linux/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
Ian Rogers 6e9fa4131a perf parse-events: Remove non-json software events
Remove the hard coded encodings from parse-events. This has the
consequence that software events are matched using the sysfs/json
priority, will be case insensitive and will be wildcarded across PMUs.
As there were software and hardware types in the parsing code, the
removal means software vs hardware logic can be removed and hardware
assumed.

Now the perf json provides detailed descriptions of software events,
remove the previous listing support that didn't contain event
descriptions. When globbing is required for the "sw" option in perf
list, use string PMU globbing as was done previously for the tool PMU.

The output of `perf list sw` command changed like this.

Before:
  List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e or -M):

    alignment-faults                                   [Software event]
    bpf-output                                         [Software event]
    cgroup-switches                                    [Software event]
    context-switches OR cs                             [Software event]
    cpu-clock                                          [Software event]
    cpu-migrations OR migrations                       [Software event]
    dummy                                              [Software event]
    emulation-faults                                   [Software event]
    major-faults                                       [Software event]
    minor-faults                                       [Software event]
    page-faults OR faults                              [Software event]
    task-clock                                         [Software event]

After:
  List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e or -M):

  software:
    alignment-faults
         [Number of kernel handled memory alignment faults. Unit: software]
    bpf-output
         [An event used by BPF programs to write to the perf ring buffer. Unit: software]
    cgroup-switches
         [Number of context switches to a task in a different cgroup. Unit: software]
    context-switches
         [Number of context switches [This event is an alias of cs]. Unit: software]
    cpu-clock
         [Per-CPU high-resolution timer based event. Unit: software]
    cpu-migrations
         [Number of times a process has migrated to a new CPU [This event is an alias of migrations]. Unit: software]
    cs
         [Number of context switches [This event is an alias of context-switches]. Unit: software]
    dummy
         [A placeholder event that doesn't count anything. Unit: software]
    ...

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250725185202.68671-4-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
2025-07-26 16:31:43 -07:00

