Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of...

Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

perf/core improvements and fixes:

 - Preparatory patches to use hw events in PMU syntax, from Jiri Olsa

 - Remaining backport of trace-cmd's libparseevent, from Namhyung Kim

 - Fix libtraceevent 'clean' make target, from Namhyung Kim

 - Teach ctags about libtraceevent error codes, from Namhyung Kim

 - Fix libtraceevent dependency files usage, from Namhyung Kim

 - Support hex number pretty printing in libtraceevent, fixing
   kvm output, from Namhyung Kim

 - Kill some die() usage in libtraceevent, from Namhyung Kim

 - Improve support for hw breakpoints parsing/pretty printing/testing,
  from Jiri Olsa

 - Clarify perf bench option naming, from Hitoshi Mitake

 - Look for ".note" ELF notes too, used in the kernel vdso, from Jiri Olsa

 - Fix internal PMU list usage, removing leak, from Robert Richter
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile

@@ -250,8 +250,12 @@ endef
 all_objs := $(sort $(ALL_OBJS))
 all_deps := $(all_objs:%.o=.%.d)
 
+# let .d file also depends on the source and header files
 define check_deps
-		$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $< > $@;
+		@set -e; $(RM) $@; \
+		$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $< > $@.$$$$; \
+		sed 's,\($*\)\.o[ :]*,\1.o $@ : ,g' < $@.$$$$ > $@; \
+		$(RM) $@.$$$$
 endef
 
 $(gui_deps): ks_version.h
@@ -270,11 +274,13 @@ endif
 
 tags:	force
 	$(RM) tags
-	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs ctags --extra=+f --c-kinds=+px
+	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs ctags --extra=+f --c-kinds=+px \
+	--regex-c++='/_PE\(([^,)]*).*/PEVENT_ERRNO__\1/'
 
 TAGS:	force
 	$(RM) TAGS
-	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs etags
+	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs etags \
+	--regex='/_PE(\([^,)]*\).*/PEVENT_ERRNO__\1/'
 
 define do_install
 	$(print_install)				\
@@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ install_lib: all_cmd install_plugins install_python
 install: install_lib
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) *.o *~ $(TARGETS) *.a *.so $(VERSION_FILES).*.d
+	$(RM) *.o *~ $(TARGETS) *.a *.so $(VERSION_FILES) .*.d
 	$(RM) tags TAGS
 
 endif # skip-makefile

tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h

@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ struct print_arg_symbol {
 	struct print_flag_sym	*symbols;
 };
 
+struct print_arg_hex {
+	struct print_arg	*field;
+	struct print_arg	*size;
+};
+
 struct print_arg_dynarray {
 	struct format_field	*field;
 	struct print_arg	*index;
@@ -253,6 +258,7 @@ enum print_arg_type {
 	PRINT_FIELD,
 	PRINT_FLAGS,
 	PRINT_SYMBOL,
+	PRINT_HEX,
 	PRINT_TYPE,
 	PRINT_STRING,
 	PRINT_BSTRING,
@@ -270,6 +276,7 @@ struct print_arg {
 		struct print_arg_typecast	typecast;
 		struct print_arg_flags		flags;
 		struct print_arg_symbol		symbol;
+		struct print_arg_hex		hex;
 		struct print_arg_func		func;
 		struct print_arg_string		string;
 		struct print_arg_op		op;

tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static enum event_type read_token(char **tok)
 	    (strcmp(token, "=") == 0 || strcmp(token, "!") == 0) &&
 	    pevent_peek_char() == '~') {
 		/* append it */
-		*tok = malloc(3);
+		*tok = malloc_or_die(3);
 		sprintf(*tok, "%c%c", *token, '~');
 		free_token(token);
 		/* Now remove the '~' from the buffer */
@@ -148,17 +148,11 @@ add_filter_type(struct event_filter *filter, int id)
 	if (filter_type)
 		return filter_type;
 
