Previously we were dropping the useful longer descriptions that some
events have in the event list completely. This patch makes them appear with
perf list.
Old perf list:
baclears:
baclears.all
[Counts the number of baclears]
vs new:
perf list -v:
...
baclears:
baclears.all
[The BACLEARS event counts the number of times the front end is
resteered, mainly when the Branch Prediction Unit cannot provide
a correct prediction and this is corrected by the Branch Address
Calculator at the front end. The BACLEARS.ANY event counts the
number of baclears for any type of branch]
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa at redhat.com>
---
Changelog[v15]
- [Jir Olsa, Andi Kleen] Fix usage strings; update man page.
Changelog[v14]
- [Jiri Olsa] Break up independent parts of the patch into
separate patches.
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 6 +++++-
tools/perf/builtin-list.c | 13 +++++++++----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 9507552..48202f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf list' [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
+'perf list' [--no-desc] [--long-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ OPTIONS
--no-desc::
Don't print descriptions.
+-v::
+--long-desc::
+Print longer event descriptions.
+
[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
EVENT MODIFIERS
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 3f058f7..f800927 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
{
int i;
bool raw_dump = false;
+ bool long_desc_flag = false;
struct option list_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "raw-dump", &raw_dump, "Dump raw events"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "desc", &desc_flag,
"Print extra event descriptions. --no-desc to not print."),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "long-desc", &long_desc_flag,
+ "Print longer event descriptions."),
OPT_END()
};
const char * const list_usage[] = {
- "perf list [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]",
+ "perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]",
NULL
};
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
printf("\nList of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n\n");
if (argc == 0) {
- print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+ print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag, long_desc_flag);
return 0;
}
@@ -63,13 +66,15 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
strcmp(argv[i], "hwcache") == 0)
print_hwcache_events(NULL, raw_dump);
else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pmu") == 0)
- print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+ print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+ long_desc_flag);
else {
char *sep = strchr(argv[i], ':'), *s;
int sep_idx;
if (sep == NULL) {
- print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+ print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+ long_desc_flag);
continue;
}
sep_idx = sep - argv[i];
--
1.8.3.1