diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cache.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cache.c
index d7719219ab51..38dbf4962e33 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cache.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cache.c
@@ -10,8 +10,105 @@ struct read_format {
 	} values[2];
 };
 
+static struct perf_event_attr pea_llc_miss;
+static struct read_format rf_cqm;
+static int fd_lm;
 char llc_occup_path[1024];
 
+static void initialize_perf_event_attr(void)
+{
+	pea_llc_miss.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
+	pea_llc_miss.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
+	pea_llc_miss.read_format = PERF_FORMAT_GROUP;
+	pea_llc_miss.exclude_kernel = 1;
+	pea_llc_miss.exclude_hv = 1;
+	pea_llc_miss.exclude_idle = 1;
+	pea_llc_miss.exclude_callchain_kernel = 1;
+	pea_llc_miss.inherit = 1;
+	pea_llc_miss.exclude_guest = 1;
+	pea_llc_miss.disabled = 1;
+}
+
+static void ioctl_perf_event_ioc_reset_enable(void)
+{
+	ioctl(fd_lm, PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET, 0);
+	ioctl(fd_lm, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0);
+}
+
+static int perf_event_open_llc_miss(pid_t pid, int cpu_no)
+{
+	fd_lm = perf_event_open(&pea_llc_miss, pid, cpu_no, -1,
+				PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC);
+	if (fd_lm == -1) {
+		perror("Error opening leader");
+		ctrlc_handler(0, NULL, NULL);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int initialize_llc_perf(void)
+{
+	memset(&pea_llc_miss, 0, sizeof(struct perf_event_attr));
+	memset(&rf_cqm, 0, sizeof(struct read_format));
+
+	/* Initialize perf_event_attr structures for HW_CACHE_MISSES */
+	initialize_perf_event_attr();
+
+	pea_llc_miss.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES;
+
+	rf_cqm.nr = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int reset_enable_llc_perf(pid_t pid, int cpu_no)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = perf_event_open_llc_miss(pid, cpu_no);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Start counters to log values */
+	ioctl_perf_event_ioc_reset_enable();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_llc_perf:	llc cache miss through perf events
+ * @cpu_no:		CPU number that the benchmark PID is binded to
+ *
+ * Perf events like HW_CACHE_MISSES could be used to validate number of
+ * cache lines allocated.
+ *
+ * Return: =0 on success.  <0 on failure.
+ */
+static int get_llc_perf(unsigned long *llc_perf_miss)
+{
+	__u64 total_misses;
+
+	/* Stop counters after one span to get miss rate */
+
+	ioctl(fd_lm, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, 0);
+
+	if (read(fd_lm, &rf_cqm, sizeof(struct read_format)) == -1) {
+		perror("Could not get llc misses through perf");
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	total_misses = rf_cqm.values[0].value;
+
+	close(fd_lm);
+
+	*llc_perf_miss = total_misses;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Get LLC Occupancy as reported by RESCTRL FS
  * For CQM,
@@ -79,9 +176,19 @@ static int print_results_cache(char *filename, int bm_pid,
 