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%define api.pure full
%parse-param {void *_parse_state}
%parse-param {void *scanner}
%lex-param {void* scanner}
%locations
%{
#ifndef NDEBUG
#define YYDEBUG 1
#endif
#include <errno.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include "pmu.h"
#include "pmus.h"
#include "evsel.h"
#include "parse-events.h"
#include "parse-events-bison.h"
int parse_events_lex(YYSTYPE * yylval_param, YYLTYPE * yylloc_param , void *yyscanner);
void parse_events_error(YYLTYPE *loc, void *parse_state, void *scanner, char const *msg);
#define PE_ABORT(val) \
do { \
if (val == -ENOMEM) \
YYNOMEM; \
YYABORT; \
} while (0)
static struct list_head* alloc_list(void)
{
struct list_head *list;
list = malloc(sizeof(*list));
if (!list)
return NULL;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
return list;
}
static void free_list_evsel(struct list_head* list_evsel)
{
struct evsel *evsel, *tmp;
list_for_each_entry_safe(evsel, tmp, list_evsel, core.node) {
list_del_init(&evsel->core.node);
evsel__delete(evsel);
}
free(list_evsel);
}
%}
%token PE_START_EVENTS PE_START_TERMS
%token PE_VALUE PE_VALUE_SYM_HW PE_TERM
%token PE_EVENT_NAME
%token PE_RAW PE_NAME
%token PE_MODIFIER_EVENT PE_MODIFIER_BP PE_BP_COLON PE_BP_SLASH
%token PE_LEGACY_CACHE
%token PE_PREFIX_MEM
%token PE_ERROR
%token PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
%token PE_TERM_HW
%type <num> PE_VALUE
%type <num> PE_VALUE_SYM_HW
%type <mod> PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
%type <term_type> PE_TERM
%type <str> PE_RAW
%type <str> PE_NAME
%type <str> PE_LEGACY_CACHE
%type <str> PE_MODIFIER_BP
%type <str> PE_EVENT_NAME
%type <str> PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
%type <str> name_or_raw
%destructor { free ($$); } <str>
%type <term> event_term
%destructor { parse_events_term__delete ($$); } <term>
%type <list_terms> event_config
%type <list_terms> opt_event_config
%type <list_terms> opt_pmu_config
%destructor { parse_events_terms__delete ($$); } <list_terms>
%type <list_evsel> event_pmu
%type <list_evsel> event_legacy_symbol
%type <list_evsel> event_legacy_cache
%type <list_evsel> event_legacy_mem
%type <list_evsel> event_legacy_tracepoint
%type <list_evsel> event_legacy_numeric
%type <list_evsel> event_legacy_raw
%type <list_evsel> event_def
%type <list_evsel> event_mod
%type <list_evsel> event_name
%type <list_evsel> event
%type <list_evsel> events
%type <list_evsel> group_def
%type <list_evsel> group
%type <list_evsel> groups
%destructor { free_list_evsel ($$); } <list_evsel>
%type <tracepoint_name> tracepoint_name
%destructor { free ($$.sys); free ($$.event); } <tracepoint_name>
%type <hardware_term> PE_TERM_HW
%destructor { free ($$.str); } <hardware_term>
%union
{
char *str;
u64 num;
struct parse_events_modifier mod;
enum parse_events__term_type term_type;
struct list_head *list_evsel;
struct parse_events_terms *list_terms;
struct parse_events_term *term;
struct tracepoint_name {
char *sys;
char *event;
} tracepoint_name;
struct hardware_term {
char *str;
u64 num;
} hardware_term;
}
%%
/*
* Entry points. We are either parsing events or terminals. Just terminal
* parsing is used for parsing events in sysfs.
*/
start:
PE_START_EVENTS start_events
|
PE_START_TERMS start_terms
start_events: groups
{
/* Take the parsed events, groups.. and place into parse_state. */
struct list_head *groups = $1;
struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
list_splice_tail(groups, &parse_state->list);
free(groups);
}
groups: /* A list of groups or events. */
groups ',' group
{
/* Merge group into the list of events/groups. */
struct list_head *groups = $1;
struct list_head *group = $3;
list_splice_tail(group, groups);
free(group);
$$ = groups;
}
|
groups ',' event
{
/* Merge event into the list of events/groups. */
struct list_head *groups = $1;
struct list_head *event = $3;
list_splice_tail(event, groups);
free(event);
$$ = groups;
}
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group
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event
group:
group_def ':' PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
{
/* Apply the modifier to the events in the group_def. */
struct list_head *list = $1;
int err;
err = parse_events__modifier_group(_parse_state, &@3, list, $3);
if (err)
YYABORT;
$$ = list;
}
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group_def
group_def:
PE_NAME '{' events '}'
{
struct list_head *list = $3;
/*
* Set the first entry of list to be the leader. Set the group name on
* the leader to $1 taking ownership.
*/
parse_events__set_leader($1, list);
$$ = list;
}
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'{' events '}'
{
struct list_head *list = $2;
/* Set the first entry of list to be the leader clearing the group name. */
parse_events__set_leader(NULL, list);
$$ = list;
}
events:
events ',' event
{
struct list_head *events = $1;
struct list_head *event = $3;
list_splice_tail(event, events);
free(event);
$$ = events;
}
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event
event: event_mod
event_mod:
event_name PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
{
struct list_head *list = $1;
int err;
/*
* Apply modifier on all events added by single event definition
* (there could be more events added for multiple tracepoint
* definitions via '*?'.
*/
err = parse_events__modifier_event(_parse_state, &@2, list, $2);
if (err)
YYABORT;
$$ = list;
}
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event_name
event_name:
PE_EVENT_NAME event_def
{
/*
* When an event is parsed the text is rewound and the entire text of
* the event is set to the str of PE_EVENT_NAME token matched here. If
* no name was on an event via a term, set the name to the entire text
* taking ownership of the allocation.
*/
int err = parse_events__set_default_name($2, $1);
if (err) {
free_list_evsel($2);
YYNOMEM;
}
$$ = $2;
}
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event_def
event_def: event_pmu |
event_legacy_symbol |
event_legacy_cache sep_dc |
event_legacy_mem sep_dc |
event_legacy_tracepoint sep_dc |
event_legacy_numeric sep_dc |
event_legacy_raw sep_dc
event_pmu:
PE_NAME opt_pmu_config
{
/* List of created evsels. */
struct list_head *list = NULL;
int err = parse_events_multi_pmu_add_or_add_pmu(_parse_state, $1, $2, &list, &@1);
parse_events_terms__delete($2);
free($1);
if (err)
PE_ABORT(err);
$$ = list;
}
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PE_NAME sep_dc
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
err = parse_events_multi_pmu_add(_parse_state, $1, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, NULL, &list, &@1);
if (err < 0) {
struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
struct parse_events_error *error = parse_state->error;
char *help;
if (asprintf(&help, "Unable to find event on a PMU of '%s'", $1) < 0)
help = NULL;
parse_events_error__handle(error, @1.first_column, strdup("Bad event name"), help);
free($1);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
free($1);
$$ = list;
}
event_legacy_symbol:
PE_VALUE_SYM_HW '/' event_config '/'
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_numeric(_parse_state, list,
PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, $1,
$3,
/*wildcard=*/true);
parse_events_terms__delete($3);
if (err) {
free_list_evsel(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
|
PE_VALUE_SYM_HW sep_slash_slash_dc
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_numeric(_parse_state, list,
PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, $1,
/*head_config=*/NULL,
/*wildcard=*/true);
if (err)
PE_ABORT(err);
$$ = list;
}
event_legacy_cache:
PE_LEGACY_CACHE opt_event_config
{
struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_cache(list, &parse_state->idx, $1, parse_state, $2);
parse_events_terms__delete($2);
free($1);
if (err) {
free_list_evsel(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
event_legacy_mem:
PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE PE_BP_SLASH PE_VALUE PE_BP_COLON PE_MODIFIER_BP opt_event_config
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_breakpoint(_parse_state, list,
$2, $6, $4, $7);
parse_events_terms__delete($7);
free($6);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
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PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE PE_BP_SLASH PE_VALUE opt_event_config
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_breakpoint(_parse_state, list,
$2, NULL, $4, $5);
parse_events_terms__delete($5);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
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PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE PE_BP_COLON PE_MODIFIER_BP opt_event_config
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_breakpoint(_parse_state, list,
$2, $4, 0, $5);
parse_events_terms__delete($5);
free($4);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
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PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE opt_event_config
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_breakpoint(_parse_state, list,
$2, NULL, 0, $3);
parse_events_terms__delete($3);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
event_legacy_tracepoint:
tracepoint_name opt_event_config
{
struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
struct parse_events_error *error = parse_state->error;
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_tracepoint(parse_state, list, $1.sys, $1.event,
error, $2, &@1);
parse_events_terms__delete($2);
free($1.sys);
free($1.event);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
tracepoint_name:
PE_NAME ':' PE_NAME
{
struct tracepoint_name tracepoint = {$1, $3};
$$ = tracepoint;
}
event_legacy_numeric:
PE_VALUE ':' PE_VALUE opt_event_config
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_add_numeric(_parse_state, list, (u32)$1, $3, $4,
/*wildcard=*/false);
parse_events_terms__delete($4);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
event_legacy_raw:
PE_RAW opt_event_config
{
struct list_head *list;
int err;
u64 num;
list = alloc_list();
if (!list)
YYNOMEM;
errno = 0;
num = strtoull($1 + 1, NULL, 16);
/* Given the lexer will only give [a-fA-F0-9]+ a failure here should be impossible. */
if (errno)
YYABORT;
free($1);
err = parse_events_add_numeric(_parse_state, list, PERF_TYPE_RAW, num, $2,
/*wildcard=*/false);
parse_events_terms__delete($2);
if (err) {
free(list);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = list;
}
opt_event_config:
'/' event_config '/'
{
$$ = $2;
}
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'/' '/'
{
$$ = NULL;
}
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{
$$ = NULL;
}
opt_pmu_config:
'/' event_config '/'
{
$$ = $2;
}
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'/' '/'
{
$$ = NULL;
}
start_terms: event_config
{
struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
if (parse_state->terms) {
parse_events_terms__delete ($1);
YYABORT;
}
parse_state->terms = $1;
}
event_config:
event_config ',' event_term
{
struct parse_events_terms *head = $1;
struct parse_events_term *term = $3;
if (!head) {
parse_events_term__delete(term);
YYABORT;
}
list_add_tail(&term->list, &head->terms);
$$ = $1;
}
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event_term
{
struct parse_events_terms *head = malloc(sizeof(*head));
struct parse_events_term *term = $1;
if (!head)
YYNOMEM;
parse_events_terms__init(head);
list_add_tail(&term->list, &head->terms);
$$ = head;
}
name_or_raw: PE_RAW | PE_NAME | PE_LEGACY_CACHE
|
PE_TERM_HW
{
$$ = $1.str;
}
event_term:
PE_RAW
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__str(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_RAW,
strdup("raw"), $1, &@1, &@1);
if (err) {
free($1);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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name_or_raw '=' name_or_raw
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__str(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER, $1, $3, &@1, &@3);
if (err) {
free($1);
free($3);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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name_or_raw '=' PE_VALUE
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
$1, $3, /*novalue=*/false, &@1, &@3);
if (err) {
free($1);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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PE_LEGACY_CACHE
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_LEGACY_CACHE,
$1, /*num=*/1, /*novalue=*/true, &@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
if (err) {
free($1);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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PE_NAME
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
$1, /*num=*/1, /*novalue=*/true, &@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
if (err) {
free($1);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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PE_TERM_HW
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_HARDWARE,
$1.str, $1.num & 255, /*novalue=*/false,
&@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
if (err) {
free($1.str);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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PE_TERM '=' name_or_raw
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__str(&term, $1, /*config=*/NULL, $3, &@1, &@3);
if (err) {
free($3);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
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PE_TERM '=' PE_TERM
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__term(&term, $1, $3, &@1, &@3);
if (err)
PE_ABORT(err);
$$ = term;
}
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PE_TERM '=' PE_VALUE
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, $1,
/*config=*/NULL, $3, /*novalue=*/false,
&@1, &@3);
if (err)
PE_ABORT(err);
$$ = term;
}
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PE_TERM
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
int err = parse_events_term__num(&term, $1,
/*config=*/NULL, /*num=*/1, /*novalue=*/true,
&@1, /*loc_val=*/NULL);
if (err)
PE_ABORT(err);
$$ = term;
}
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PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
{
struct parse_events_term *term;
char *config = strdup($1);
int err;
if (!config)
YYNOMEM;
err = parse_events_term__str(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG, config, $1, &@1, NULL);
if (err) {
free($1);
free(config);
PE_ABORT(err);
}
$$ = term;
}
sep_dc: ':' |
sep_slash_slash_dc: '/' '/' | ':' |
%%
void parse_events_error(YYLTYPE *loc, void *_parse_state,
void *scanner __maybe_unused,
char const *msg __maybe_unused)
{
struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
if (!parse_state->error || !list_empty(&parse_state->error->list))
return;
parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, loc->last_column,
strdup("Unrecognized input"), NULL);
}