Re: [PATCH 05/12] perf pmu: Fix pmu events parsing rule

[Adrian Hunter]

Hi

This breaks Intel PT i.e.

$ perf record -e intel_pt//u uname
event syntax error: 'intel_pt//u'
                             \___ parser error
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

 Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
    or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

    -e, --event <event>   event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

See below for cause.

On 25/04/18 19:00, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently all the event parsing fails end up in the event_pmu rule, and
> display misleading help like:
> 
>   $ perf stat -e inst kill
>   event syntax error: 'inst'
>                        \___ Cannot find PMU `inst'. Missing kernel support?
>   ...
> 
> The reason is that the event_pmu is too strong and match also single
> string. Changing it to force the '/' separators to be part of the rule,
> and getting the proper error now:
> 
>   $ perf stat -e inst kill
>   event syntax error: 'inst'
>                        \___ parser error
>   Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
>   ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180423090823.32309-5-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
> index 7afeb80cc39e..d14464c42714 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
> @@ -224,15 +224,15 @@ event_def: event_pmu |
>  	   event_bpf_file
>  
>  event_pmu:
> -PE_NAME opt_event_config
> +PE_NAME '/' event_config '/'

These are not equivalent because opt_event_config allows '//'
but event_config cannot be an empty string.

>  {
>  	struct list_head *list, *orig_terms, *terms;
>  
> -	if (parse_events_copy_term_list($2, &orig_terms))
> +	if (parse_events_copy_term_list($3, &orig_terms))
>  		YYABORT;
>  
>  	ALLOC_LIST(list);
> -	if (parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, $2, false)) {
> +	if (parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, $3, false)) {
>  		struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
>  		int ok = 0;
>  		char *pattern;
> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ PE_NAME opt_event_config
>  		if (!ok)
>  			YYABORT;
>  	}
> -	parse_events_terms__delete($2);
> +	parse_events_terms__delete($3);
>  	parse_events_terms__delete(orig_terms);
>  	$$ = list;
>  }
>