linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: fix wrong hw

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:40:40 +0800
From:	Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@...il.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	mingo@...hat.com, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: fix wrong hw_breakpoint documentation

Hi Kim,

> It should be a bug in event parser. I guess the patch below will fix it:
>
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> index 488362e14133..aafca33a8a09 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ num_hex               0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
>  num_raw_hex    [a-fA-F0-9]+
>  name           [a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9_*?]*
>  modifier_event [ukhpGH]{1,8}
> -modifier_bp    [rwx]
> +modifier_bp    [rwx]+
>

that should also be fine, but it will export rx/wx interface to user,
and rx/wx mostly not supported on many architecture.
Perhaps this issue is very tiny :)

[root@...i perf]# ./perf stat -e mem:0x080652c8:rx  -e mem:0x0 --
/usr/bin/ls > /dev/null

Performance counter stats for '/usr/bin/ls':

  <not supported> mem:0x80652c8:rx
                0 mem:(nil):rw

      0.006728643 seconds time elapsed
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