perf tools: Add parser generator for events parsing

Changing event parsing to use flex/bison parse generator.
The event syntax stays as it was.

grammar description:

events: events ',' event | event

event:  event_def PE_MODIFIER_EVENT | event_def

event_def: event_legacy_symbol sep_dc     |
           event_legacy_cache sep_dc      |
           event_legacy_breakpoint sep_dc |
           event_legacy_tracepoint sep_dc |
           event_legacy_numeric sep_dc    |
           event_legacy_raw sep_dc

event_legacy_symbol:      PE_NAME_SYM

event_legacy_cache:       PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT |
                          PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT  |
                          PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE

event_legacy_raw:         PE_SEP_RAW PE_VALUE

event_legacy_numeric:     PE_VALUE ':' PE_VALUE

event_legacy_breakpoint:  PE_SEP_BP ':' PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP

event_breakpoint_type:    PE_MODIFIER_BPTYPE | empty

PE_NAME_SYM:              cpu-cycles|cycles                              |
                          stalled-cycles-frontend|idle-cycles-frontend   |
                          stalled-cycles-backend|idle-cycles-backend     |
                          instructions                                   |
                          cache-references                               |
                          cache-misses                                   |
                          branch-instructions|branches                   |
                          branch-misses                                  |
                          bus-cycles                                     |
                          cpu-clock                                      |
                          task-clock                                     |
                          page-faults|faults                             |
                          minor-faults                                   |
                          major-faults                                   |
                          context-switches|cs                            |
                          cpu-migrations|migrations                      |
                          alignment-faults                               |
                          emulation-faults

PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE:       L1-dcache|l1-d|l1d|L1-data             |
                          L1-icache|l1-i|l1i|L1-instruction      |
                          LLC|L2                                 |
                          dTLB|d-tlb|Data-TLB                    |
                          iTLB|i-tlb|Instruction-TLB             |
                          branch|branches|bpu|btb|bpc            |
                          node

PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT:  load|loads|read                        |
                          store|stores|write                     |
                          prefetch|prefetches                    |
                          speculative-read|speculative-load      |
                          refs|Reference|ops|access              |
                          misses|miss

PE_MODIFIER_EVENT:        [ukhp]{0,5}

PE_MODIFIER_BP:           [rwx]

PE_SEP_BP:                'mem'

PE_SEP_RAW:               'r'

sep_dc:                   ':' |

Added flex/bison files for event grammar parsing. The generated
parser is part of the patch. Added makefile rule 'event-parser'
to generate the parser code out of the bison/flex sources.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-u4pfig5waq3ll2bfcdex8fgi@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

tools/perf/Makefile

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+FLEX = $(CROSS_COMPILE)flex
+BISON= $(CROSS_COMPILE)bison
 
 # Additional ARCH settings for x86
 ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
@@ -357,6 +359,8 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/session.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/thread.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/thread_map.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-parse.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-read.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-info.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-scripting.o
@@ -645,6 +649,8 @@ ifndef V
 	QUIET_LINK     = @echo '   ' LINK $@;
 	QUIET_MKDIR    = @echo '   ' MKDIR $@;
 	QUIET_GEN      = @echo '   ' GEN $@;
+	QUIET_FLEX     = @echo '   ' FLEX $@;
+	QUIET_BISON    = @echo '   ' BISON $@;
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -725,6 +731,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)perf.o perf.spec \
 	$(SCRIPTS) \
 	: $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE
 
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES: .o .c .S .s
+
 $(OUTPUT)%.o: %.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
 $(OUTPUT)%.i: %.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
@@ -761,6 +770,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)util/ui/browsers/map.o: util/ui/browsers/map.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
 $(OUTPUT)util/rbtree.o: ../../lib/rbtree.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DETC_PERFCONFIG='"$(ETC_PERFCONFIG_SQ)"' $<
 
+$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.o: util/parse-events-flex.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
+	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-switch-default -Wno-unused-function $<
+
 $(OUTPUT)util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.o: util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-shadow $<
 
@@ -797,6 +809,7 @@ help:
 	@echo '  html		- make html documentation'
 	@echo '  info		- make GNU info documentation (access with info <foo>)'
 	@echo '  pdf		- make pdf documentation'
+	@echo '  event-parser	- make event parser code'
 	@echo '  TAGS		- use etags to make tag information for source browsing'
 	@echo '  tags		- use ctags to make tag information for source browsing'
 	@echo '  cscope	- use cscope to make interactive browsing database'
@@ -846,6 +859,10 @@ cscope:
 	$(RM) cscope*
 	$(FIND) . -name '*.[hcS]' -print | xargs cscope -b
 
