[PATCH v1 5/5] perf evsel: Make unknown event names more unique

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 20:38:07 EST


In situations like the perf data converter the evsel__name will be
used to create babeltrace events. If the events have the same name
then creation can fail. Avoid these failures by including more
information into the unknown event names.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f59228c1a39e..fdc67df0e739 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ const char *evsel__name(struct evsel *evsel)
break;

case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
- scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown tracepoint");
+ scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown tracepoint id=%#"PRId64,
+ evsel->core.attr.config);
break;

case PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT:
@@ -938,8 +939,8 @@ const char *evsel__name(struct evsel *evsel)
break;

default:
- scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown attr type: %d",
- evsel->core.attr.type);
+ scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown event PMU=%d config=%#"PRIx64,
+ evsel->core.attr.type, evsel->core.attr.config);
break;
}

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