For a metric like: EVENT1 if #smt_on else EVENT2 currently EVENT1 and EVENT2 will be measured and then when the metric is reported EVENT1 or EVENT2 will be printed depending on the value from smt_on() during the expr parsing. Computing both events is unnecessary and can lead to multiplexing as discussed in this thread: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201110100346.2527031-1-irog...@google.com/
This change modifies expression parsing so that constants are considered when building the set of ids (events) and only events not contributing to a constant value are measured. v2. is a rebase. Ian Rogers (5): perf metric: Restructure struct expr_parse_ctx. perf metric: Use NAN for missing event IDs. perf metric: Rename expr__find_other. perf metric: Add utilities to work on ids map. perf metric: Don't compute unused events. tools/perf/tests/expr.c | 148 ++++++++++----- tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c | 42 +++-- tools/perf/util/expr.c | 136 ++++++++++++-- tools/perf/util/expr.h | 17 +- tools/perf/util/expr.l | 9 - tools/perf/util/expr.y | 343 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 44 +++-- tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c | 54 ++++-- 8 files changed, 586 insertions(+), 207 deletions(-) -- 2.29.2.299.gdc1121823c-goog