+event-parser:
+	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/parse-events.y -d -o util/parse-events-bison.c
+	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=util/parse-events-flex.h -t util/parse-events.l > util/parse-events-flex.c
+
 ### Detect prefix changes
 TRACK_CFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(ALL_CFLAGS)):\
              $(bindir_SQ):$(perfexecdir_SQ):$(template_dir_SQ):$(prefix_SQ)

tools/perf/builtin-test.c

@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int test__checkevent_raw(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong number of entries", 1 == evlist->nr_entries);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong type", PERF_TYPE_RAW == evsel->attr.type);
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong config", 1 == evsel->attr.config);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong config", 0x1a == evsel->attr.config);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ static struct test__event_st {
 		.check = test__checkevent_tracepoint_multi,
 	},
 	{
-		.name  = "r1",
+		.name  = "r1a",
 		.check = test__checkevent_raw,
 	},
 	{
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ static struct test__event_st {
 		.check = test__checkevent_tracepoint_multi_modifier,
 	},
 	{
-		.name  = "r1:kp",
+		.name  = "r1a:kp",
 		.check = test__checkevent_raw_modifier,
 	},
 	{

tools/perf/util/parse-events-bison.h

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.4.3.  */
+
+/* Skeleton interface for Bison's Yacc-like parsers in C
+   
+      Copyright (C) 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
+   2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+   
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+   
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* As a special exception, you may create a larger work that contains
+   part or all of the Bison parser skeleton and distribute that work
+   under terms of your choice, so long as that work isn't itself a
+   parser generator using the skeleton or a modified version thereof
+   as a parser skeleton.  Alternatively, if you modify or redistribute
+   the parser skeleton itself, you may (at your option) remove this
+   special exception, which will cause the skeleton and the resulting
+   Bison output files to be licensed under the GNU General Public
+   License without this special exception.
+   
+   This special exception was added by the Free Software Foundation in
+   version 2.2 of Bison.  */
+
+
+/* Tokens.  */
+#ifndef YYTOKENTYPE
+# define YYTOKENTYPE
+   /* Put the tokens into the symbol table, so that GDB and other debuggers
+      know about them.  */
+   enum yytokentype {
+     PE_VALUE = 258,
+     PE_VALUE_SYM = 259,
+     PE_RAW = 260,
+     PE_NAME = 261,
+     PE_MODIFIER_EVENT = 262,
+     PE_MODIFIER_BP = 263,
+     PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE = 264,
+     PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT = 265,
+     PE_PREFIX_MEM = 266,
+     PE_PREFIX_RAW = 267,
+     PE_ERROR = 268
+   };
+#endif
+
+
+
+#if ! defined YYSTYPE && ! defined YYSTYPE_IS_DECLARED
+typedef union YYSTYPE
+{
+
+/* Line 1685 of yacc.c  */
+#line 42 "util/parse-events.y"
+
+	char *str;
+	unsigned long num;
+
+
+
+/* Line 1685 of yacc.c  */
+#line 71 "util/parse-events-bison.h"
+} YYSTYPE;
+# define YYSTYPE_IS_TRIVIAL 1
+# define yystype YYSTYPE /* obsolescent; will be withdrawn */
+# define YYSTYPE_IS_DECLARED 1
+#endif
+
+extern YYSTYPE parse_events_lval;
+
+

