[PATCH v2 03/12] perf parse-events: Track all user changed config bits

James Clark james.clark at linaro.org
Mon Dec 8 06:22:06 PST 2025


Currently we only track which bits were set by the user in attr->config.
But all configN fields should be treated equally as they can all have
default and user overridden values.

Track them all by making get_config_chgs() generic and calling it once
for each config value.

Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c        |  6 ++-
 tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h |  6 ++-
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c          |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 9cd706f62793..dcadf022405d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,11 @@ static void evsel__apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
 		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE:
 			/* Already applied by auxtrace */
 			break;
-		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG1:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG2:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG3:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG4:
 			break;
 		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_RATIO_TO_PREV:
 			rtp_buf = term->val.str;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h
index 685fd8d5c4a8..7b565d76c0bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ enum evsel_term_type {
 	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_OUTPUT,
 	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_ACTION,
 	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE,
-	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG1,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG2,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG3,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG4,
 	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_RATIO_TO_PREV,
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d5b009b4ebab..7a3a90377896 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1253,66 +1253,32 @@ static int get_config_terms(const struct parse_events_terms *head_config,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Add EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG where cfg_chg will have a bit set for
- * each bit of attr->config that the user has changed.
- */
-static int get_config_chgs(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct parse_events_terms *head_config,
-			   struct list_head *head_terms)
+static int add_cfg_chg(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
+		       struct parse_events_terms *head_config,
+		       struct list_head *head_terms,
+		       int format_type,
+		       enum parse_events__term_type term_type,
+		       enum evsel_term_type new_term_type)
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 	u64 bits = 0;
 	int type;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(term, &head_config->terms, list) {
-		switch (term->type_term) {
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER:
+		if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER) {
 			type = perf_pmu__format_type(pmu, term->config);
-			if (type != PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG)
+			if (type != format_type)
 				continue;
 			bits |= perf_pmu__format_bits(pmu, term->config);
-			break;
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG:
+		} else if (term->type_term == term_type) {
 			bits = ~(u64)0;
-			break;
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG1:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG3:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG4:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_LEGACY_HARDWARE_CONFIG:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_LEGACY_CACHE_CONFIG:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_MAX_STACK:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_MAX_EVENTS:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_PERCORE:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_AUX_OUTPUT:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_AUX_ACTION:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_METRIC_ID:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_RAW:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CPU:
-		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_RATIO_TO_PREV:
-		default:
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (bits) {
 		struct evsel_config_term *new_term;
 
-		new_term = add_config_term(EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG,
-					   head_terms, false);
+		new_term = add_config_term(new_term_type, head_terms, false);
 		if (!new_term)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		new_term->val.cfg_chg = bits;
@@ -1321,6 +1287,50 @@ static int get_config_chgs(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct parse_events_terms *head
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CFG_CONFIGn where cfg_chg will have a bit set for
+ * each bit of attr->configN that the user has changed.
+ */
+static int get_config_chgs(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
+			   struct parse_events_terms *head_config,
+			   struct list_head *head_terms)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = add_cfg_chg(pmu, head_config, head_terms,
+			  PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG,
+			  PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG,
+			  EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_cfg_chg(pmu, head_config, head_terms,
+			  PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG1,
+			  PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG1,
+			  EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG1);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_cfg_chg(pmu, head_config, head_terms,
+			  PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG2,
+			  PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2,
+			  EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG2);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = add_cfg_chg(pmu, head_config, head_terms,
+			  PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG3,
+			  PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG3,
+			  EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG3);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return add_cfg_chg(pmu, head_config, head_terms,
+			   PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG4,
+			   PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG4,
+			   EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_USR_CHG_CONFIG4);
+}
+
 int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 				struct list_head *list,
 				const char *sys, const char *event,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 2c26c8d76bed..e02f74d4020c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ void evsel__set_config_if_unset(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct evsel *evsel,
 				const char *config_name, u64 val)
 {
 	u64 user_bits = 0, bits;
-	struct evsel_config_term *term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, CFG_CHG);
+	struct evsel_config_term *term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, USR_CHG_CONFIG);
 
 	if (term)
 		user_bits = term->val.cfg_chg;

-- 
2.34.1




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