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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 10 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index c974e08d07a..63cadaf3e20 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel) { perf_evsel__exit(evsel); close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp); + free(evsel->name); free(evsel); } diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h index 1d3d5a3dbe6..f6fc8f651a2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ struct perf_sample_id { struct perf_evsel *evsel; }; +/** struct perf_evsel - event selector + * + * @name - Can be set to retain the original event name passed by the user, + * so that when showing results in tools such as 'perf stat', we + * show the name used, not some alias. + */ struct perf_evsel { struct list_head node; struct perf_event_attr attr; @@ -45,6 +51,7 @@ struct perf_evsel { struct xyarray *id; struct perf_counts *counts; int idx; + char *name; void *priv; struct cgroup_sel *cgrp; }; diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index cf082daa43e..80a3dd5ef57 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel) u64 config = evsel->attr.config; int type = evsel->attr.type; + if (evsel->name) + return evsel->name; + return __event_name(type, config); } @@ -782,8 +785,10 @@ int parse_events(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset __used) struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value; struct perf_event_attr attr; enum event_result ret; + const char *ostr; for (;;) { + ostr = str; memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr)); ret = parse_event_symbols(opt, &str, &attr); if (ret == EVT_FAILED) @@ -798,6 +803,11 @@ int parse_events(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset __used) if (evsel == NULL) return -1; perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel); + + evsel->name = calloc(str - ostr + 1, 1); + if (!evsel->name) + return -1; + strncpy(evsel->name, ostr, str - ostr); } if (*str == 0) |