[PATCH 2/3] perf expr: Allow comments in custom metric file

[Jiri Olsa]

Adding support to use comments within the custom metric file
with both the shell '# ... ' and C '/* ... */ styles.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/expr.l | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.l b/tools/perf/util/expr.l
index 5561c360cd27..99547182ef79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/expr.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.l
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ static int str(yyscan_t scanner, int token)
 %}
 
 %x custom
+%x comment_C
+%x comment_sh
 
 number		[0-9]+
 
@@ -103,6 +105,16 @@ else		{ return ELSE; }
 #smt_on		{ return SMT_ON; }
 {number}	{ return value(yyscanner, 10); }
 {symbol}	{ return str(yyscanner, ID); }
+
+"/*"		{ BEGIN(comment_C); }
+<comment_C>"*/"	{ BEGIN(INITIAL); }
+<comment_C>\n	{ }
+<comment_C>.	{ }
+
+"#"		{ BEGIN(comment_sh); }
+<comment_sh>\n	{ BEGIN(INITIAL); }
+<comment_sh>.	{ }
+
 "|"		{ return '|'; }
 "^"		{ return '^'; }
 "&"		{ return '&'; }
-- 
2.25.3