This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf parse-events: Fix for term values that are raw events
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-parse-events-fix-for-term-values-that-are-raw-e.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 3496b526a8a3bb64c0b9d9819448a46a6c78e827
Author: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Sep 27 17:44:31 2023 -0700
perf parse-events: Fix for term values that are raw events
[ Upstream commit b20576fd7fe39554b212095c3c0d7a3dff512515 ]
Raw events can be strings like 'r0xead' but the 0x is optional so they
can also be 'read'. On IcelakeX uncore_imc_free_running has an event
called 'read' which may be programmed as:
```
$ perf stat -e 'uncore_imc_free_running/event=read/' -a sleep 1
```
However, the PE_RAW type isn't allowed on the right of a term, even
though in this case we just want to interpret it as a string. This
leads to the following error on IcelakeX:
```
$ perf stat -e 'uncore_imc_free_running/event=read/' -a sleep 1
event syntax error: '..nning/event=read/'
\___ parser error
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]
-e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
```
Fix this by allowing raw types on the right of terms and treat them as
strings, just as is already done for PE_LEGACY_CACHE. Make this
consistent by just entirely removing name_or_legacy and always using
name_or_raw that covers all three cases.
Fixes: 6fd1e5191591 ("perf parse-events: Support PMUs for legacy cache events")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928004431.1926969-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index da9aac47972c1..c3a86ef4b7cf3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static void free_list_evsel(struct list_head* list_evsel)
%type <str> PE_MODIFIER_BP
%type <str> PE_EVENT_NAME
%type <str> PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
-%type <str> name_or_raw name_or_legacy
+%type <str> name_or_raw
%destructor { free ($$); } <str>
%type <term> event_term
%destructor { parse_events_term__delete ($$); } <term>
@@ -680,8 +680,6 @@ event_term
name_or_raw: PE_RAW | PE_NAME | PE_LEGACY_CACHE
-name_or_legacy: PE_NAME | PE_LEGACY_CACHE
-
event_term:
PE_RAW
{
@@ -696,7 +694,7 @@ PE_RAW
$$ = term;
}
|
-name_or_raw '=' name_or_legacy
+name_or_raw '=' name_or_raw
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__str(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER, $1, $3, &@1, &@3);
@@ -776,7 +774,7 @@ PE_TERM_HW
$$ = term;
}
|
-PE_TERM '=' name_or_legacy
+PE_TERM '=' name_or_raw
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__str(&term, (enum parse_events__term_type)$1,
