Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] perf/sdt: Directly record SDT events with 'perf record'

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 08:36:54PM +0530, Ravi Bangoria wrote:

SNIP

> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c    |  27 ++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.c |  60 +++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.h |   3 +
>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c  | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.h  |  12 +++
>  5 files changed, 261 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index bc84a37..e8e1f73 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct record {
>  	bool			timestamp_filename;
>  	struct switch_output	switch_output;
>  	unsigned long long	samples;
> +	struct list_head	sdt_event_list;
>  };
>  
>  static volatile int auxtrace_record__snapshot_started;
> @@ -1503,6 +1504,23 @@ static struct record record = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> +static int record__parse_events_option(const struct option *opt,
> +				       const char *str,
> +				       int unset)
> +{
> +	if (is_sdt_event((char *) str))
> +		return parse_sdt_events_option(opt, str, unset);
> +	else
> +		return parse_events_option(opt, str, unset);

so what happens if there're more than one event in 'str' like:
  -e cycles,std_...

would it be better to plug this directly into parse-events.y
parser.. and handle it like any other event type?

thanks,
jirka