-	if (!filter->filters)
-		filter->event_filters =
-			malloc_or_die(sizeof(*filter->event_filters));
-	else {
-		filter->event_filters =
-			realloc(filter->event_filters,
-				sizeof(*filter->event_filters) *
-				(filter->filters + 1));
-		if (!filter->event_filters)
-			die("Could not allocate filter");
-	}
+	filter->event_filters =	realloc(filter->event_filters,
+					sizeof(*filter->event_filters) *
+					(filter->filters + 1));
+	if (!filter->event_filters)
+		die("Could not allocate filter");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < filter->filters; i++) {
 		if (filter->event_filters[i].event_id > id)
@@ -1480,7 +1474,7 @@ void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 {
 	struct filter_type *filter_type;
 	int count = 0;
-	int *ids;
+	int *ids = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!filter->filters)
@@ -1504,10 +1498,8 @@ void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
-		if (count)
-			ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
-		else
-			ids = malloc(sizeof(*ids));
+
+		ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
 		if (!ids)
 			die("Can't allocate ids");
 		ids[count++] = filter_type->event_id;
@@ -1710,18 +1702,43 @@ static int test_num(struct event_format *event,
 
 static const char *get_field_str(struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
 {
-	const char *val = record->data + arg->str.field->offset;
+	struct event_format *event;
+	struct pevent *pevent;
+	unsigned long long addr;
+	const char *val = NULL;
+	char hex[64];
 
-	/*
-	 * We need to copy the data since we can't be sure the field
-	 * is null terminated.
-	 */
-	if (*(val + arg->str.field->size - 1)) {
-		/* copy it */
-		memcpy(arg->str.buffer, val, arg->str.field->size);
-		/* the buffer is already NULL terminated */
-		val = arg->str.buffer;
+	/* If the field is not a string convert it */
+	if (arg->str.field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
+		val = record->data + arg->str.field->offset;
+
+		/*
+		 * We need to copy the data since we can't be sure the field
+		 * is null terminated.
+		 */
+		if (*(val + arg->str.field->size - 1)) {
+			/* copy it */
+			memcpy(arg->str.buffer, val, arg->str.field->size);
+			/* the buffer is already NULL terminated */
+			val = arg->str.buffer;
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		event = arg->str.field->event;
+		pevent = event->pevent;
+		addr = get_value(event, arg->str.field, record);
+
+		if (arg->str.field->flags & (FIELD_IS_POINTER | FIELD_IS_LONG))
+			/* convert to a kernel symbol */
+			val = pevent_find_function(pevent, addr);
+
+		if (val == NULL) {
+			/* just use the hex of the string name */
+			snprintf(hex, 64, "0x%llx", addr);
+			val = hex;
+		}
 	}
+
 	return val;
 }
 
@@ -2001,11 +2018,13 @@ static char *exp_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
 	char *lstr;
 	char *rstr;
 	char *op;
-	char *str;
+	char *str = NULL;
 	int len;
 
 	lstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->exp.left);
 	rstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->exp.right);
+	if (!lstr || !rstr)
+		goto out;
 
 	switch (arg->exp.type) {
 	case FILTER_EXP_ADD:
@@ -2045,6 +2064,7 @@ static char *exp_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
 	len = strlen(op) + strlen(lstr) + strlen(rstr) + 4;
 	str = malloc_or_die(len);
 	snprintf(str, len, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
+out:
 	free(lstr);
 	free(rstr);
 
@@ -2061,6 +2081,8 @@ static char *num_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
 
 	lstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->num.left);
 	rstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->num.right);
+	if (!lstr || !rstr)
+		goto out;
 
 	switch (arg->num.type) {
 	case FILTER_CMP_EQ:
@@ -2097,6 +2119,7 @@ static char *num_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
 		break;
 	}
 
+out:
 	free(lstr);
 	free(rstr);
 	return str;
@@ -2247,7 +2270,12 @@ int pevent_filter_compare(struct event_filter *filter1, struct event_filter *fil
 		/* The best way to compare complex filters is with strings */
 		str1 = arg_to_str(filter1, filter_type1->filter);
 		str2 = arg_to_str(filter2, filter_type2->filter);
-		result = strcmp(str1, str2) != 0;
+		if (str1 && str2)
+			result = strcmp(str1, str2) != 0;
+		else
+			/* bail out if allocation fails */
+			result = 1;
+
 		free(str1);
 		free(str2);
 		if (result)

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-movsq and x86-64-movsb are supported.
 Repeat memcpy invocation this number of times.
 
 -c::
---clock::
+--cycle::
 Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall.
 
 -o::
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-stosq and x86-64-stosb are supported.
 Repeat memset invocation this number of times.
 
 -c::
---clock::
+--cycle::
 Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall.
 
