Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf, tools: Handle events including .c and .o

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

Em Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 12:47:10PM -0700, Andi Kleen escreveu:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> 
> This is a generic bug fix, but it helps with Sukadev's JSON event tree
> where such events can happen.
> 
> Any event inclduing a .c/.o/.bpf currently triggers BPF compilation or loading
> and then an error.  This can happen for some Intel JSON events, which cannot
> be used.
> 
> Fix the scanner to only match for .o or .c or .bpf at the end.
> This will prevent loading multiple BPF scripts separated with comma,
> but I assume this is acceptable.

So, I tried it with the example provided in the thread for a previous
version of this patch (IIRC) and it still fails:


[acme@jouet linux]$ perf stat -e '{unc_p_clockticks,unc_p_power_state_occupancy.cores_c0}' -a -I 1000
ERROR: problems with path {unc_p_clockticks,unc_p_power_state_occupancy.c: No such file or directory
event syntax error: '{unc_p_clockticks,unc_p_power_state_occupancy.cores_c0}'
                     \___ Failed to load {unc_p_clockticks,unc_p_power_state_occupancy.c from source: Error when compiling BPF scriptlet

(add -v to see detail)
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

 Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]

    -e, --event <event>   event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
[acme@jouet linux]$

And with another event that for sure is available on this machine:



[acme@jouet linux]$ perf stat -e '{uops_executed.core_cycles_ge_2}' -I 1000 usleep 10
ERROR: problems with path {uops_executed.c: No such file or directory
event syntax error: '{uops_executed.core_cycles_ge_2}'
                     \___ Failed to load {uops_executed.c from source: Error when compiling BPF scriptlet

(add -v to see detail)
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

 Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]

    -e, --event <event>   event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
[acme@jouet linux]$


I thought this was due to the Makefile not noticing the change in the .l files, but I made
sure I deleted the build dir and rebuilt from scratch, same problem.

- Arnaldo
 
> Cc: wangnan0@huawei.com
> Cc: sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> index 9f43fda2570f..377147088a46 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> @@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ modifier_bp	[rwx]{1,3}
>  		}
>  
>  {event_pmu}	|
> -{bpf_object}	|
> -{bpf_source}	|
> +({bpf_object}$)	|
> +({bpf_source}$)	|
>  {event}		{
>  			BEGIN(INITIAL);
>  			REWIND(1);
> -- 
> 2.5.5