linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 021/144] perf tools: Fix pmu events parsing rule

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Message-Id: <20180801164950.834270888@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  1 Aug 2018 18:50:48 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 021/144] perf tools: Fix pmu events parsing rule

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

[ Upstream commit ceac7b79df7bd67ef9aaf464b0179a2686aff4ee ]

Currently all the event parsing fails end up
in the event_pmu rule, and display misleading
help like:

  $ perf stat -e inst kill
  event syntax error: 'inst'
                       \___ Cannot find PMU `inst'. Missing kernel support?
  ...

The reason is that the event_pmu is too strong
and match also single string. Changing it to
force the '/' separators to be part of the rule,
and getting the proper error now:

  $ perf stat -e inst kill
  event syntax error: 'inst'
                       \___ parser error
  Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
  ...

Suggested-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180605121416.31645-1-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.y |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static void inc_group_count(struct list_
 %type <num> value_sym
 %type <head> event_config
 %type <head> opt_event_config
+%type <head> opt_pmu_config
 %type <term> event_term
 %type <head> event_pmu
 %type <head> event_legacy_symbol
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ event_def: event_pmu |
 	   event_bpf_file
 
 event_pmu:
-PE_NAME opt_event_config
+PE_NAME opt_pmu_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list;
@@ -481,6 +482,17 @@ opt_event_config:
 {
 	$$ = NULL;
 }
+
+opt_pmu_config:
+'/' event_config '/'
+{
+	$$ = $2;
+}
+|
+'/' '/'
+{
+	$$ = NULL;
+}
 
 start_terms: event_config
 {