perf tools: Fix pmu events parsing rule

Currently all the event parsing fails end up in the event_pmu rule, and display misleading help like: $ perf stat -e inst kill event syntax error: 'inst' \___ Cannot find PMU `inst'. Missing kernel support? ... The reason is that the event_pmu is too strong and match also single string. Changing it to force the '/' separators to be part of the rule, and getting the proper error now: $ perf stat -e inst kill event syntax error: 'inst' \___ parser error Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events ... Suggested-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180605121416.31645-1-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
mariux64 · Jun 6, 2018 · ceac7b7 · ceac7b7
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Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static void inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %type <num> value_sym
 %type <head> event_config
 %type <head> opt_event_config
+%type <head> opt_pmu_config
 %type <term> event_term
 %type <head> event_pmu
 %type <head> event_legacy_symbol
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ event_def: event_pmu |
 	   event_bpf_file
 
 event_pmu:
-PE_NAME opt_event_config
+PE_NAME opt_pmu_config
 {
 	struct list_head *list, *orig_terms, *terms;
 
@@ -496,6 +497,17 @@ opt_event_config:
 	$$ = NULL;
 }
 
+opt_pmu_config:
+'/' event_config '/'
+{
+	$$ = $2;
+}
+|
+'/' '/'
+{
+	$$ = NULL;
+}
+
 start_terms: event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;