 int measure_cache_vals(struct resctrl_val_param *param, int bm_pid)
 {
-	unsigned long llc_occu_resc = 0, llc_value = 0;
+	unsigned long llc_perf_miss = 0, llc_occu_resc = 0, llc_value = 0;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Measure cache miss from perf.
+	 */
+	if (!strcmp(param->resctrl_val, "cat")) {
+		ret = get_llc_perf(&llc_perf_miss);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		llc_value = llc_perf_miss;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Measure llc occupancy from resctrl.
 	 */
@@ -97,3 +204,69 @@ int measure_cache_vals(struct resctrl_val_param *param, int bm_pid)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * cache_val:		execute benchmark and measure LLC occupancy resctrl
+ * and perf cache miss for the benchmark
+ * @param:		parameters passed to cache_val()
+ *
+ * Return:		0 on success. non-zero on failure.
+ */
+int cat_val(struct resctrl_val_param *param)
+{
+	int malloc_and_init_memory = 1, memflush = 1, operation = 0, ret = 0;
+	char *resctrl_val = param->resctrl_val;
+	pid_t bm_pid;
+
+	if (strcmp(param->filename, "") == 0)
+		sprintf(param->filename, "stdio");
+
+	bm_pid = getpid();
+
+	/* Taskset benchmark to specified cpu */
+	ret = taskset_benchmark(bm_pid, param->cpu_no);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Write benchmark to specified con_mon grp, mon_grp in resctrl FS*/
+	ret = write_bm_pid_to_resctrl(bm_pid, param->ctrlgrp, param->mongrp,
+				      resctrl_val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if ((strcmp(resctrl_val, "cat") == 0)) {
+		ret = initialize_llc_perf();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Test runs until the callback setup() tells the test to stop. */
+	while (1) {
+		if (strcmp(resctrl_val, "cat") == 0) {
+			ret = param->setup(1, param);
+			if (ret) {
+				ret = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+			ret = reset_enable_llc_perf(bm_pid, param->cpu_no);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+
+			if (run_fill_buf(param->span, malloc_and_init_memory,
+					 memflush, operation, resctrl_val)) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Error-running fill buffer\n");
+				ret = -1;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			sleep(1);
+			ret = measure_cache_vals(param, bm_pid);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+		} else {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c194fcc42407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Cache Allocation Technology (CAT) test
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *    Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
+ *    Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
+ */
+#include "resctrl.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define RESULT_FILE_NAME1	"result_cat1"
+#define RESULT_FILE_NAME2	"result_cat2"
+#define NUM_OF_RUNS		5
+#define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	4
+#define MAX_DIFF		1000000
+
+int count_of_bits;
+char cbm_mask[256];
+unsigned long long_mask;
+unsigned long cache_size;
+
+/*
+ * Change schemata. Write schemata to specified
+ * con_mon grp, mon_grp in resctrl FS.
+ * Run 5 times in order to get average values.
+ */
+static int cat_setup(int num, ...)
+{
+	struct resctrl_val_param *p;
+	char schemata[64];
+	va_list param;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	va_start(param, num);
+	p = va_arg(param, struct resctrl_val_param *);
+	va_end(param);
+
+	/* Run NUM_OF_RUNS times */
+	if (p->num_of_runs >= NUM_OF_RUNS)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (p->num_of_runs == 0) {
+		sprintf(schemata, "%lx", p->mask);
+		ret = write_schemata(p->ctrlgrp, schemata, p->cpu_no,
+				     p->resctrl_val);
+	}
+	p->num_of_runs++;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void show_cache_info(unsigned long sum_llc_perf_miss, int no_of_bits,
+			    unsigned long span)
+{
+	unsigned long allocated_cache_lines = span / 64;
+	unsigned long avg_llc_perf_miss = 0;
+	float diff_percent;
+
+	avg_llc_perf_miss = sum_llc_perf_miss / (NUM_OF_RUNS - 1);
+	diff_percent = ((float)allocated_cache_lines - avg_llc_perf_miss) /
+				allocated_cache_lines * 100;
+
+	printf("%sok CAT: cache miss rate within %d%%\n",
+	       abs((int)diff_percent) > MAX_DIFF_PERCENT ? "not " : "",
+	       MAX_DIFF_PERCENT);
+	tests_run++;
+	printf("# Percent diff=%d\n", abs((int)diff_percent));
+	printf("# Number of bits: %d\n", no_of_bits);
+	printf("# Avg_llc_perf_miss: %lu\n", avg_llc_perf_miss);
+	printf("# Allocated cache lines: %lu\n", allocated_cache_lines);
