[PATCH perf/core v13 13/15] perf probe: Support a special SDT probe format

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Support a special SDT probe format which can omit the '%' prefix
only if the SDT group name starts with "sdt_". So, for example
both of "%sdt_libc:setjump" and "sdt_libc:setjump" are acceptable
for perf probe --add.

E.g. without this:
  ----
  # perf probe -a sdt_libc:setjmp
  Semantic error :There is non-digit char in line number.
  ...
  ----
With this:
  ----
  # perf probe -a sdt_libc:setjmp
  Added new event:
    sdt_libc:setjmp      (on %setjmp in /usr/lib64/libc-2.20.so)

  You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

  	perf record -e sdt_libc:setjmp -aR sleep 1
  ----

Suggested-by: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt |    4 +++-
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c           |   12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index 39e3870..736da44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ Probe points are defined by following syntax.
      [[GROUP:]EVENT=]SRC;PTN [ARG ...]
 
     4) Pre-defined SDT events or cached event with name
-     %[PROVIDER:]SDTEVENT
+     %[sdt_PROVIDER:]SDTEVENT
+     or,
+     sdt_PROVIDER:SDTEVENT
 
 'EVENT' specifies the name of new event, if omitted, it will be set the name of the probed function. You can also specify a group name by 'GROUP', if omitted, set 'probe' is used for kprobe and 'probe_<bin>' is used for uprobe.
 Note that using existing group name can conflict with other events. Especially, using the group name reserved for kernel modules can hide embedded events in the
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index b38548c..8b4fb63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1243,9 +1243,17 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct perf_probe_event *pev)
 	if (!arg)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (arg[0] == '%') {
+	/*
+	 * If the probe point starts with '%',
+	 * or starts with "sdt_" and has a ':' but no '=',
+	 * then it should be a SDT/cached probe point.
+	 */
+	if (arg[0] == '%' ||
+	    (!strncmp(arg, "sdt_", 4) &&
+	     !!strchr(arg, ':') && !strchr(arg, '='))) {
 		pev->sdt = true;
-		arg++;
+		if (arg[0] == '%')
+			arg++;
 	}
 
 	ptr = strpbrk(arg, ";=@+%");