Re: [GIT PULL] Vendor events file/dir names

[Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>]

> How do I query individual hw event groups?
> 
> 'perf list' output is really long now, and for example it gives me:
> 
>  cache:
>    l1d.replacement                                   
>         [L1D data line replacements]
>  ...
> 
> If I knew that I'm interested in cache related events, I'd have expected to be 
> able to do:
> 
> 	perf list cache
> 
> or at least:
> 
> 	perf list cache:
> 
> or something similar to list just - but it does not seem to do the right thing.

perf list doesn't support topic matching, only event name
matching. I'll send a patch to add topic matching too.

>   triton:~/tip> perf list longest_lat_cache.miss
> 
>   List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):
> 
>   cache:
>     longest_lat_cache.miss                            
>          [Core-originated cacheable demand requests missed LLC]
> 
> But the event table actually includes the following as well:
> 
>         "PublicDescription": "This event counts each cache miss condition for references to the last level cache.",
> 
> which is not printed anywhere. I tried the obvious 'perf list -v longest_lat_cache.miss'.

-v (or --long-desc) should work and it did at some point. I'll investigate.

> 
> 3)
> 
> If I come with an event from the vendor world, say "LONGEST_LAT_CACHE.MISS", and 
> try to list it, 'perf list' does not recognize it:
> 
>   triton:~/tip> perf list LONGEST_LAT_CACHE.MISS
> 
>   List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):
> 
> I believe the searching of events in perf list should be case insentitive in 
> general.

Right. Will fix.

-Andi