[PATCH 16/22] perf list: Support long jevents descriptions

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf list' [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
+'perf list' [--no-desc] [--long-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --no-desc::
 Don't print descriptions.
 
+-v::
+--long-desc::
+Print longer event descriptions.
+
 
 [[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS

@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int i;
 	bool raw_dump = false;
+	bool long_desc_flag = 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_BOOLEAN('v', "long-desc", &long_desc_flag,
+			    "Print longer event descriptions."),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const list_usage[] = {
-		"perf list [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|event_glob]",
+		"perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|event_glob]",
 		NULL
 	};
 

@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ 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, !desc_flag);
+		print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag, long_desc_flag);
 		return 0;
 	}
 

@@ -65,14 +68,16 @@ 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, !desc_flag);
+			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+						long_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, !desc_flag);
+				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+							long_desc_flag);
 				continue;
 			}
 			sep_idx = sep - argv[i];

@@ -94,7 +99,8 @@ 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, !desc_flag);
+			print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+						long_desc_flag);
 			print_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			free(s);

@@ -2263,7 +2263,8 @@ out_enomem:
 /*
  * Print the help text for the event symbols:
  */
-void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
+void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
+			bool long_desc)
 {
 	print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 			    event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, name_only);

@@ -2273,7 +2274,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
 
 	print_hwcache_events(event_glob, name_only);
 
-	print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only, quiet_flag);
+	print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only, quiet_flag, long_desc);
 
 	if (event_glob != NULL)
 		return;

@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ 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, bool quiet);
+void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet,
+		  bool long_desc);
 
 struct event_symbol {
 	const char	*symbol;

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_snapshot(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias,
 }
 
 static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
-				 char *desc, char *val)
+				 char *desc, char *val, char *long_desc)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
 	int ret;

@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	}
 
 	alias->desc = desc ? strdup(desc) : NULL;
+	alias->long_desc = long_desc ? strdup(long_desc) :
+				desc ? strdup(desc) : NULL;
 
 	list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
 

@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI
 
 	buf[ret] = 0;
 
-	return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf);
+	return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline bool pmu_alias_info_file(char *name)

@@ -532,7 +534,8 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head)
 
 		/* need type casts to override 'const' */
 		__perf_pmu__new_alias(head, NULL, (char *)pe->name,
-				(char *)pe->desc, (char *)pe->event);
+				(char *)pe->desc, (char *)pe->event,
+				(char *)pe->long_desc);
 	}
 
 out:

@@ -1090,7 +1093,8 @@ static void wordwrap(char *s, int start, int max, int corr)
 	}
 }
 
-void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
+void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
+			bool long_desc)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;

@@ -1138,7 +1142,8 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag)
 			if (!aliases[j].name)
 				goto out_enomem;
 
-			aliases[j].desc = alias->desc;
+			aliases[j].desc = long_desc ? alias->long_desc :
+						alias->desc;
 			j++;
 		}
 		if (pmu->selectable &&

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_info {
 struct perf_pmu_alias {
 	char *name;
 	char *desc;
+	char *long_desc;
 	struct list_head terms; /* HEAD struct parse_events_term -> list */
 	struct list_head list;  /* ELEM */
 	char unit[UNIT_MAX_LEN+1];

@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ 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, bool quiet);
+void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet,
+		      bool long_desc);
 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,