Previously the broken modifier causes a usage message to printed but
nothing else. After:

$ perf stat -e 'cycles:kk' -a sleep 2
event syntax error: 'cycles:kk'
                            \___ Bad modifier
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

 Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]

    -e, --event <event>   event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

$ perf stat -e '{instructions,cycles}:kk' -a sleep 2
event syntax error: '..ns,cycles}:kk'
                                  \___ Bad modifier
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

 Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]

    -e, --event <event>   event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

Acked-by: Andi Kleen <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 17c8c66f3f51..2d60f3cbe42b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y

@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ group_def ':' PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
 	err = parse_events__modifier_group(list, $3);
 	free($3);
 	if (err) {
+		struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
+		struct parse_events_error *error = parse_state->error;
+
+		parse_events__handle_error(error, @3.first_column,
+					   strdup("Bad modifier"), NULL);
 		free_list_evsel(list);
 		YYABORT;
 	}

@@ -240,6 +245,11 @@ event_name PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
 	err = parse_events__modifier_event(list, $2, false);
 	free($2);
 	if (err) {
+		struct parse_events_state *parse_state = _parse_state;
+		struct parse_events_error *error = parse_state->error;
+
+		parse_events__handle_error(error, @2.first_column,
+					   strdup("Bad modifier"), NULL);
 		free_list_evsel(list);
 		YYABORT;
 	}

-- 
2.33.0.1079.g6e70778dc9-goog