tools/perf/util/parse-events-flex.h

@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+#ifndef parse_events_HEADER_H
+#define parse_events_HEADER_H 1
+#define parse_events_IN_HEADER 1
+
+#line 6 "util/parse-events-flex.h"
+
+#define  YY_INT_ALIGNED short int
+
+/* A lexical scanner generated by flex */
+
+#define FLEX_SCANNER
+#define YY_FLEX_MAJOR_VERSION 2
+#define YY_FLEX_MINOR_VERSION 5
+#define YY_FLEX_SUBMINOR_VERSION 35
+#if YY_FLEX_SUBMINOR_VERSION > 0
+#define FLEX_BETA
+#endif
+
+/* First, we deal with  platform-specific or compiler-specific issues. */
+
+/* begin standard C headers. */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/* end standard C headers. */
+
+/* flex integer type definitions */
+
+#ifndef FLEXINT_H
+#define FLEXINT_H
+
+/* C99 systems have <inttypes.h>. Non-C99 systems may or may not. */
+
+#if defined (__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L
+
+/* C99 says to define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS before including stdint.h,
+ * if you want the limit (max/min) macros for int types. 
+ */
+#ifndef __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
+#define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS 1
+#endif
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+typedef int8_t flex_int8_t;
+typedef uint8_t flex_uint8_t;
+typedef int16_t flex_int16_t;
+typedef uint16_t flex_uint16_t;
+typedef int32_t flex_int32_t;
+typedef uint32_t flex_uint32_t;
+#else
+typedef signed char flex_int8_t;
+typedef short int flex_int16_t;
+typedef int flex_int32_t;
+typedef unsigned char flex_uint8_t; 
+typedef unsigned short int flex_uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int flex_uint32_t;
+#endif /* ! C99 */
+
+/* Limits of integral types. */
+#ifndef INT8_MIN
+#define INT8_MIN               (-128)
+#endif
+#ifndef INT16_MIN
+#define INT16_MIN              (-32767-1)
+#endif
+#ifndef INT32_MIN
+#define INT32_MIN              (-2147483647-1)
+#endif
+#ifndef INT8_MAX
+#define INT8_MAX               (127)
+#endif
+#ifndef INT16_MAX
+#define INT16_MAX              (32767)
+#endif
+#ifndef INT32_MAX
+#define INT32_MAX              (2147483647)
+#endif
+#ifndef UINT8_MAX
+#define UINT8_MAX              (255U)
+#endif
+#ifndef UINT16_MAX
+#define UINT16_MAX             (65535U)
+#endif
+#ifndef UINT32_MAX
+#define UINT32_MAX             (4294967295U)
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ! FLEXINT_H */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+
+/* The "const" storage-class-modifier is valid. */
+#define YY_USE_CONST
+
+#else	/* ! __cplusplus */
+
+/* C99 requires __STDC__ to be defined as 1. */
+#if defined (__STDC__)
+
+#define YY_USE_CONST
+
+#endif	/* defined (__STDC__) */
+#endif	/* ! __cplusplus */
+
+#ifdef YY_USE_CONST
+#define yyconst const
+#else
+#define yyconst
+#endif
+
+/* Size of default input buffer. */
+#ifndef YY_BUF_SIZE
+#define YY_BUF_SIZE 16384
+#endif
+
+#ifndef YY_TYPEDEF_YY_BUFFER_STATE
+#define YY_TYPEDEF_YY_BUFFER_STATE
+typedef struct yy_buffer_state *YY_BUFFER_STATE;
+#endif
+
+extern int parse_events_leng;
+
+extern FILE *parse_events_in, *parse_events_out;
+
+#ifndef YY_TYPEDEF_YY_SIZE_T
+#define YY_TYPEDEF_YY_SIZE_T
+typedef size_t yy_size_t;
+#endif
+
+#ifndef YY_STRUCT_YY_BUFFER_STATE
+#define YY_STRUCT_YY_BUFFER_STATE
+struct yy_buffer_state
+	{
+	FILE *yy_input_file;
+
+	char *yy_ch_buf;		/* input buffer */
+	char *yy_buf_pos;		/* current position in input buffer */
+
+	/* Size of input buffer in bytes, not including room for EOB
+	 * characters.
+	 */
+	yy_size_t yy_buf_size;
+
+	/* Number of characters read into yy_ch_buf, not including EOB
+	 * characters.
+	 */
+	int yy_n_chars;
+
+	/* Whether we "own" the buffer - i.e., we know we created it,
+	 * and can realloc() it to grow it, and should free() it to
+	 * delete it.
+	 */
+	int yy_is_our_buffer;
+
+	/* Whether this is an "interactive" input source; if so, and
+	 * if we're using stdio for input, then we want to use getc()
+	 * instead of fread(), to make sure we stop fetching input after
+	 * each newline.
+	 */
+	int yy_is_interactive;
+
+	/* Whether we're considered to be at the beginning of a line.
+	 * If so, '^' rules will be active on the next match, otherwise
+	 * not.
