struct perf_thread_map;
 
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_dummy(void);
+LIBPERF_API struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_array(int nr_threads, pid_t *array);
 
 LIBPERF_API void perf_thread_map__set_pid(struct perf_thread_map *map, int idx, pid_t pid);
 LIBPERF_API char *perf_thread_map__comm(struct perf_thread_map *map, int idx);
 
        return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
 }
 
+static int test_threadmap_array(int nr, pid_t *array)
+{
+       struct perf_thread_map *threads;
+       int i;
+
+       threads = perf_thread_map__new_array(nr, array);
+       __T("Failed to allocate new thread map", threads);
+
+       __T("Unexpected number of threads", perf_thread_map__nr(threads) == nr);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+               __T("Unexpected initial value of thread",
+                   perf_thread_map__pid(threads, i) == (array ? array[i] : -1));
+       }
+
+       for (i = 1; i < nr; i++)
+               perf_thread_map__set_pid(threads, i, i * 100);
+
+       __T("Unexpected value of thread 0",
+           perf_thread_map__pid(threads, 0) == (array ? array[0] : -1));
+
+       for (i = 1; i < nr; i++) {
+               __T("Unexpected thread value",
+                   perf_thread_map__pid(threads, i) == i * 100);
+       }
+
+       perf_thread_map__put(threads);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#define THREADS_NR     10
 int test_threadmap(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        struct perf_thread_map *threads;
+       pid_t thr_array[THREADS_NR];
+       int i;
 
        __T_START;
 
        perf_thread_map__put(threads);
        perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 
+       test_threadmap_array(THREADS_NR, NULL);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < THREADS_NR; i++)
+               thr_array[i] = i + 100;
+
+       test_threadmap_array(THREADS_NR, thr_array);
+
        __T_END;
        return tests_failed == 0 ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
        return map->map[idx].comm;
 }
 
-struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_dummy(void)
+struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_array(int nr_threads, pid_t *array)
 {
-       struct perf_thread_map *threads = thread_map__alloc(1);
+       struct perf_thread_map *threads = thread_map__alloc(nr_threads);
+       int i;
+
+       if (!threads)
+               return NULL;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_threads; i++)
+               perf_thread_map__set_pid(threads, i, array ? array[i] : -1);
+
+       threads->nr = nr_threads;
+       refcount_set(&threads->refcnt, 1);
 
-       if (threads != NULL) {
-               perf_thread_map__set_pid(threads, 0, -1);
-               threads->nr = 1;
-               refcount_set(&threads->refcnt, 1);
-       }
        return threads;
 }
 
+struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_dummy(void)
+{
+       return perf_thread_map__new_array(1, NULL);
+}
+
 static void perf_thread_map__delete(struct perf_thread_map *threads)
 {
        if (threads) {