linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] perf tools: Add missing Intel CPU events to parser

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:01:47 +0200
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2] perf tools: Add missing Intel CPU events to parser

perf list expects CPU events to be parseable by name, e.g.

    # perf list | grep el-capacity-read
      el-capacity-read OR cpu/el-capacity-read/          [Kernel PMU event]

But the event parser does not recognize them that way, e.g.

    # perf test -v "Parse event"
    <SNIP>
    running test 54 'cycles//u'
    running test 55 'cycles:k'
    running test 0 'cpu/config=10,config1,config2=3,period=1000/u'
    running test 1 'cpu/config=1,name=krava/u,cpu/config=2/u'
    running test 2 'cpu/config=1,call-graph=fp,time,period=100000/,cpu/config=2,call-graph=no,time=0,period=2000/'
    running test 3 'cpu/name='COMPLEX_CYCLES_NAME:orig=cycles,desc=chip-clock-ticks',period=0x1,event=0x2/ukp'
    -> cpu/event=0,umask=0x11/
    -> cpu/event=0,umask=0x13/
    -> cpu/event=0x54,umask=0x1/
    failed to parse event 'el-capacity-read:u,cpu/event=el-capacity-read/u', err 1, str 'parser error'
    event syntax error: 'el-capacity-read:u,cpu/event=el-capacity-read/u'
                           \___ parser error test child finished with 1
    ---- end ----
    Parse event definition strings: FAILED!

This happens because the parser splits names by '-' in order to deal
with cache events. For example 'L1-dcache' is a token in
parse-events.l which is matched to 'L1-dcache-load-miss' by the
following rule:

    PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT opt_event_config

And so there is special handling for 2-part PMU names i.e.

    PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE '-' PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF sep_dc

but no handling for 3-part names, which are instead added as tokens e.g.

    topdown-[a-z-]+

While it would be possible to add a rule for 3-part names, that would
not work if the first parts were also a valid PMU name e.g.
'el-capacity-read' would be matched to 'el-capacity' before the parser
reached the 3rd part.

The parser would need significant change to rationalize all this, so
instead fix for now by adding missing Intel CPU events with 3-part names
to the event parser as tokens.

Missing events were found by using:

    grep -r EVENT_ATTR_STR arch/x86/events/intel/core.c

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---


Changes in V2:

	Add only 3-part names
	Clarify commit message


 tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 7b1c8ee537cf..baa48f28d57d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -342,11 +342,13 @@ bpf-output					{ return sym(yyscanner, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUT
 	 * Because the prefix cycles is mixed up with cpu-cycles.
 	 * loads and stores are mixed up with cache event
 	 */
-cycles-ct					{ return str(yyscanner, PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT); }
-cycles-t					{ return str(yyscanner, PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT); }
-mem-loads					{ return str(yyscanner, PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT); }
-mem-stores					{ return str(yyscanner, PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT); }
-topdown-[a-z-]+					{ return str(yyscanner, PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT); }
+cycles-ct				|
+cycles-t				|
+mem-loads				|
+mem-stores				|
+topdown-[a-z-]+				|
+tx-capacity-[a-z-]+			|
+el-capacity-[a-z-]+			{ return str(yyscanner, PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT); }
 
 L1-dcache|l1-d|l1d|L1-data		|
 L1-icache|l1-i|l1i|L1-instruction	|
-- 
2.17.1