[PATCH] perf: Ignore format attributes with an unknown perf_event_attr field

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

If the kernel exposes a new perf_event_attr field in a format attr, perf
will return an error stating the specified PMU can't be found. For
example, a format attr with 'config3:0-63' causes an error if config3 is
unknown to perf. This causes a compatibility issue between a newer
kernel and an older perf tool.

The addition here makes any attr string up to the ':' ignored, but
still checks the 'bits' portion.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
---
This is the YACC mud I threw and seems to stick. Maybe there's a better 
way to handle this. It doesn't seem like there's a way to do wildcards 
(i.e. config.*) in YACC.

This is needed for this series[1]. Unfortunately the best we do to avoid 
the issue is applying this to stable. I think there's some time before 
v8.7 h/w is deployed, too.

Rob

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220825-arm-spe-v8-7-v1-0-c75b8d92e692@kernel.org/

 tools/perf/util/pmu.y | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.y b/tools/perf/util/pmu.y
index bfd7e8509869..3096864ec9b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.y
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ PP_CONFIG2 ':' bits
 				      PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG2,
 				      $3));
 }
+|
+error ':' bits
+{}
 
 bits:
 bits ',' bit_term
-- 
2.34.1