 -o::

tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 static const char	*length_str	= "1MB";
 static const char	*routine	= "default";
 static int		iterations	= 1;
-static bool		use_clock;
-static int		clock_fd;
+static bool		use_cycle;
+static int		cycle_fd;
 static bool		only_prefault;
 static bool		no_prefault;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "Specify routine to copy"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations,
 		    "repeat memcpy() invocation this number of times"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "clock", &use_clock,
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "cycle", &use_cycle,
 		    "Use cycles event instead of gettimeofday() for measuring"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault,
 		    "Show only the result with page faults before memcpy()"),
@@ -76,27 +76,27 @@ static const char * const bench_mem_memcpy_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static struct perf_event_attr clock_attr = {
+static struct perf_event_attr cycle_attr = {
 	.type		= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 	.config		= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
 };
 
-static void init_clock(void)
+static void init_cycle(void)
 {
-	clock_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&clock_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, 0);
+	cycle_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&cycle_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, 0);
 
-	if (clock_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
+	if (cycle_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
 		die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
 	else
-		BUG_ON(clock_fd < 0);
+		BUG_ON(cycle_fd < 0);
 }
 
-static u64 get_clock(void)
+static u64 get_cycle(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 	u64 clk;
 
-	ret = read(clock_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
+	ret = read(cycle_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
 	BUG_ON(ret != sizeof(u64));
 
 	return clk;
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ static void alloc_mem(void **dst, void **src, size_t length)
 		die("memory allocation failed - maybe length is too large?\n");
 }
 
-static u64 do_memcpy_clock(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
+static u64 do_memcpy_cycle(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 {
-	u64 clock_start = 0ULL, clock_end = 0ULL;
+	u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
 	void *src = NULL, *dst = NULL;
 	int i;
 
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@ static u64 do_memcpy_clock(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 	if (prefault)
 		fn(dst, src, len);
 
-	clock_start = get_clock();
+	cycle_start = get_cycle();
 	for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
 		fn(dst, src, len);
-	clock_end = get_clock();
+	cycle_end = get_cycle();
 
 	free(src);
 	free(dst);
-	return clock_end - clock_start;
+	return cycle_end - cycle_start;
 }
 
 static double do_memcpy_gettimeofday(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
@@ -182,17 +182,17 @@ int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 	int i;
 	size_t len;
 	double result_bps[2];
-	u64 result_clock[2];
+	u64 result_cycle[2];
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
 			     bench_mem_memcpy_usage, 0);
 
-	if (use_clock)
-		init_clock();
+	if (use_cycle)
+		init_cycle();
 
 	len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
 
-	result_clock[0] = result_clock[1] = 0ULL;
+	result_cycle[0] = result_cycle[1] = 0ULL;
 	result_bps[0] = result_bps[1] = 0.0;
 
 	if ((s64)len <= 0) {
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
 		/* show both of results */
-		if (use_clock) {
-			result_clock[0] =
-				do_memcpy_clock(routines[i].fn, len, false);
-			result_clock[1] =
-				do_memcpy_clock(routines[i].fn, len, true);
+		if (use_cycle) {
+			result_cycle[0] =
+				do_memcpy_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, false);
+			result_cycle[1] =
+				do_memcpy_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, true);
 		} else {
 			result_bps[0] =
 				do_memcpy_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 						len, true);
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (use_clock) {
-			result_clock[pf] =
-				do_memcpy_clock(routines[i].fn,
+		if (use_cycle) {
+			result_cycle[pf] =
+				do_memcpy_cycle(routines[i].fn,
 						len, only_prefault);
 		} else {
 			result_bps[pf] =
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 	switch (bench_format) {
 	case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
 		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_clock) {
-				printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte\n",
-					(double)result_clock[0]
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte\n",
+					(double)result_cycle[0]
 					/ (double)len);
-				printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte (with prefault)\n",
-					(double)result_clock[1]
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte (with prefault)\n",
+					(double)result_cycle[1]
 					/ (double)len);
 			} else {
 				print_bps(result_bps[0]);
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 				printf(" (with prefault)\n");
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (use_clock) {
-				printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte",
-					(double)result_clock[pf]
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte",
+					(double)result_cycle[pf]
 					/ (double)len);
 			} else
 				print_bps(result_bps[pf]);
@@ -277,17 +277,17 @@ int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 		break;
 	case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
 		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_clock) {
+			if (use_cycle) {
 				printf("%lf %lf\n",
-					(double)result_clock[0] / (double)len,
-					(double)result_clock[1] / (double)len);
+					(double)result_cycle[0] / (double)len,
+					(double)result_cycle[1] / (double)len);
 			} else {
 				printf("%lf %lf\n",
 					result_bps[0], result_bps[1]);
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (use_clock) {
-				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_clock[pf]
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycle[pf]
 					/ (double)len);
 			} else
 				printf("%lf\n", result_bps[pf]);

tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 static const char	*length_str	= "1MB";
 static const char	*routine	= "default";
 static int		iterations	= 1;
-static bool		use_clock;
-static int		clock_fd;
+static bool		use_cycle;
+static int		cycle_fd;
 static bool		only_prefault;
 static bool		no_prefault;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "Specify routine to set"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations,
 		    "repeat memset() invocation this number of times"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "clock", &use_clock,
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "cycle", &use_cycle,
 		    "Use cycles event instead of gettimeofday() for measuring"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault,
 		    "Show only the result with page faults before memset()"),
@@ -76,27 +76,27 @@ static const char * const bench_mem_memset_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static struct perf_event_attr clock_attr = {
+static struct perf_event_attr cycle_attr = {
 	.type		= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 	.config		= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
 };
 
-static void init_clock(void)
+static void init_cycle(void)
 {
-	clock_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&clock_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, 0);
+	cycle_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&cycle_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, 0);
 
-	if (clock_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
+	if (cycle_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
 		die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
 	else
-		BUG_ON(clock_fd < 0);
+		BUG_ON(cycle_fd < 0);
 }
 
-static u64 get_clock(void)
+static u64 get_cycle(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 	u64 clk;
 
-	ret = read(clock_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
+	ret = read(cycle_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
 	BUG_ON(ret != sizeof(u64));
 
 	return clk;
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ static void alloc_mem(void **dst, size_t length)
 		die("memory allocation failed - maybe length is too large?\n");
 }
 
-static u64 do_memset_clock(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
+static u64 do_memset_cycle(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 {
-	u64 clock_start = 0ULL, clock_end = 0ULL;
+	u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
 	void *dst = NULL;
 	int i;
 
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ static u64 do_memset_clock(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 	if (prefault)
 		fn(dst, -1, len);
 
-	clock_start = get_clock();
+	cycle_start = get_cycle();
 	for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
 		fn(dst, i, len);
-	clock_end = get_clock();
+	cycle_end = get_cycle();
 
 	free(dst);
-	return clock_end - clock_start;
+	return cycle_end - cycle_start;
 }
 
 static double do_memset_gettimeofday(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
@@ -176,17 +176,17 @@ int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
 	int i;
 	size_t len;
 	double result_bps[2];
-	u64 result_clock[2];
+	u64 result_cycle[2];
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
 			     bench_mem_memset_usage, 0);
 
-	if (use_clock)
-		init_clock();
+	if (use_cycle)
+		init_cycle();
 
 	len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
 
-	result_clock[0] = result_clock[1] = 0ULL;
+	result_cycle[0] = result_cycle[1] = 0ULL;
 	result_bps[0] = result_bps[1] = 0.0;
 
 	if ((s64)len <= 0) {
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
 		/* show both of results */
-		if (use_clock) {
-			result_clock[0] =
-				do_memset_clock(routines[i].fn, len, false);
-			result_clock[1] =
-				do_memset_clock(routines[i].fn, len, true);
+		if (use_cycle) {
+			result_cycle[0] =
+				do_memset_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, false);
+			result_cycle[1] =
+				do_memset_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, true);
 		} else {
 			result_bps[0] =
 				do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
 						len, true);
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (use_clock) {
-			result_clock[pf] =
-				do_memset_clock(routines[i].fn,
+		if (use_cycle) {
+			result_cycle[pf] =
+				do_memset_cycle(routines[i].fn,
 						len, only_prefault);
 		} else {
 			result_bps[pf] =
@@ -245,12 +245,12 @@ int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
 	switch (bench_format) {
 	case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
 		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_clock) {
-				printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte\n",
-					(double)result_clock[0]
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte\n",
+					(double)result_cycle[0]
 					/ (double)len);
-				printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte (with prefault)\n ",
-					(double)result_clock[1]
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte (with prefault)\n ",
+					(double)result_cycle[1]
 					/ (double)len);
 			} else {
 				print_bps(result_bps[0]);
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
 				printf(" (with prefault)\n");
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (use_clock) {
-				printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte",
-					(double)result_clock[pf]
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte",
+					(double)result_cycle[pf]
 					/ (double)len);
 			} else
 				print_bps(result_bps[pf]);
@@ -271,17 +271,17 @@ int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
 		break;
 	case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
 		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_clock) {
+			if (use_cycle) {
 				printf("%lf %lf\n",
-					(double)result_clock[0] / (double)len,
-					(double)result_clock[1] / (double)len);
+					(double)result_cycle[0] / (double)len,
+					(double)result_cycle[1] / (double)len);
 			} else {
 				printf("%lf %lf\n",
 					result_bps[0], result_bps[1]);
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (use_clock) {
-				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_clock[pf]
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycle[pf]
 					/ (double)len);
 			} else
 				printf("%lf\n", result_bps[pf]);

tools/perf/util/evsel.c

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "target.h"
+#include "../../../include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h"
 
