Re: [PATCH] perf tools: report initial event parsing error

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Nov 08 2019 - 13:25:29 EST


Em Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 10:15:33AM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> Record the first event parsing error and report. Implementing feedback
> from Jiri Olsa:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/28/680
>
> An example error is:
>
> $ tools/perf/perf stat -e c/c/
> WARNING: multiple event parsing errors
> event syntax error: 'c/c/'
> \___ unknown term
>
> valid terms: event,filter_rem,filter_opc0,edge,filter_isoc,filter_tid,filter_loc,filter_nc,inv,umask,filter_opc1,tid_en,thresh,filter_all_op,filter_not_nm,filter_state,filter_nm,config,config1,config2,name,period,percore
>
> Initial error:
> event syntax error: 'c/c/'
> \___ Cannot find PMU `c'. Missing kernel support?
> Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
>
> Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]
>
> -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

Jiri, I couldn't find your Acked-by for this one, have you provided it?

- Arnaldo

> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c | 9 ++-
> tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 2 +
> tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 16 ++++--
> tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 3 +-
> tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 4 ++
> 7 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
> index 9cc1c4a9dec4..30f5310373ca 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
> @@ -113,10 +113,15 @@ static int is_tracepoint_available(const char *str, struct evlist *evlist)
> struct parse_events_error err;
> int ret;
>
> - err.str = NULL;
> + bzero(&err, sizeof(err));
> ret = parse_events(evlist, str, &err);
> - if (err.str)
> + if (err.str) {
> pr_err("%s : %s\n", str, err.str);
> + free(&err->str);
> + free(&err->help);
> + free(&err->first_str);
> + free(&err->first_help);
> + }
> return ret;
> }
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 5964e808d73d..0a15253b438c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
> if (stat_config.null_run)
> return 0;
>
> + bzero(&errinfo, sizeof(errinfo));
> if (transaction_run) {
> /* Handle -T as -M transaction. Once platform specific metrics
> * support has been added to the json files, all archictures
> @@ -1364,6 +1365,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
> return -1;
> }
> if (err) {
> + parse_events_print_error(&errinfo, smi_cost_attrs);
> fprintf(stderr, "Cannot set up SMI cost events\n");
> return -1;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
> index 43c05eae1768..46a72ecac427 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
> @@ -3016,11 +3016,18 @@ static bool evlist__add_vfs_getname(struct evlist *evlist)
> {
> bool found = false;
> struct evsel *evsel, *tmp;
> - struct parse_events_error err = { .idx = 0, };
> - int ret = parse_events(evlist, "probe:vfs_getname*", &err);
> + struct parse_events_error err;
> + int ret;
>
> - if (ret)
> + bzero(&err, sizeof(err));
> + ret = parse_events(evlist, "probe:vfs_getname*", &err);
> + if (ret) {
> + free(err.str);
> + free(err.help);
> + free(err.first_str);
> + free(err.first_help);
> return false;
> + }
>
> evlist__for_each_entry_safe(evlist, evsel, tmp) {
> if (!strstarts(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "probe:vfs_getname"))
> @@ -4832,8 +4839,9 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
> * wrong in more detail.
> */
> if (trace.perfconfig_events != NULL) {
> - struct parse_events_error parse_err = { .idx = 0, };
> + struct parse_events_error parse_err;
>
> + bzero(&parse_err, sizeof(parse_err));
> err = parse_events(trace.evlist, trace.perfconfig_events, &parse_err);
> if (err) {
> parse_events_print_error(&parse_err, trace.perfconfig_events);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
> index 25e0ed2eedfc..091c3aeccc27 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
> @@ -1768,10 +1768,11 @@ static struct terms_test test__terms[] = {
>
> static int test_event(struct evlist_test *e)
> {
> - struct parse_events_error err = { .idx = 0, };
> + struct parse_events_error err;
> struct evlist *evlist;
> int ret;
>
> + bzero(&err, sizeof(err));
> if (e->valid && !e->valid()) {
> pr_debug("... SKIP");
> return 0;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> index a7c0424dbda3..6a4d350d5cdb 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(const struct option *opt,
