[PATCH 01/17] perf evsel: Introduce constructor for cycles event

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

That is the default used when no events is specified in tools, separate
it so that simpler tools that need no evlist can use it directly.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-67mwuthscwroz88x9pswcqyv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 22 ++--------------------
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c  | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.h  |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 2a40b8e1def7..097b3ed77fdd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -239,31 +239,13 @@ void perf_event_attr__set_max_precise_ip(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 
 int perf_evlist__add_default(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
-		.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
-		.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
-	};
-	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
-
-	event_attr_init(&attr);
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__new_cycles();
 
-	perf_event_attr__set_max_precise_ip(&attr);
-
-	evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
 	if (evsel == NULL)
-		goto error;
-
-	/* use asprintf() because free(evsel) assumes name is allocated */
-	if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%.*s",
-		     attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, ":ppp") < 0)
-		goto error_free;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
 	return 0;
-error_free:
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
-error:
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__add_dummy(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 8c54df61fe64..4c2b31dc4e4d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -253,6 +253,34 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx)
 	return evsel;
 }
 
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+		.type	= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+		.config	= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
+	};
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	event_attr_init(&attr);
+
+	perf_event_attr__set_max_precise_ip(&attr);
+
+	evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
+	if (evsel == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* use asprintf() because free(evsel) assumes name is allocated */
+	if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%.*s",
+		     attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, ":ppp") < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+out:
+	return evsel;
+error_free:
+	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel = NULL;
+	goto out;
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns pointer with encoded error via <linux/err.h> interface.
  */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 8a4a6c9f1480..4d44129e050b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__newtp(const char *sys, const char *
 	return perf_evsel__newtp_idx(sys, name, 0);
 }
 
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void);
+
 struct event_format *event_format__new(const char *sys, const char *name);
 
 void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-- 
2.7.4