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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-list.c18
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index bada8933fdd4..ad60c6ea1997 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ To limit the list use:
. If none of the above is matched, it will apply the supplied glob to all
events, printing the ones that match.
+. As a last resort, it will do a substring search in all event names.
+
One or more types can be used at the same time, listing the events for the
types specified.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 602414040344..bf679e2c978b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
}
for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+ char *sep, *s;
+
if (strcmp(argv[i], "tracepoint") == 0)
print_tracepoint_events(NULL, NULL, raw_dump);
else if (strcmp(argv[i], "hw") == 0 ||
@@ -60,8 +62,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
print_hwcache_events(NULL, raw_dump);
else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pmu") == 0)
print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump);
- else {
- char *sep = strchr(argv[i], ':'), *s;
+ else if ((sep = strchr(argv[i], ':')) != NULL) {
int sep_idx;
if (sep == NULL) {
@@ -76,6 +77,19 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
s[sep_idx] = '\0';
print_tracepoint_events(s, s + sep_idx + 1, raw_dump);
free(s);
+ } else {
+ if (asprintf(&s, "*%s*", argv[i]) < 0) {
+ printf("Critical: Not enough memory! Trying to continue...\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+ print_symbol_events(s, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, raw_dump);
+ 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_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
+ free(s);
}
}
return 0;