 #define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
 #define GROUP_FD(group_fd, cpu) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(group_fd, cpu, 0))
@@ -152,6 +153,31 @@ static int perf_evsel__sw_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size)
 	return r + perf_evsel__add_modifiers(evsel, bf + r, size - r);
 }
 
+static int __perf_evsel__bp_name(char *bf, size_t size, u64 addr, u64 type)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	r = scnprintf(bf, size, "mem:0x%" PRIx64 ":", addr);
+
+	if (type & HW_BREAKPOINT_R)
+		r += scnprintf(bf + r, size - r, "r");
+
+	if (type & HW_BREAKPOINT_W)
+		r += scnprintf(bf + r, size - r, "w");
+
+	if (type & HW_BREAKPOINT_X)
+		r += scnprintf(bf + r, size - r, "x");
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static int perf_evsel__bp_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->attr;
+	int r = __perf_evsel__bp_name(bf, size, attr->bp_addr, attr->bp_type);
+	return r + perf_evsel__add_modifiers(evsel, bf + r, size - r);
+}
+
 const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
 				[PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
  { "L1-dcache",	"l1-d",		"l1d",		"L1-data",		},
@@ -285,6 +311,10 @@ const char *perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown tracepoint");
 		break;
 
+	case PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT:
+		perf_evsel__bp_name(evsel, bf, sizeof(bf));
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown attr type");
 		break;

tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h

@@ -108,4 +108,14 @@ int eprintf(int level,
 #define pr_debug3(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(3, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define pr_debug4(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(4, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+/*
+ * This looks more complex than it should be. But we need to
+ * get the type for the ~ right in round_down (it needs to be
+ * as wide as the result!), and we want to evaluate the macro
+ * arguments just once each.
+ */
+#define __round_mask(x, y) ((__typeof__(x))((y)-1))
+#define round_up(x, y) ((((x)-1) | __round_mask(x, y))+1)
+#define round_down(x, y) ((x) & ~__round_mask(x, y))
+
 #endif

tools/perf/util/parse-events-test.c

@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@ static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_w(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_rw(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong number of entries", 1 == evlist->nr_entries);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong type",
+			PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT == evsel->attr.type);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong config", 0 == evsel->attr.config);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong bp_type",
+		(HW_BREAKPOINT_R|HW_BREAKPOINT_W) == evsel->attr.bp_type);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong bp_len",
+			HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4 == evsel->attr.bp_len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int test__checkevent_tracepoint_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
@@ -309,6 +325,8 @@ static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name",
+			!strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "mem:0x0:rw:u"));
 
 	return test__checkevent_breakpoint(evlist);
 }
@@ -322,6 +340,8 @@ static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_x_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name",
+			!strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "mem:0x0:x:k"));
 
 	return test__checkevent_breakpoint_x(evlist);
 }
@@ -335,6 +355,8 @@ static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_r_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name",
+			!strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "mem:0x0:r:hp"));
 
 	return test__checkevent_breakpoint_r(evlist);
 }
@@ -348,10 +370,27 @@ static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_w_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name",
+			!strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "mem:0x0:w:up"));
 
 	return test__checkevent_breakpoint_w(evlist);
 }
 
+static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_rw_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name",
+			!strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), "mem:0x0:rw:kp"));
+
+	return test__checkevent_breakpoint_rw(evlist);
+}
+
 static int test__checkevent_pmu(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 
@@ -585,10 +624,16 @@ static struct test__event_st test__events[] = {
 		.name  = "instructions:H",
 		.check = test__checkevent_exclude_guest_modifier,
 	},
+	[26] = {
+		.name  = "mem:0:rw",
+		.check = test__checkevent_breakpoint_rw,
+	},
+	[27] = {
+		.name  = "mem:0:rw:kp",
+		.check = test__checkevent_breakpoint_rw_modifier,
+	},
 };
 