+}
+
+static int check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param)
+{
+	char *token_array[8], temp[512];
+	unsigned long sum_llc_perf_miss = 0;
+	int runs = 0, no_of_bits = 0;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	printf("# Checking for pass/fail\n");
+	fp = fopen(param->filename, "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		perror("# Cannot open file");
+
+		return errno;
+	}
+
+	while (fgets(temp, sizeof(temp), fp)) {
+		char *token = strtok(temp, ":\t");
+		int fields = 0;
+
+		while (token) {
+			token_array[fields++] = token;
+			token = strtok(NULL, ":\t");
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Discard the first value which is inaccurate due to monitoring
+		 * setup transition phase.
+		 */
+		if (runs > 0)
+			sum_llc_perf_miss += strtoul(token_array[3], NULL, 0);
+		runs++;
+	}
+
+	fclose(fp);
+	no_of_bits = count_bits(param->mask);
+
+	show_cache_info(sum_llc_perf_miss, no_of_bits, param->span);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void cat_test_cleanup(void)
+{
+	remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME1);
+	remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME2);
+}
+
+int cat_perf_miss_val(int cpu_no, int n, char *cache_type)
+{
+	unsigned long l_mask, l_mask_1;
+	int ret, pipefd[2], sibling_cpu_no;
+	char pipe_message;
+	pid_t bm_pid;
+
+	cache_size = 0;
+
+	ret = remount_resctrlfs(true);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request("cat"))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Get default cbm mask for L3/L2 cache */
+	ret = get_cbm_mask(cache_type);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	long_mask = strtoul(cbm_mask, NULL, 16);
+
+	/* Get L3/L2 cache size */
+	ret = get_cache_size(cpu_no, cache_type, &cache_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	printf("cache size :%lu\n", cache_size);
+
+	/* Get max number of bits from default-cabm mask */
+	count_of_bits = count_bits(long_mask);
+
+	if (n < 1 || n > count_of_bits - 1) {
+		printf("Invalid input value for no_of_bits n!\n");
+		printf("Please Enter value in range 1 to %d\n",
+		       count_of_bits - 1);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Get core id from same socket for running another thread */
+	sibling_cpu_no = get_core_sibling(cpu_no);
+	if (sibling_cpu_no < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	struct resctrl_val_param param = {
+		.resctrl_val	= "cat",
+		.cpu_no		= cpu_no,
+		.mum_resctrlfs	= 0,
+		.setup		= cat_setup,
+	};
+
+	l_mask = long_mask >> n;
+	l_mask_1 = ~l_mask & long_mask;
+
+	/* Set param values for parent thread which will be allocated bitmask
+	 * with (max_bits - n) bits
+	 */
+	param.span = cache_size * (count_of_bits - n) / count_of_bits;
+	strcpy(param.ctrlgrp, "c2");
+	strcpy(param.mongrp, "m2");
+	strcpy(param.filename, RESULT_FILE_NAME2);
+	param.mask = l_mask;
+	param.num_of_runs = 0;
+
+	if (pipe(pipefd)) {
+		perror("# Unable to create pipe");
+		return errno;
+	}
+
+	bm_pid = fork();
+
+	/* Set param values for child thread which will be allocated bitmask
+	 * with n bits
+	 */
+	if (bm_pid == 0) {
+		param.mask = l_mask_1;
+		strcpy(param.ctrlgrp, "c1");
+		strcpy(param.mongrp, "m1");
+		param.span = cache_size * n / count_of_bits;
+		strcpy(param.filename, RESULT_FILE_NAME1);
+		param.num_of_runs = 0;
+		param.cpu_no = sibling_cpu_no;
+	}
+
+	remove(param.filename);
+
+	ret = cat_val(&param);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = check_results(&param);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (bm_pid == 0) {
+		/* Tell parent that child is ready */
+		close(pipefd[0]);
+		pipe_message = 1;
+		if (write(pipefd[1], &pipe_message, sizeof(pipe_message)) <
+		    sizeof(pipe_message)) {
+			close(pipefd[1]);
+			perror("# failed signaling parent process");
+			return errno;
+		}
+
+		close(pipefd[1]);
+		while (1)
+			;
+	} else {
+		/* Parent waits for child to be ready. */
+		close(pipefd[1]);
+		pipe_message = 0;
+		while (pipe_message != 1) {
+			if (read(pipefd[0], &pipe_message,
+				 sizeof(pipe_message)) < sizeof(pipe_message)) {
+				perror("# failed reading from child process");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		close(pipefd[0]);
+		kill(bm_pid, SIGKILL);
+	}
+
+	cat_test_cleanup();
+	if (bm_pid)
+		umount_resctrlfs();
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
index b76bf6a4a0a5..84d2a8b9657a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ static int fill_cache_read(unsigned char *start_ptr, unsigned char *end_ptr,
 	int ret = 0;
 	FILE *fp;
 
