grep -P -v '^#' $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbolfilter.log | grep -P '\s+[\d\.]+%' | ../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl "\[[k\.]\]\s+.*map"
+grep -P -v '^#' $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbolfilter.log | grep -P '\s+[\d\.]+%' | \
+	"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_lines_matched.pl" "\[[k\.]\]\s+.*map"
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbolfilter.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"$DIR_PATH/stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/basic_symbolfilter.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "symbol filter"
@@ -189,7 +224,8 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "symbol filter"
 $CMD_PERF report -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data.1 --stdio --header-only > $LOGS_DIR/latency_header.log
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl ", context_switch = 1, " < $LOGS_DIR/latency_header.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	", context_switch = 1, " < $LOGS_DIR/latency_header.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "latency header"
@@ -200,9 +236,11 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "latency header"
 $CMD_PERF report --stdio -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data.1 > $LOGS_DIR/latency_default.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/latency_default.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "# Overhead   Latency  Command" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_default.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"# Overhead   Latency  Command" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_default.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_default.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_default.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "default report for latency profile"
@@ -213,9 +251,11 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "default report for latency profi
 $CMD_PERF report --latency --stdio -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data.1 > $LOGS_DIR/latency_latency.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/latency_latency.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "#  Latency  Overhead  Command" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_latency.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"#  Latency  Overhead  Command" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_latency.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_latency.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/latency_latency.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "latency report for latency profile"
@@ -226,9 +266,12 @@ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "latency report for latency profi
 $CMD_PERF report --hierarchy --sort latency,parallelism,comm,symbol --parallelism=1,2 --stdio -i $CURRENT_TEST_DIR/perf.data.1 > $LOGS_DIR/parallelism_hierarchy.log 2> $LOGS_DIR/parallelism_hierarchy.err
 PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
-../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "#           Latency  Parallelism / Command / Symbol" < $LOGS_DIR/parallelism_hierarchy.log
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl" \
+	"#           Latency  Parallelism / Command / Symbol" \
+	< $LOGS_DIR/parallelism_hierarchy.log
 CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
-../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl "stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/parallelism_hierarchy.err
+"$DIR_PATH/../common/check_errors_whitelisted.pl" \
+	"stderr-whitelist.txt" < $LOGS_DIR/parallelism_hierarchy.err
 (( CHECK_EXIT_CODE += $? ))
 
 print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "parallelism histogram"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/common/init.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/common/init.sh
index 26c7525651e0..cbfc78bec974 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/common/init.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/common/init.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #
 
 
-. ../common/settings.sh
-. ../common/patterns.sh
+. "$(dirname $0)/../common/settings.sh"
+. "$(dirname $0)/../common/patterns.sh"
 
 THIS_TEST_NAME=`basename $0 .sh`