linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf evsel: State in the default event name if attr.exclude

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:49:46 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dsahern@...il.com, mingo@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org,
        wangnan0@...wei.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf evsel: State in the default event name if
 attr.exclude_kernel is set

Commit-ID:  ede5626d303b721dd02246a3850380943c24e380
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ede5626d303b721dd02246a3850380943c24e380
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:19:25 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:19:25 -0300

perf evsel: State in the default event name if attr.exclude_kernel is set

When no event is specified perf will use the "cycles" hardware event
with the highest precision available in the processor, and excluding
kernel events for non-root users, so make that clear in the event name
by setting the "u" event modifier, i.e. "cycles:upp".

E.g.:

The default for root:

  # perf record usleep 1
  # perf evlist -v
  cycles:ppp: ..., precise_ip: 3, exclude_kernel: 0, ...
  #

And for !root:

  $ perf record usleep 1
  $ perf evlist -v
  cycles:uppp: ... , precise_ip: 3, exclude_kernel: 1, ...
  $

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-lf29zcdl422i9knrgde0uwy3@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f2a1876..413f74d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -298,8 +298,10 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* use asprintf() because free(evsel) assumes name is allocated */
-	if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%.*s",
-		     attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, ":ppp") < 0)
+	if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%s%s%.*s",
+		     (attr.precise_ip || attr.exclude_kernel) ? ":" : "",
+		     attr.exclude_kernel ? "u" : "",
+		     attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, "ppp") < 0)
 		goto error_free;
 out:
 	return evsel;