--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Check Arm SPE doesn't hang when there are forks
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com>, 2022
+
+skip_if_no_arm_spe_event() {
+ perf list | egrep -q 'arm_spe_[0-9]+//' && return 0
+ return 2
+}
+
+skip_if_no_arm_spe_event || exit 2
+
+# skip if there's no compiler
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v cc)" ]; then
+ echo "failed: no compiler, install gcc"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+TEST_PROGRAM_SOURCE=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX.c)
+TEST_PROGRAM=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)
+PERF_DATA=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
+PERF_RECORD_LOG=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.log.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup_files()
+{
+ echo "Cleaning up files..."
+ rm -f ${PERF_RECORD_LOG}
+ rm -f ${PERF_DATA}
+ rm -f ${TEST_PROGRAM_SOURCE}
+ rm -f ${TEST_PROGRAM}
+}
+
+trap cleanup_files exit term int
+
+# compile test program
+cat << EOF > $TEST_PROGRAM_SOURCE
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+int workload() {
+ while (1)
+ sqrt(rand());
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int main() {
+ switch (fork()) {
+ case 0:
+ return workload();
+ case -1:
+ return 1;
+ default:
+ wait(NULL);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+echo "Compiling test program..."
+CFLAGS="-lm"
+cc $TEST_PROGRAM_SOURCE $CFLAGS -o $TEST_PROGRAM || exit 1
+
+echo "Recording workload..."
+perf record -o ${PERF_DATA} -e arm_spe/period=65536/ -vvv -- $TEST_PROGRAM > ${PERF_RECORD_LOG} 2>&1 &
+PERFPID=$!
+
+# Check if perf hangs by checking the perf-record logs.
+sleep 1
+log0=$(wc -l $PERF_RECORD_LOG)
+echo Log lines = $log0
+sleep 1
+log1=$(wc -l $PERF_RECORD_LOG)
+echo Log lines after 1 second = $log1
+
+kill $PERFPID
+wait $PERFPID
+# test program may leave an orphan process running the workload
+killall $(basename $TEST_PROGRAM)
+
+if [ "$log0" = "$log1" ];
+then
+ echo "SPE hang test: FAIL"
+ exit 1
+else
+ echo "SPE hang test: PASS"
+fi
+
+exit 0