-#define TEST__EVENTS_CNT (sizeof(test__events) / sizeof(struct test__event_st))
-
 static struct test__event_st test__events_pmu[] = {
 	[0] = {
 		.name  = "cpu/config=10,config1,config2=3,period=1000/u",
@@ -600,9 +645,6 @@ static struct test__event_st test__events_pmu[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-#define TEST__EVENTS_PMU_CNT (sizeof(test__events_pmu) / \
-			      sizeof(struct test__event_st))
-
 struct test__term {
 	const char *str;
 	__u32 type;
@@ -718,21 +760,17 @@ int parse_events__test(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	do {
-		ret = test_events(test__events, TEST__EVENTS_CNT);
-		if (ret)
-			break;
-
-		if (test_pmu()) {
-			ret = test_events(test__events_pmu,
-					  TEST__EVENTS_PMU_CNT);
-			if (ret)
-				break;
-		}
+#define TEST_EVENTS(tests)				\
+do {							\
+	ret = test_events(tests, ARRAY_SIZE(tests));	\
+	if (ret)					\
+		return ret;				\
+} while (0)
 
-		ret = test_terms(test__terms, TEST__TERMS_CNT);
+	TEST_EVENTS(test__events);
 
-	} while (0);
+	if (test_pmu())
+		TEST_EVENTS(test__events_pmu);
 
-	return ret;
+	return test_terms(test__terms, ARRAY_SIZE(test__terms));
 }

tools/perf/util/parse-events.c

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #define MAX_NAME_LEN 100
 
 struct event_symbol {
-	u8		type;
-	u64		config;
 	const char	*symbol;
 	const char	*alias;
 };
@@ -30,30 +28,86 @@ extern int parse_events_debug;
 #endif
 int parse_events_parse(void *data, void *scanner);
 
-#define CHW(x) .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_##x
-#define CSW(x) .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_##x
-
-static struct event_symbol event_symbols[] = {
-  { CHW(CPU_CYCLES),			"cpu-cycles",			"cycles"		},
-  { CHW(STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND),	"stalled-cycles-frontend",	"idle-cycles-frontend"	},
-  { CHW(STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND),	"stalled-cycles-backend",	"idle-cycles-backend"	},
-  { CHW(INSTRUCTIONS),			"instructions",			""			},
-  { CHW(CACHE_REFERENCES),		"cache-references",		""			},
-  { CHW(CACHE_MISSES),			"cache-misses",			""			},
-  { CHW(BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS),		"branch-instructions",		"branches"		},
-  { CHW(BRANCH_MISSES),			"branch-misses",		""			},
-  { CHW(BUS_CYCLES),			"bus-cycles",			""			},
-  { CHW(REF_CPU_CYCLES),		"ref-cycles",			""			},
-
-  { CSW(CPU_CLOCK),			"cpu-clock",			""			},
-  { CSW(TASK_CLOCK),			"task-clock",			""			},
-  { CSW(PAGE_FAULTS),			"page-faults",			"faults"		},
-  { CSW(PAGE_FAULTS_MIN),		"minor-faults",			""			},
-  { CSW(PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ),		"major-faults",			""			},
-  { CSW(CONTEXT_SWITCHES),		"context-switches",		"cs"			},
-  { CSW(CPU_MIGRATIONS),		"cpu-migrations",		"migrations"		},
-  { CSW(ALIGNMENT_FAULTS),		"alignment-faults",		""			},
-  { CSW(EMULATION_FAULTS),		"emulation-faults",		""			},
+static struct event_symbol event_symbols_hw[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES] = {
+		.symbol = "cpu-cycles",
+		.alias  = "cycles",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS] = {
+		.symbol = "instructions",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES] = {
+		.symbol = "cache-references",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES] = {
+		.symbol = "cache-misses",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS] = {
+		.symbol = "branch-instructions",
+		.alias  = "branches",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = {
+		.symbol = "branch-misses",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES] = {
+		.symbol = "bus-cycles",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND] = {
+		.symbol = "stalled-cycles-frontend",
+		.alias  = "idle-cycles-frontend",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND] = {
+		.symbol = "stalled-cycles-backend",
+		.alias  = "idle-cycles-backend",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES] = {
+		.symbol = "ref-cycles",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+};
+
+static struct event_symbol event_symbols_sw[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK] = {
+		.symbol = "cpu-clock",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK] = {
+		.symbol = "task-clock",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS] = {
+		.symbol = "page-faults",
+		.alias  = "faults",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES] = {
+		.symbol = "context-switches",
+		.alias  = "cs",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS] = {
+		.symbol = "cpu-migrations",
+		.alias  = "migrations",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN] = {
+		.symbol = "minor-faults",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ] = {
+		.symbol = "major-faults",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS] = {
+		.symbol = "alignment-faults",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS] = {
+		.symbol = "emulation-faults",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
 };
 
