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Re: [PATCH v3 03/12] perf parse-events: Track all user changed config bits

From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Date: 2025-12-16 20:39:27
Also in: linux-perf-users, lkml

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM James Clark [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
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@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 9cd706f6279313c2cc53eba1adbd45f352090f75..dcadf022405d398bf394b3da7f0db5c81a3ec268 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 685fd8d5c4a88fb8ae601ded60c1fc36dde73403..7b565d76c0bc4277effbbf950110986b423f571c 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 46422286380f33a48087e7079a45bb21beb2d573..7ef63b808d0542999fd1303b9f94cae68e38030f 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,
nit: the head_config could be made const here.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+                      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 2c26c8d76bed920c7b5b43beb867e4d1bcaa2970..e02f74d4020c151082ecc434c29c0ec4c2c9b2c8 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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