> if (ret)
> return ret;
> pr_debug("adding %s\n", extra_events.buf);
> - memset(&parse_error, 0, sizeof(struct parse_events_error));
> + bzero(&parse_error, sizeof(parse_error));
> ret = parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error);
> if (ret) {
> parse_events_print_error(&parse_error, extra_events.buf);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> index 6d18ff9bce49..a369bbc289b2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -189,12 +189,29 @@ void parse_events__handle_error(struct parse_events_error *err, int idx,
> free(help);
> return;
> }
> - WARN_ONCE(err->str, "WARNING: multiple event parsing errors\n");
> - err->idx = idx;
> - free(err->str);
> - err->str = str;
> - free(err->help);
> - err->help = help;
> + switch (err->num_errors) {
> + case 0:
> + err->idx = idx;
> + err->str = str;
> + err->help = help;
> + break;
> + case 1:
> + err->first_idx = err->idx;
> + err->idx = idx;
> + err->first_str = err->str;
> + err->str = str;
> + err->first_help = err->help;
> + err->help = help;
> + break;
> + default:
> + WARN_ONCE(1, "WARNING: multiple event parsing errors\n");
> + free(err->str);
> + err->str = str;
> + free(err->help);
> + err->help = help;
> + break;
> + }
> + err->num_errors++;
> }
>
> struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config)
> @@ -2007,15 +2024,14 @@ static int get_term_width(void)
> return ws.ws_col > MAX_WIDTH ? MAX_WIDTH : ws.ws_col;
> }
>
> -void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err,
> - const char *event)
> +static void __parse_events_print_error(int err_idx, const char *err_str,
> + const char *err_help, const char *event)
> {
> const char *str = "invalid or unsupported event: ";
> char _buf[MAX_WIDTH];
> char *buf = (char *) event;
> int idx = 0;
> -
> - if (err->str) {
> + if (err_str) {
> /* -2 for extra '' in the final fprintf */
> int width = get_term_width() - 2;
> int len_event = strlen(event);
> @@ -2038,8 +2054,8 @@ void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err,
> buf = _buf;
>
> /* We're cutting from the beginning. */
> - if (err->idx > max_err_idx)
> - cut = err->idx - max_err_idx;
> + if (err_idx > max_err_idx)
> + cut = err_idx - max_err_idx;
>
> strncpy(buf, event + cut, max_len);
>
> @@ -2052,16 +2068,33 @@ void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err,
> buf[max_len] = 0;
> }
>
> - idx = len_str + err->idx - cut;
> + idx = len_str + err_idx - cut;
> }
>
> fprintf(stderr, "%s'%s'\n", str, buf);
> if (idx) {
> - fprintf(stderr, "%*s\\___ %s\n", idx + 1, "", err->str);
> - if (err->help)
> - fprintf(stderr, "\n%s\n", err->help);
> - zfree(&err->str);
> - zfree(&err->help);
> + fprintf(stderr, "%*s\\___ %s\n", idx + 1, "", err_str);
> + if (err_help)
> + fprintf(stderr, "\n%s\n", err_help);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err,
> + const char *event)
> +{
> + if (!err->num_errors)
> + return;
> +
> + __parse_events_print_error(err->idx, err->str, err->help, event);
> + zfree(&err->str);
> + zfree(&err->help);
> +
> + if (err->num_errors > 1) {
> + fputs("\nInitial error:\n", stderr);
> + __parse_events_print_error(err->first_idx, err->first_str,
> + err->first_help, event);
> + zfree(&err->first_str);
> + zfree(&err->first_help);
> }
> }
>
> @@ -2071,8 +2104,11 @@ int parse_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
> int unset __maybe_unused)
> {
> struct evlist *evlist = *(struct evlist **)opt->value;
> - struct parse_events_error err = { .idx = 0, };
> - int ret = parse_events(evlist, str, &err);
> + struct parse_events_error err;
> + int ret;
> +
> + bzero(&err, sizeof(err));
> + ret = parse_events(evlist, str, &err);
>
> if (ret) {
> parse_events_print_error(&err, str);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
> index 5ee8ac93840c..ff367f248fe8 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
> @@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ struct parse_events_term {
> };
>
> struct parse_events_error {
> + int num_errors; /* number of errors encountered */
> int idx; /* index in the parsed string */
> char *str; /* string to display at the index */
> char *help; /* optional help string */
> + int first_idx;/* as above, but for the first encountered error */
> + char *first_str;
> + char *first_help;
> };
>
> struct parse_events_state {
> --
> 2.24.0.432.g9d3f5f5b63-goog

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- Arnaldo