Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf expr: Report line number with error

[Ian Rogers]

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 1:54 PM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Display line number on when parsing custom metrics file, like:
>
>   $ cat metrics
>   // IPC
>   mine1 = inst_retired.any / cpu_clk_unhalted.thread;
>
>   krava
>   $ sudo perf stat --metrics-file ./metrics -M mine1 -a -I 1000 --metric-only
>   failed to parse metrics file: ./metrics:4
>
> Please note that because the grammar is flexible on new lines,
> the syntax could be broken on the next 'not fitting' item and
> not the first wrong word, like:
>
>   $ cat metrics
>   // IPC
>   krava
>   mine1 = inst_retired.any / cpu_clk_unhalted.thread;
>   $ sudo perf stat --metrics-file ./metrics -M mine1 -a -I 1000 --metric-only
>   failed to parse metrics file: ./metrics:3

A line number is better than nothing :-) It'd be nice to be told about
broken events and more information about what's broken in the line. A
common failure is @ vs / encoding and also no-use or misuse of \\.
Perhaps expand the test coverage.

Thanks,
Ian

> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/expr.c       |  5 +++++
>  tools/perf/util/expr.h        |  2 ++
>  tools/perf/util/expr.l        | 10 ++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/expr.y        |  8 +++++---
>  tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c |  3 ++-
>  5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/expr.c b/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
> index c62e122fe719..3bffcd9f8397 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
> @@ -84,5 +84,10 @@ int test__expr(struct test *t __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
>                 zfree(&ctx.custom[i].name);
>                 zfree(&ctx.custom[i].expr);
>         }
> +
> +       expr__ctx_init(&ctx);
> +       ret = expr__parse_custom(&ctx, "IPC=INSTRUCTIONS / CYCLES;\n error");
> +       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("parse custom failed", ret != 0);
> +       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("parse custom count", ctx.lineno == 2);
>         return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.h b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
> index ef116b58a5d4..ce95dfd2ad5a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/expr.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
> @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ struct expr_parse_ctx {
>                         struct expr_parse_custom custom[EXPR_MAX];
>                 };
>         };
> +       /* Set on error for custom metrics. */
> +       int lineno;
>  };
>
>  struct expr_scanner_ctx {
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.l b/tools/perf/util/expr.l
> index e9b294ba09fc..718aac4316d7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/expr.l
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.l
> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
>  %option prefix="expr_"
>  %option reentrant
>  %option bison-bridge
> +%option bison-locations
> +%option yylineno
>
>  %{
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> @@ -79,6 +81,13 @@ static int str(yyscan_t scanner, int token, int runtime)
>         yylval->str = normalize(yylval->str, runtime);
>         return token;
>  }
> +
> +#define YY_USER_ACTION                         \
> +do {                                           \
> +       yylloc->last_line = yylloc->first_line; \
> +       yylloc->first_line = yylineno;          \
> +} while (0);
> +
>  %}
>
>  %x custom
> @@ -101,6 +110,7 @@ all         [^;]+
>
>                 if (sctx->start_token) {
>                         sctx->start_token = 0;
> +                       yylineno = 1;
>                         return start_token;
>                 }
>         }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.y b/tools/perf/util/expr.y
> index 0521e48fa5e3..812d893bcd31 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/expr.y
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.y
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>  %parse-param { struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx }
>  %parse-param {void *scanner}
>  %lex-param {void* scanner}
> +%locations
>
>  %union {
>         double   num;
> @@ -39,12 +40,13 @@
>  %type <num> expr if_expr
>
>  %{
> -static void expr_error(double *final_val __maybe_unused,
> -                      struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx __maybe_unused,
> +static void expr_error(YYLTYPE *loc, double *final_val __maybe_unused,
> +                      struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx,
>                        void *scanner,
>                        const char *s)
>  {
> -       pr_debug("%s\n", s);
> +       pr_debug("%s, line %d\n", s, loc->last_line);
> +       ctx->lineno = loc->last_line;
>  }
>
>  static int lookup_id(struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx, char *id, double *val)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> index 3b4d5bdb5ac6..36df43546e84 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> @@ -615,7 +615,8 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_list(const char *list, struct strbuf *events,
>                 ret = expr__parse_custom(&ctx, buf);
>                 free(buf);
>                 if (ret) {
> -                       pr_err("failed to parse metrics file: %s\n", metrics_file);
> +                       pr_err("failed to parse metrics file: %s:%d\n",
> +                               metrics_file, ctx.lineno);
>                         return -1;
>                 }
>         }
> --
> 2.25.4
>