@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
+'perf list' [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
 various perf commands with the -e option.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--no-desc::
+Don't print descriptions.
+
+
 [[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS
 ---------------

@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
+static bool desc_flag = true;
+
 int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int i;
 	bool raw_dump = false;
 	struct option list_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "raw-dump", &raw_dump, "Dump raw events"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "desc", &desc_flag,
+			    "Print extra event descriptions. --no-desc to not print."),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const list_usage[] = {
-		"perf list [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|event_glob]",
+		"perf list [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|event_glob]",
 		NULL
 	};
 

@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		printf("\nList of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n\n");
 
 	if (argc == 0) {
-		print_events(NULL, raw_dump);
+		print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
 		return 0;
 	}
 

@@ -61,14 +65,14 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			 strcmp(argv[i], "hwcache") == 0)
 			print_hwcache_events(NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pmu") == 0)
-			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump);
+			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "sdt") == 0)
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if ((sep = strchr(argv[i], ':')) != NULL) {
 			int sep_idx;
 
 			if (sep == NULL) {
-				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump);
+				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag);
 				continue;
 			}
 			sep_idx = sep - argv[i];

@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			print_symbol_events(s, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
 					    event_symbols_sw, PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, raw_dump);
 			print_hwcache_events(s, raw_dump);
-			print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump);
+			print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
 			print_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			free(s);

@@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ out_enomem:
 /*
  * Print the help text for the event symbols:
  */
-void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
+void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
 {
 	print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 			    event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, name_only);

@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
 
 	print_hwcache_events(event_glob, name_only);
 
-	print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only);
+	print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only, quiet_flag);
 
 	if (event_glob != NULL)
 		return;

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void parse_events_update_lists(struct list_head *list_event,
 void parse_events_evlist_error(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 			       int idx, const char *str);
 
-void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only);
+void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet);
 
 struct event_symbol {
 	const char	*symbol;

@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ static void wordwrap(char *s, int start, int max, int corr)
 	}
 }
 
-void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
+void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;

@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
 			printf("%s ", aliases[j].name);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (aliases[j].desc) {
+		if (aliases[j].desc && !quiet_flag) {
 			if (numdesc++ == 0)
 				printf("\n");
 			printf("  %-50s\n", aliases[j].name);

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int perf_pmu__format_parse(char *dir, struct list_head *head);
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__scan(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 
-void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only);
+void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet);
 bool pmu_have_event(const char *pname, const char *name);
 
 int perf_pmu__scan_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name, const char *fmt,