[tip:perf/core] perf list: Skip unsupported events

From: tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Sep 03 2013 - 03:16:23 EST


Commit-ID: b41f1cec91c37eeea6fdb15effbfa24ea0a5536b
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/b41f1cec91c37eeea6fdb15effbfa24ea0a5536b
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:41:53 +0900
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 14:58:21 -0300

perf list: Skip unsupported events

Some hardware events might not be supported on a system. Listing those
events seems meaningless and confusing to users. Let's skip them.

Before:
$ perf list cache | wc -l
33

After:
$ perf list cache | wc -l
27

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377571313-14722-1-git-send-email-namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b2dd077..9812531 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#define YY_EXTRA_TYPE int
#include "parse-events-flex.h"
#include "pmu.h"
+#include "thread_map.h"

#define MAX_NAME_LEN 100

@@ -1076,6 +1077,33 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
return 0;
}

+static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
+{
+ bool ret = true;
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+ struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+ .type = type,
+ .config = config,
+ .disabled = 1,
+ .exclude_kernel = 1,
+ };
+ struct {
+ struct thread_map map;
+ int threads[1];
+ } tmap = {
+ .map.nr = 1,
+ .threads = { 0 },
+ };
+
+ evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr, 0);
+ if (evsel) {
+ ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+ perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static void __print_events_type(u8 type, struct event_symbol *syms,
unsigned max)
{
@@ -1083,14 +1111,16 @@ static void __print_events_type(u8 type, struct event_symbol *syms,
unsigned i;

for (i = 0; i < max ; i++, syms++) {
+ if (!is_event_supported(type, i))
+ continue;
+
if (strlen(syms->alias))
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s OR %s",
syms->symbol, syms->alias);
else
snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", syms->symbol);

- printf(" %-50s [%s]\n", name,
- event_type_descriptors[type]);
+ printf(" %-50s [%s]\n", name, event_type_descriptors[type]);
}
}

@@ -1119,6 +1149,10 @@ int print_hwcache_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
if (event_glob != NULL && !strglobmatch(name, event_glob))
continue;

+ if (!is_event_supported(PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE,
+ type | (op << 8) | (i << 16)))
+ continue;
+
if (name_only)
printf("%s ", name);
else
@@ -1148,6 +1182,9 @@ static void print_symbol_events(const char *event_glob, unsigned type,
(syms->alias && strglobmatch(syms->alias, event_glob))))
continue;

+ if (!is_event_supported(type, i))
+ continue;
+
if (name_only) {
printf("%s ", syms->symbol);
continue;
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