Re: [PATCH 02/15] perf util: Use evsel->name to get tracepoint_paths

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Jiri,

On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:59:10 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 07:13:46PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
>> index ab18bf12d54a..bfcaeac7ef9d 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
>> @@ -414,12 +414,23 @@ get_tracepoints_path(struct list_head *pattrs)
>>  		if (pos->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
>>  			continue;
>>  		++nr_tracepoints;
>> +
>> +		if (pos->name) {
>> +			ppath->next = tracepoint_name_to_path(pos->name);
>
> yep, looks like big time saver ;)
>
>> +			if (!ppath->next)
>> +				goto error;
>
> hum, the tracepoint_name_to_path fails also because of the
> malformed tracepoint name.. then the error message is
> misleading.. but not quite sure this could happen

AFAIK it's called on the record path so every event is generated by
perf_evsel__newtp() and has a proper name.  But there's a way to specify
events using numeric form.. :(

So yes, I think it's better to consider such a exceptional case.

Thanks,
Namhyung