[PATCH v4 7/8] perf evsel: Make unknown event names more unique

Ian Rogers posted 8 patches 4 hours ago
[PATCH v4 7/8] perf evsel: Make unknown event names more unique
Posted by Ian Rogers 4 hours ago
In situations like the perf data converter the evsel__name will be
used to create babeltrace events. If the events have the same name
then creation can fail. Avoid these failures by including more
information into the unknown event names.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 5a294595a677..1281af056cec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ const char *evsel__name(struct evsel *evsel)
 		break;
 
 	case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
-		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown tracepoint");
+		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown tracepoint id=%#"PRIx64,
+			  evsel->core.attr.config);
 		break;
 
 	case PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT:
@@ -938,8 +939,8 @@ const char *evsel__name(struct evsel *evsel)
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown attr type: %d",
-			  evsel->core.attr.type);
+		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown event PMU=%d config=%#"PRIx64,
+			  evsel->core.attr.type, evsel->core.attr.config);
 		break;
 	}
 
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