Re: [PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Dont stop PMU parsing on alias parse error

2015-12-21 Thread Jiri Olsa
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 04:54:17PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > > When an error happens during alias parsing currently the complete > parsing of all attributes of the PMU is stopped. This is breaks > old perf on a newer kernel that may have not-yet-know > alias attributes (such

Re: [PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Dont stop PMU parsing on alias parse error

2015-12-21 Thread Jiri Olsa
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 04:54:17PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > > When an error happens during alias parsing currently the complete > parsing of all attributes of the PMU is stopped. This is breaks > old perf on a newer kernel that may have not-yet-know >

[PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Dont stop PMU parsing on alias parse error

2015-12-15 Thread Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen When an error happens during alias parsing currently the complete parsing of all attributes of the PMU is stopped. This is breaks old perf on a newer kernel that may have not-yet-know alias attributes (such as .scale or .per-pkg). Continue when some attribute is unparseable.

[PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Dont stop PMU parsing on alias parse error

2015-12-15 Thread Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen When an error happens during alias parsing currently the complete parsing of all attributes of the PMU is stopped. This is breaks old perf on a newer kernel that may have not-yet-know alias attributes (such as .scale or .per-pkg). Continue when some