Re: [PATCH v2] perf parse-events: Make add PMU verbose output clearer

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:21:15AM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 03:06:35PM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> 
> SNIP
> 
> > found event unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part3
> > adding {unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part0,unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part1,unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part2,unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part3}:W,{unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part0,unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part1,unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part2,unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part3}:W
> > intel_pt default config: tsc,mtc,mtc_period=3,psb_period=3,pt,branch
> > Attempting to add event pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_5' with 'unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part0,' that may result in non-fatal errors
> > After aliases, add event pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_5' with 'fc_mask,ch_mask,umask,event,' that may result in non-fatal errors
> > Attempting to add event pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_3' with 'unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part0,' that may result in non-fatal errors
> > After aliases, add event pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_3' with 'fc_mask,ch_mask,umask,event,' that may result in non-fatal errors
> > Attempting to add event pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_1' with 'unc_iio_data_req_of_cpu.mem_read.part0,' that may result in non-fatal errors
> > After aliases, add event pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_1' with 'fc_mask,ch_mask,umask,event,' that may result in non-fatal errors
> > Multiple errors dropping message: unknown term 'fc_mask' for pmu 'uncore_iio_free_running_3' (valid terms: event,umask,config,config1,config2,name,period,percore)
> > ...
> > 
> > So before you see a 'WARNING: multiple event parsing errors' and
> > 'Invalid event/parameter'. After you see 'Attempting... that may result
> > in non-fatal errors' then 'Multiple errors...' with details that
> > 'fc_mask' wasn't known to a free running counter. While not completely
> > clean, this makes it clearer that an error hasn't really occurred.
> > 
> > v2. addresses review feedback from Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo