On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 05:49:25PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote: > +/* > + * Raw events are specified in hex value of ASCII chars: > + * > + * In PCT register CC_NAME{0,1} event name string[] is saved from LSB side: > + * e.g. cycles corresponds to ARC "crun" and is saved as 0x6e757263 > + * n u r c > + * However in perf cmdline they are specified in human order as r6372756e > + * > + * Thus event from cmdline requires an word swap > + */ > +static int arc_pmu_raw_event(u64 config) > +{ > + int i; > + char name[sizeof(u64) + 1] = {0}; > + u64 swapped = __swab64(config); > + > + /* Trim leading zeroes */ > + for (i = 0; i < sizeof(u64); i++) > + if (!(swapped & 0xFF)) > + swapped = swapped >> 8; > + else > + break; > + > + for (i = 0; i < arc_pmu->n_events; i++) { > + if (swapped == arc_pmu->raw_events[i]) > + break; > + } > + > + if (i == arc_pmu->n_events) > + return -ENOENT; > + > + memcpy(name, &swapped, sizeof(u64)); > + > + pr_debug("Initializing raw event: %s\n", name); > + > + return i; > +} Urgh, what? Why? raw is just that _raw_, no mucking about with the value. If you want convenience, provide the event/format stuff so you can write: perf record -e 'cpu/c=0xff,r=0cff,u=0xff,n=0xff' Or whatever that syntax was again (I keep forgetting). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html