[PATCH 3/3] perf list: Support filtering in JSON output
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Nov 18 2025 - 01:39:21 EST
Like regular output mode, it should honor command line arguments to
limit to a certain type of PMUs or events.
$ perf list -j hw
[
{
"Unit": "cpu",
"Topic": "legacy hardware",
"EventName": "branch-instructions",
"EventType": "Kernel PMU event",
"BriefDescription": "Retired branch instructions [This event is an alias of branches]",
"Encoding": "cpu/event=0xc4\n/"
},
{
"Unit": "cpu",
"Topic": "legacy hardware",
"EventName": "branch-misses",
"EventType": "Kernel PMU event",
"BriefDescription": "Mispredicted branch instructions",
"Encoding": "cpu/event=0xc5\n/"
},
...
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-list.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 1ab969ffe371c5cb..48c799007414bf6e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -375,6 +375,21 @@ static void json_print_event(void *ps, const char *topic,
FILE *fp = print_state->fp;
struct strbuf buf;
+ if (deprecated && !print_state->deprecated)
+ return;
+
+ if (print_state->pmu_glob && (!pmu_name || !strglobmatch(pmu_name, print_state->pmu_glob)))
+ return;
+
+ if (print_state->exclude_abi && pmu_type < PERF_TYPE_MAX && pmu_type != PERF_TYPE_RAW)
+ return;
+
+ if (print_state->event_glob &&
+ (!event_name || !strglobmatch(event_name, print_state->event_glob)) &&
+ (!event_alias || !strglobmatch(event_alias, print_state->event_glob)) &&
+ (!topic || !strglobmatch_nocase(topic, print_state->event_glob)))
+ return;
+
strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
fprintf(fp, "%s{\n", print_state->need_sep ? ",\n" : "");
print_state->need_sep = true;
@@ -451,6 +466,11 @@ static void json_print_metric(void *ps __maybe_unused, const char *group,
FILE *fp = print_state->fp;
struct strbuf buf;
+ if (print_state->event_glob &&
+ (!print_state->metrics || !name || !strglobmatch(name, print_state->event_glob)) &&
+ (!print_state->metricgroups || !group || !strglobmatch(group, print_state->event_glob)))
+ return;
+
strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
fprintf(fp, "%s{\n", print_state->need_sep ? ",\n" : "");
print_state->need_sep = true;
--
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog