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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt6
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/header.c20
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.l18
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 2549c34a7895..11300dbe35c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ The available PMUs and their raw parameters can be listed with
For example the raw event "LSD.UOPS" core pmu event above could
be specified as
- perf stat -e cpu/event=0xa8,umask=0x1,name=LSD.UOPS_CYCLES,cmask=1/ ...
+ perf stat -e cpu/event=0xa8,umask=0x1,name=LSD.UOPS_CYCLES,cmask=0x1/ ...
+
+ or using extended name syntax
+
+ perf stat -e cpu/event=0xa8,umask=0x1,cmask=0x1,name=\'LSD.UOPS_CYCLES:cmask=0x1\'/ ...
PER SOCKET PMUS
---------------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index cc37b3a4be76..04168da4268e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ OPTIONS
FP mode, "dwarf" for DWARF mode, "lbr" for LBR mode and
"no" for disable callgraph.
- 'stack-size': user stack size for dwarf mode
+ - 'name' : User defined event name. Single quotes (') may be used to
+ escape symbols in the name from parsing by shell and tool
+ like this: name=\'CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD:cmask=0x1\'.
See the linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for more parameters.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 2625cc38a0d6..540cd2dcd3e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1459,8 +1459,24 @@ static void print_cmdline(struct feat_fd *ff, FILE *fp)
fprintf(fp, "# cmdline : ");
- for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
- fprintf(fp, "%s ", ff->ph->env.cmdline_argv[i]);
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ char *argv_i = strdup(ff->ph->env.cmdline_argv[i]);
+ if (!argv_i) {
+ fprintf(fp, "%s ", ff->ph->env.cmdline_argv[i]);
+ } else {
+ char *mem = argv_i;
+ do {
+ char *quote = strchr(argv_i, '\'');
+ if (!quote)
+ break;
+ *quote++ = '\0';
+ fprintf(fp, "%s\\\'", argv_i);
+ argv_i = quote;
+ } while (1);
+ fprintf(fp, "%s ", argv_i);
+ free(mem);
+ }
+ }
fputc('\n', fp);
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index a1a01b1ac8b8..5f761f3ed0f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -53,7 +53,21 @@ static int str(yyscan_t scanner, int token)
YYSTYPE *yylval = parse_events_get_lval(scanner);
char *text = parse_events_get_text(scanner);
- yylval->str = strdup(text);
+ if (text[0] != '\'') {
+ yylval->str = strdup(text);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * If a text tag specified on the command line
+ * contains opening single quite ' then it is
+ * expected that the tag ends with single quote
+ * as well, like this:
+ * name=\'CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD:cmask=1\'
+ * quotes need to be escaped to bypass shell
+ * processing.
+ */
+ yylval->str = strndup(&text[1], strlen(text) - 2);
+ }
+
return token;
}
@@ -176,6 +190,7 @@ num_dec [0-9]+
num_hex 0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
num_raw_hex [a-fA-F0-9]+
name [a-zA-Z_*?\[\]][a-zA-Z0-9_*?.\[\]]*
+name_tag [\'][a-zA-Z_*?\[\]][a-zA-Z0-9_*?\-,\.\[\]:=]*[\']
name_minus [a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9\-_*?.:]*
drv_cfg_term [a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+(=[a-zA-Z0-9_*?\.:]+)?
/* If you add a modifier you need to update check_modifier() */
@@ -344,6 +359,7 @@ r{num_raw_hex} { return raw(yyscanner); }
{bpf_object} { if (!isbpf(yyscanner)) { USER_REJECT }; return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_OBJECT); }
{bpf_source} { if (!isbpf(yyscanner)) { USER_REJECT }; return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_SOURCE); }
{name} { return pmu_str_check(yyscanner); }
+{name_tag} { return str(yyscanner, PE_NAME); }
"/" { BEGIN(config); return '/'; }
- { return '-'; }
, { BEGIN(event); return ','; }