hi, adding support to report error from event string parsing. This patchset contains support for standard parsing errors and more logic to recognize tracepoint and 'pmu//' terms, like:
$ perf record -e 'sched:krava' ls invalid or unsupported event: 'sched:krava' \___ unknown tracepoint $ ./perf record -e 'cpu/even=0x1/' ls invalid or unsupported event: 'cpu/even=0x1/' \___ unknown term $ perf record -e cycles,cache-mises ls invalid or unsupported event: '..es,cache-mises' \___ parser error any feedback about the error string shape would be great ;-) Changes are also reachable in here: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git perf/event_parse_error thanks jirka --- Jiri Olsa (6): perf tools: Add parse_events_error interface perf tools: Add flex support for parse_events_error perf tools: Change parse_events_add_pmu interface perf tools: Add location to pmu event terms perf tools: Add term support for parse_events_error perf tools: Add tracepoint support for parse_events_error tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c | 4 +-- tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c | 4 +-- tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c | 4 +-- tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c | 4 +-- tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/pmu.c | 2 +- tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c | 8 +++--- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 32 ++++++++++++++-------- tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 35 ++++++++++++++---------- tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 23 +++++++++++----- tools/perf/util/pmu.h | 6 +++-- tools/perf/util/record.c | 4 +-- 19 files changed, 230 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/