[PATCH v4 3/4] perf tools: Fix lexical definition of event name

nakamura.shun at fujitsu.com nakamura.shun at fujitsu.com
Tue Feb 2 06:03:49 EST 2021


(I missed to include the quotation in the text. Will resend. Sorry about that.)

Hi, John

> > Fix the lexical definition of event name so that the numbers are recognizable.
> >
> > A64FX defines an event name that starts with a number.
> >   - 0inst_commit
> >   - 1inst_commit
> >   - 2inst_commit
> >   - 3inst_commit
> >   - 4inst_commit
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shunsuke Nakamura <nakamura.shun at fujitsu.com>
> 
> eh... I'm not sure if you will encounter other problems, so may be prudent to
> change the event name to not start with a number. Someone else may also advise
> on this.
I have applied this patch and confirmed that the event can be specified correctly.
Event names are defined in the A64FX specification.
I want to deal with it at that time if there is a problem.

So I would like to resend the v5 patch and wait for advice from others.

Best Regards
Shunsuke




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