[PATCH 17/19] perf tools: Only set filter for tracepoints events

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Feb 26 2016 - 18:18:53 EST


From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>

perf_evlist__set_filter() tries to set filter to every evsel linked in
the evlist. However, since filters can only be applied to tracepoints,
checking type of evsel before calling perf_evsel__set_filter() would be
better.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1456479154-136027-6-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index c42e1967e970..86a03836a83f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,9 @@ int perf_evlist__set_filter(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *filter)
int err = 0;

evlist__for_each(evlist, evsel) {
+ if (evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
+ continue;
+
err = perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, filter);
if (err)
break;
--
2.5.0