[PATCH 19/22] perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event descriptions.

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This avoids the JSON PMU events parser having to know whether its
aliases are for perf stat or perf record.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-20-git-send-email-sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 8f88f63bf96c..d445b1144c87 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ config_term_avail(int term_type, struct parse_events_error *err)
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG1:
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2:
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME:
+	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		if (!err)
-- 
2.7.4