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* [PATCH] perf tools: Fix pmu events parsing rule
@ 2018-06-05 12:14 Jiri Olsa
  2018-06-05 13:25 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2018-06-07  8:19 ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jiri Olsa @ 2018-06-05 12:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  Cc: lkml, Ingo Molnar, Namhyung Kim, David Ahern, Alexander Shishkin,
	Peter Zijlstra, Adrian Hunter

Currently all the event parsing fails end up
in the event_pmu rule, and display misleading
help like:

  $ perf stat -e inst kill
  event syntax error: 'inst'
                       \___ Cannot find PMU `inst'. Missing kernel support?
  ...

The reason is that the event_pmu is too strong
and match also single string. Changing it to
force the '/' separators to be part of the rule,
and getting the proper error now:

  $ perf stat -e inst kill
  event syntax error: 'inst'
                       \___ parser error
  Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
  ...

Suggested-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vgf5a8wk0eyayo7omvutwhqo@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index e37608a87dba..155d2570274f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static void inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %type <num> value_sym
 %type <head> event_config
 %type <head> opt_event_config
+%type <head> opt_pmu_config
 %type <term> event_term
 %type <head> event_pmu
 %type <head> event_legacy_symbol
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ event_def: event_pmu |
 	   event_bpf_file
 
 event_pmu:
-PE_NAME opt_event_config
+PE_NAME opt_pmu_config
 {
 	struct list_head *list, *orig_terms, *terms;
 
@@ -496,6 +497,17 @@ opt_event_config:
 	$$ = NULL;
 }
 
+opt_pmu_config:
+'/' event_config '/'
+{
+	$$ = $2;
+}
+|
+'/' '/'
+{
+	$$ = NULL;
+}
+
 start_terms: event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
-- 
2.13.6

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