Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Don't force MetricExprs to lower case

Wangnan (F)
2017-10-12T15:38:38Z

On 2017/10/9 22:39, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 11:12:58AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>> Em Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 07:07:29AM -0700, Andi Kleen escreveu:
>>> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 03:41:51PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 09:27:11AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:30:52PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 01:06:05PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>>>>>>> Em Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:56:43PM -0700, Andi Kleen escreveu:
>>>>>>>> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are still problems with BPF misinterpreting some events
>>>>>>>> that include .c. An earlier fix made it work for stand alone
>>>>>>>> aliases, but it still fails for more complex constructs.
>>>>>>> Hi Wang, Jiri,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you please take a look at this and see if there is something
>>>>>>> we can do to help Andi?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Arnaldo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> REJECT keeps trying and trying a shorter string until
>>>>>>>> .c is matched and it appears like a valid BPF path.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> % perf stat -e cpu/uops_executed.core,cmask=1/ true
>>>>>>>> bpf: builtin compilation failed: -95, try external compiler
>>>>>>>> ERROR: problems with path cpu/uops_executed.c: No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> event syntax error: 'cpu/uops_executed.core,cmask=1/'
>>>>>>>> \___ Failed to load cpu/uops_executed.c from source: Error when compiling BPF scriptlet
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried to fix it, but it exceeds my flex knowledge, because
>>>>>>>> REJECT does not interact well with BEGIN states.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The BPF syntax in its current form really causes an ambigious
>>>>>>>> grammar.
>>>>>> right, it looks like we allow whole path (including / char)
>>>>>> for BPF file, which messes up with out pmu/.../ syntax
>>>>>>
>>>>>> do we need that? (Cc-ed some bpf folks)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if not attached patch seems to fix things.. otherwise
>>>>>> we need to come up with another fix
>>>>> I tried similar patches, but I always ran into more complex
>>>>> situations where it still matched incorrectly.
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g. try it with cpu/uops_executed.core,... vs uops_executed.core
>>>> hm, both works for me with the change:
>>>>
>>>> perf stat -e cpu/uops_executed.core/ ls
>>>> perf stat -e uops_executed.core ls
>>> Ok. If it works it's fine for me.
> well it works, but it means that bpf file cannot contains any directory
> part.. which im not sure is ok with bpf folks ;-) anyone?

Sorry I didn't see this thread these days.

Do you think adding a special escape character to suppress BPF
name parsing in a event is a good idea? for example:

% perf stat -e cpu/uops_executed.core,cmask=1/ true
bpf: builtin compilation failed: -95, try external compiler
ERROR: problems with path cpu/uops_executed.c: No such file or directory
event syntax error: 'cpu/uops_executed.core,cmask=1/'
\___ Failed to load cpu/uops_executed.c from
source: Error when compiling BPF scriptlet. Add a leading '@' to avoid
BPF syntax

% perf stat -e @cpu/uops_executed.core,cmask=1/ true
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