linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] perf, tools: Add support for parsing uncore json files

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Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:21:56 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        eranian@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] perf, tools: Add support for parsing uncore json
 files

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:15:25PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Handle the Unit field, which is needed to find the right PMU for
> an event. We call it "pmu".  Handle the ExtSel field.
> Handle the Filter field. Then output the fields into the pmu-events
> data structures which are compiled into perf.

Could you be more specific and put more description for new fields?

Some of them are obvous, but some not.. what's the 'filter' expected value?

thanks,
jirka