diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_string.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_string.tc
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+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Kprobe event string type argument
+
+[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+
+echo 0 > events/enable
+echo > kprobe_events
+
+case `uname -m` in
+x86_64)
+  ARG2=%si
+  OFFS=8
+;;
+i[3456]86)
+  ARG2=%cx
+  OFFS=4
+;;
+aarch64)
+  ARG2=%x1
+  OFFS=8
+;;
+arm*)
+  ARG2=%r1
+  OFFS=4
+;;
+*)
+  echo "Please implement other architecture here"
+  exit_untested
+esac
+
+: "Test get argument (1)"
+echo "p:testprobe create_trace_kprobe arg1=+0(+0(${ARG2})):string" > kprobe_events
+echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
+! echo test >> kprobe_events
+tail -n 1 trace | grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1=\"test\""
+
+echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
+: "Test get argument (2)"
+echo "p:testprobe create_trace_kprobe arg1=+0(+0(${ARG2})):string arg2=+0(+${OFFS}(${ARG2})):string" > kprobe_events
+echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
+! echo test1 test2 >> kprobe_events
+tail -n 1 trace | grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1=\"test1\" arg2=\"test2\""
+
+echo 0 > events/enable
+echo > kprobe_events