 #define __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, name) \
@@ -383,21 +437,31 @@ parse_breakpoint_type(const char *type, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 		if (!type || !type[i])
 			break;
 
+#define CHECK_SET_TYPE(bit)		\
+do {					\
+	if (attr->bp_type & bit)	\
+		return -EINVAL;		\
+	else				\
+		attr->bp_type |= bit;	\
+} while (0)
+
 		switch (type[i]) {
 		case 'r':
-			attr->bp_type |= HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
+			CHECK_SET_TYPE(HW_BREAKPOINT_R);
 			break;
 		case 'w':
-			attr->bp_type |= HW_BREAKPOINT_W;
+			CHECK_SET_TYPE(HW_BREAKPOINT_W);
 			break;
 		case 'x':
-			attr->bp_type |= HW_BREAKPOINT_X;
+			CHECK_SET_TYPE(HW_BREAKPOINT_X);
 			break;
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
 
+#undef CHECK_SET_TYPE
+
 	if (!attr->bp_type) /* Default */
 		attr->bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_R | HW_BREAKPOINT_W;
 
@@ -408,7 +472,6 @@ int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 				void *ptr, char *type)
 {
 	struct perf_event_attr attr;
-	char name[MAX_NAME_LEN];
 
 	memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
 	attr.bp_addr = (unsigned long) ptr;
@@ -427,8 +490,7 @@ int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 
 	attr.type = PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT;
 
-	snprintf(name, MAX_NAME_LEN, "mem:%p:%s", ptr, type ? type : "rw");
-	return add_event(list, idx, &attr, name);
+	return add_event(list, idx, &attr, NULL);
 }
 
 static int config_term(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
@@ -816,16 +878,13 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void print_events_type(u8 type)
+static void __print_events_type(u8 type, struct event_symbol *syms,
+				unsigned max)
 {
-	struct event_symbol *syms = event_symbols;
-	unsigned int i;
 	char name[64];
+	unsigned i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(event_symbols); i++, syms++) {
-		if (type != syms->type)
-			continue;
-
+	for (i = 0; i < max ; i++, syms++) {
 		if (strlen(syms->alias))
 			snprintf(name, sizeof(name),  "%s OR %s",
 				 syms->symbol, syms->alias);
@@ -837,6 +896,14 @@ void print_events_type(u8 type)
 	}
 }
 
+void print_events_type(u8 type)
+{
+	if (type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
+		__print_events_type(type, event_symbols_sw, PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX);
+	else
+		__print_events_type(type, event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX);
+}
+
 int print_hwcache_events(const char *event_glob)
 {
 	unsigned int type, op, i, printed = 0;
@@ -864,26 +931,13 @@ int print_hwcache_events(const char *event_glob)
 	return printed;
 }
 
-/*
- * Print the help text for the event symbols:
- */
-void print_events(const char *event_glob)
+static void print_symbol_events(const char *event_glob, unsigned type,
+				struct event_symbol *syms, unsigned max)
 {
-	unsigned int i, type, prev_type = -1, printed = 0, ntypes_printed = 0;
-	struct event_symbol *syms = event_symbols;
+	unsigned i, printed = 0;
 	char name[MAX_NAME_LEN];
 
-	printf("\n");
-	printf("List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n");
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(event_symbols); i++, syms++) {
-		type = syms->type;
-
-		if (type != prev_type && printed) {
-			printf("\n");
-			printed = 0;
-			ntypes_printed++;
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < max; i++, syms++) {
 
 		if (event_glob != NULL && 
 		    !(strglobmatch(syms->symbol, event_glob) ||
@@ -894,17 +948,31 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob)
 			snprintf(name, MAX_NAME_LEN, "%s OR %s", syms->symbol, syms->alias);
 		else
 			strncpy(name, syms->symbol, MAX_NAME_LEN);
-		printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", name,
-			event_type_descriptors[type]);
 
-		prev_type = type;
-		++printed;
+		printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", name, event_type_descriptors[type]);
+
+		printed++;
 	}
 
-	if (ntypes_printed) {
-		printed = 0;
+	if (printed)
 		printf("\n");
-	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print the help text for the event symbols:
+ */
+void print_events(const char *event_glob)
+{
+
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n");
+
+	print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+			    event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX);
+
+	print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+			    event_symbols_sw, PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX);
+
 	print_hwcache_events(event_glob);
 
 	if (event_glob != NULL)

tools/perf/util/parse-events.l

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int sym(yyscan_t scanner, int type, int config)
 	YYSTYPE *yylval = parse_events_get_lval(scanner);
 
 	yylval->num = (type << 16) + config;
-	return PE_VALUE_SYM;
+	return type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE ? PE_VALUE_SYM_HW : PE_VALUE_SYM_SW;
 }
 
 static int term(yyscan_t scanner, int type)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ num_hex		0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
 num_raw_hex	[a-fA-F0-9]+
 name		[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9_*?]*
 modifier_event	[ukhpGH]{1,8}
-modifier_bp	[rwx]
+modifier_bp	[rwx]{1,3}
 
