Re: [PATCH 31/33] perf, tools: Support generic events as pmu event names v2

Jiri Olsa
2012-10-27T19:42:13Z

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 01:30:13PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
>
> Extend the parser/lexer to allow generic event names like
> "instructions" as a sysfs supplied PMU event name.
>
> This resolves the problem that cpu/instructions/ gives a parse
> error, even when the kernel supplies a "instructions" event
>
> This is useful to add sysfs specified qualifiers to these
> events, for example cpu/instructions,intx=1/ and needed
> for the TSX events
>
> Simply extend the grammar to handle this case. The lexer
> needs minor changes to save the original string.

ops, I think you need to check recent changes:

3f3a206 perf test: Add automated tests for pmu sysfs translated events
1d33d6d perf tools: Add support to specify hw event as PMU event term
3fded96 perf tools: Fix PMU object alias initialization
20550a4 perf/x86: Add hardware events translations for Intel P6 cpus
0bf79d4 perf/x86: Add hardware events translations for AMD cpus
43c032f perf/x86: Add hardware events translations for Intel cpus
8300daa perf/x86: Filter out undefined events from sysfs events attribute
a474739 perf/x86: Make hardware event translations available in sysfs

jirka