linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event descriptions.

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Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2016 01:17:54 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Sukadev Bhattiprolu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, acme@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
        maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event
 descriptions.

Commit-ID:  06835545b144cab6e7748748576145ea15f68dff
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/06835545b144cab6e7748748576145ea15f68dff
Author:     Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:24:56 -0700
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 21:50:56 -0300

perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event descriptions.

This avoids the JSON PMU events parser having to know whether its
aliases are for perf stat or perf record.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-20-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 8f88f63..d445b11 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ config_term_avail(int term_type, struct parse_events_error *err)
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG1:
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2:
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME:
+	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		if (!err)