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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt6
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-list.c16
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.c5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.h3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/pmu.c15
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/pmu.h4
6 files changed, 34 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 72209bc0f523..41857cce5e86 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 b14cb162f841..ba9322ff858b 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|sdt|event_glob]",
+ "perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|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;
}
@@ -65,14 +68,16 @@ 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 if (strcmp(argv[i], "sdt") == 0)
print_sdt_events(NULL, NULL, raw_dump);
else if ((sep = strchr(argv[i], ':')) != NULL) {
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];
@@ -94,7 +99,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
print_symbol_events(s, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
event_symbols_sw, PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, raw_dump);
print_hwcache_events(s, raw_dump);
- print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+ print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+ long_desc_flag);
print_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
print_sdt_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
free(s);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 3966ad79ee8d..8f88f63bf96c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2263,7 +2263,8 @@ out_enomem:
/*
* Print the help text for the event symbols:
*/
-void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
+void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
+ bool long_desc)
{
print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, name_only);
@@ -2273,7 +2274,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
print_hwcache_events(event_glob, name_only);
- print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only, quiet_flag);
+ print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only, quiet_flag, long_desc);
if (event_glob != NULL)
return;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 3bf376b42bf9..da246a3ddb69 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ void parse_events_update_lists(struct list_head *list_event,
void parse_events_evlist_error(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
int idx, const char *str);
-void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet);
+void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet,
+ bool long_desc);
struct event_symbol {
const char *symbol;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 79242cf9bb79..8ff382cb161d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_snapshot(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias,
}
static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
- char *desc, char *val)
+ char *desc, char *val, char *long_desc)
{
struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
int ret;
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
}
alias->desc = desc ? strdup(desc) : NULL;
+ alias->long_desc = long_desc ? strdup(long_desc) :
+ desc ? strdup(desc) : NULL;
list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI
buf[ret] = 0;
- return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf);
+ return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf, NULL);
}
static inline bool pmu_alias_info_file(char *name)
@@ -532,7 +534,8 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head)
/* need type casts to override 'const' */
__perf_pmu__new_alias(head, NULL, (char *)pe->name,
- (char *)pe->desc, (char *)pe->event);
+ (char *)pe->desc, (char *)pe->event,
+ (char *)pe->long_desc);
}
out:
@@ -1090,7 +1093,8 @@ static void wordwrap(char *s, int start, int max, int corr)
}
}
-void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
+void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
+ bool long_desc)
{
struct perf_pmu *pmu;
struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
@@ -1138,7 +1142,8 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
if (!aliases[j].name)
goto out_enomem;
- aliases[j].desc = alias->desc;
+ aliases[j].desc = long_desc ? alias->long_desc :
+ alias->desc;
j++;
}
if (pmu->selectable &&
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 7b47192e03b5..2fb8aa0fb47f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_info {
struct perf_pmu_alias {
char *name;
char *desc;
+ char *long_desc;
struct list_head terms; /* HEAD struct parse_events_term -> list */
struct list_head list; /* ELEM */
char unit[UNIT_MAX_LEN+1];
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ int perf_pmu__format_parse(char *dir, struct list_head *head);
struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__scan(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
-void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet);
+void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet,
+ bool long_desc);
bool pmu_have_event(const char *pname, const char *name);
int perf_pmu__scan_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name, const char *fmt,
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