linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -perf/perf/core v2 1/3] perf: Add strfilter for general purpose string filter

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Message-ID: <4D38472D.100@hitachi.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:31:09 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 2nddept-manager@....hitachi.co.jp,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -perf/perf/core v2 1/3] perf: Add strfilter for general
 purpose string filter

(2011/01/20 23:15), Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Add strfilter for general purpose string filter.
> Every filter rules are descrived by glob matching pattern
> and '!' prefix which means Logical NOT.
> A strfilter consists of those filter rules connected
> with '&' and '|'. A set of rules can be folded by using
> '(' and ')'. It also accepts spaces around rules and those
> operators.
> 
> Format:
> <rule> ::= <glob-exp> | "!" <rule> | <rule> <op> <rule> | "(" <rule> ")"
> <op> ::= "&" | "|"
> 
> e.g.
>  "(add* | del*) & *timer" filter rules pass strings which
>  start with add or del and end with timer.
> 
> This will be used by perf probe --filter.
> 
> Changes in V2:
>  - Fix to check result of strdup() and strfilter__alloc().
>  - Encapsulate and simplify interfaces as like as regex(3).

Hi Arnaldo,
Finally, I decided not to support partial node deletion, because
it's hard to modify a part of rule tree. Instead, I encapsulated
each node and simplified interfaces.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
2nd Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Systems Development Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com
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