 %%
 
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ r{num_raw_hex}		{ return raw(yyscanner); }
 ,			{ return ','; }
 :			{ return ':'; }
 =			{ return '='; }
+\n			{ }
 
 <mem>{
 {modifier_bp}		{ return str(yyscanner, PE_MODIFIER_BP); }

tools/perf/util/parse-events.y

@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ do { \
 %}
 
 %token PE_START_EVENTS PE_START_TERMS
-%token PE_VALUE PE_VALUE_SYM PE_RAW PE_TERM
+%token PE_VALUE PE_VALUE_SYM_HW PE_VALUE_SYM_SW PE_RAW PE_TERM
 %token PE_NAME
 %token PE_MODIFIER_EVENT PE_MODIFIER_BP
 %token PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
 %token PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_PREFIX_RAW
 %token PE_ERROR
 %type <num> PE_VALUE
-%type <num> PE_VALUE_SYM
+%type <num> PE_VALUE_SYM_HW
+%type <num> PE_VALUE_SYM_SW
 %type <num> PE_RAW
 %type <num> PE_TERM
 %type <str> PE_NAME
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ do { \
 %type <str> PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
 %type <str> PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
 %type <str> PE_MODIFIER_BP
+%type <num> value_sym
 %type <head> event_config
 %type <term> event_term
 %type <head> event_pmu
@@ -109,8 +111,13 @@ PE_NAME '/' event_config '/'
 	$$ = list;
 }
 
+value_sym:
+PE_VALUE_SYM_HW
+|
+PE_VALUE_SYM_SW
+
 event_legacy_symbol:
-PE_VALUE_SYM '/' event_config '/'
+value_sym '/' event_config '/'
 {
 	struct parse_events_data__events *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list = NULL;
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ PE_VALUE_SYM '/' event_config '/'
 	$$ = list;
 }
 |
-PE_VALUE_SYM sep_slash_dc
+value_sym sep_slash_dc
 {
 	struct parse_events_data__events *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list = NULL;

tools/perf/util/pmu.c

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int pmu_format(char *name, struct list_head *format)
 		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/format", sysfs, name);
 
 	if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return 0;	/* no error if format does not exist */
 
 	if (pmu_format_parse(path, format))
 		return -1;
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 	list_splice(&aliases, &pmu->aliases);
 	pmu->name = strdup(name);
 	pmu->type = type;
+	list_add_tail(&pmu->list, &pmus);
 	return pmu;
 }
 

tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c

@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ static void define_event_symbols(struct event_format *event,
 		define_symbolic_values(args->symbol.symbols, ev_name,
 				       cur_field_name);
 		break;
+	case PRINT_HEX:
+		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->hex.field);
+		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->hex.size);
+		break;
 	case PRINT_BSTRING:
 	case PRINT_DYNAMIC_ARRAY:
 	case PRINT_STRING:

tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c

@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ static void define_event_symbols(struct event_format *event,
 		define_values(PRINT_SYMBOL, args->symbol.symbols, ev_name,
 			      cur_field_name);
 		break;
+	case PRINT_HEX:
+		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->hex.field);
+		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->hex.size);
+		break;
 	case PRINT_STRING:
 		break;
 	case PRINT_TYPE:

tools/perf/util/symbol.c

@@ -1478,14 +1478,31 @@ static int elf_read_build_id(Elf *elf, void *bf, size_t size)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
-				  ".note.gnu.build-id", NULL);
-	if (sec == NULL) {
+	/*
+	 * Check following sections for notes:
+	 *   '.note.gnu.build-id'
+	 *   '.notes'
+	 *   '.note' (VDSO specific)
+	 */
+	do {
+		sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
+					  ".note.gnu.build-id", NULL);
+		if (sec)
+			break;
+
 		sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
 					  ".notes", NULL);
-		if (sec == NULL)
-			goto out;
-	}
+		if (sec)
+			break;
+
+		sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
+					  ".note", NULL);
+		if (sec)
+			break;
+
+		return err;
+
+	} while (0);
 
 	data = elf_getdata(sec, NULL);
 	if (data == NULL)