-	while (1)
+	while (1) {
 		ret = fill_one_span_read(start_ptr, end_ptr);
+		if (!strcmp(resctrl_val, "cat"))
+			break;
+	}
 
 	/* Consume read result so that reading memory is not optimized out. */
 	fp = fopen("/dev/null", "w");
@@ -129,8 +132,11 @@ static int fill_cache_read(unsigned char *start_ptr, unsigned char *end_ptr,
 static int fill_cache_write(unsigned char *start_ptr, unsigned char *end_ptr,
 			    char *resctrl_val)
 {
-	while (1)
+	while (1) {
 		fill_one_span_write(start_ptr, end_ptr);
+		if (!strcmp(resctrl_val, "cat"))
+			break;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index ae0a3b5aa83d..99659639e580 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ void mba_test_cleanup(void);
 int get_cbm_mask(char *cache_type);
 int get_cache_size(int cpu_no, char *cache_type, unsigned long *cache_size);
 void ctrlc_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *ptr);
+int cat_val(struct resctrl_val_param *param);
+void cat_test_cleanup(void);
+int cat_perf_miss_val(int cpu_no, int no_of_bits, char *cache_type);
 int cqm_resctrl_val(int cpu_no, int n, char **benchmark_cmd);
 unsigned int count_bits(unsigned long n);
 void cqm_test_cleanup(void);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index 70179a61df3b..7f75b0b01bb5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static void cmd_help(void)
 	printf("\t-b benchmark_cmd [options]: run specified benchmark for MBM, MBA and CQM");
 	printf("\t default benchmark is builtin fill_buf\n");
 	printf("\t-t test list: run tests specified in the test list, ");
-	printf("e.g. -t mbm, mba, cqm\n");
+	printf("e.g. -t mbm, mba, cqm, cat\n");
 	printf("\t-n no_of_bits: run cache tests using specified no of bits in cache bit mask\n");
 	printf("\t-p cpu_no: specify CPU number to run the test. 1 is default\n");
 	printf("\t-h: help\n");
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ void tests_cleanup(void)
 	mbm_test_cleanup();
 	mba_test_cleanup();
 	cqm_test_cleanup();
+	cat_test_cleanup();
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *benchmark_cmd[BENCHMARK_ARGS], bw_report[64], bm_type[64];
 	char benchmark_cmd_area[BENCHMARK_ARGS][BENCHMARK_ARG_SIZE];
 	int ben_ind, ben_count;
+	bool cat_test = true;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(argv[i], "-b") == 0) {
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			mbm_test = false;
 			mba_test = false;
 			cqm_test = false;
+			cat_test = false;
 			while (token) {
 				if (!strcmp(token, "mbm")) {
 					mbm_test = true;
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 					mba_test = true;
 				} else if (!strcmp(token, "cqm")) {
 					cqm_test = true;
+				} else if (!strcmp(token, "cat")) {
+					cat_test = true;
 				} else {
 					printf("invalid argument\n");
 
@@ -159,6 +164,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		tests_run++;
 	}
 
+	if (cat_test) {
+		printf("# Starting CAT test ...\n");
+		res = cat_perf_miss_val(cpu_no, no_of_bits, "L3");
+		printf("%sok CAT: test\n", res ? "not " : "");
+		tests_run++;
+		cat_test_cleanup();
+	}
+
 	printf("1..%d\n", tests_run);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
index 9c050a6c1723..8772c8c4d5d0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ int write_schemata(char *ctrlgrp, char *schemata, int cpu_no, char *resctrl_val)
 	FILE *fp;
 
 	if ((strcmp(resctrl_val, "mba") != 0) &&
+	    (strcmp(resctrl_val, "cat") != 0) &&
 	    (strcmp(resctrl_val, "cqm") != 0))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ int write_schemata(char *ctrlgrp, char *schemata, int cpu_no, char *resctrl_val)
 	else
 		sprintf(controlgroup, "%s/schemata", RESCTRL_PATH);
 
-	if (!strcmp(resctrl_val, "cqm"))
+	if (!strcmp(resctrl_val, "cat") || !strcmp(resctrl_val, "cqm"))
 		sprintf(schema, "%s%d%c%s", "L3:", resource_id, '=', schemata);
 	if (strcmp(resctrl_val, "mba") == 0)
 		sprintf(schema, "%s%d%c%s", "MB:", resource_id, '=', schemata);