+	 */
+	int yy_at_bol;
+
+    int yy_bs_lineno; /**< The line count. */
+    int yy_bs_column; /**< The column count. */
+    
+	/* Whether to try to fill the input buffer when we reach the
+	 * end of it.
+	 */
+	int yy_fill_buffer;
+
+	int yy_buffer_status;
+
+	};
+#endif /* !YY_STRUCT_YY_BUFFER_STATE */
+
+void parse_events_restart (FILE *input_file  );
+void parse_events__switch_to_buffer (YY_BUFFER_STATE new_buffer  );
+YY_BUFFER_STATE parse_events__create_buffer (FILE *file,int size  );
+void parse_events__delete_buffer (YY_BUFFER_STATE b  );
+void parse_events__flush_buffer (YY_BUFFER_STATE b  );
+void parse_events_push_buffer_state (YY_BUFFER_STATE new_buffer  );
+void parse_events_pop_buffer_state (void );
+
+YY_BUFFER_STATE parse_events__scan_buffer (char *base,yy_size_t size  );
+YY_BUFFER_STATE parse_events__scan_string (yyconst char *yy_str  );
+YY_BUFFER_STATE parse_events__scan_bytes (yyconst char *bytes,int len  );
+
+void *parse_events_alloc (yy_size_t  );
+void *parse_events_realloc (void *,yy_size_t  );
+void parse_events_free (void *  );
+
+/* Begin user sect3 */
+
+extern int parse_events_lineno;
+
+extern char *parse_events_text;
+#define yytext_ptr parse_events_text
+
+#ifdef YY_HEADER_EXPORT_START_CONDITIONS
+#define INITIAL 0
+
+#endif
+
+#ifndef YY_NO_UNISTD_H
+/* Special case for "unistd.h", since it is non-ANSI. We include it way
+ * down here because we want the user's section 1 to have been scanned first.
+ * The user has a chance to override it with an option.
+ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef YY_EXTRA_TYPE
+#define YY_EXTRA_TYPE void *
+#endif
+
+/* Accessor methods to globals.
+   These are made visible to non-reentrant scanners for convenience. */
+
+int parse_events_lex_destroy (void );
+
+int parse_events_get_debug (void );
+
+void parse_events_set_debug (int debug_flag  );
+
+YY_EXTRA_TYPE parse_events_get_extra (void );
+
+void parse_events_set_extra (YY_EXTRA_TYPE user_defined  );
+
+FILE *parse_events_get_in (void );
+
+void parse_events_set_in  (FILE * in_str  );
+
+FILE *parse_events_get_out (void );
+
+void parse_events_set_out  (FILE * out_str  );
+
+int parse_events_get_leng (void );
+
+char *parse_events_get_text (void );
+
+int parse_events_get_lineno (void );
+
+void parse_events_set_lineno (int line_number  );
+
+/* Macros after this point can all be overridden by user definitions in
+ * section 1.
+ */
+
+#ifndef YY_SKIP_YYWRAP
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" int parse_events_wrap (void );
+#else
+extern int parse_events_wrap (void );
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef yytext_ptr
+static void yy_flex_strncpy (char *,yyconst char *,int );
+#endif
+
+#ifdef YY_NEED_STRLEN
+static int yy_flex_strlen (yyconst char * );
+#endif
+
+#ifndef YY_NO_INPUT
+
+#endif
+
+/* Amount of stuff to slurp up with each read. */
+#ifndef YY_READ_BUF_SIZE
+#define YY_READ_BUF_SIZE 8192
+#endif
+
+/* Number of entries by which start-condition stack grows. */
+#ifndef YY_START_STACK_INCR
+#define YY_START_STACK_INCR 25
+#endif
+
+/* Default declaration of generated scanner - a define so the user can
+ * easily add parameters.
+ */
+#ifndef YY_DECL
+#define YY_DECL_IS_OURS 1
+
+extern int parse_events_lex (void);
+
+#define YY_DECL int parse_events_lex (void)
+#endif /* !YY_DECL */
+
+/* yy_get_previous_state - get the state just before the EOB char was reached */
+
+#undef YY_NEW_FILE
+#undef YY_FLUSH_BUFFER
+#undef yy_set_bol
+#undef yy_new_buffer
+#undef yy_set_interactive
+#undef YY_DO_BEFORE_ACTION
+
+#ifdef YY_DECL_IS_OURS
+#undef YY_DECL_IS_OURS
+#undef YY_DECL
+#endif
+
+#line 102 "util/parse-events.l"
+
+
+#line 315 "util/parse-events-flex.h"
+#undef parse_events_IN_HEADER
+#endif /* parse_events_HEADER_H */

tools/perf/util/parse-events.h

@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ extern int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
 
 #define EVENTS_HELP_MAX (128*1024)
 
+int parse_events_modifier(struct list_head *list __used, char *str __used);
+int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
+				char *sys, char *event);
+int parse_events_add_raw(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned long config,
+			 unsigned long config1, unsigned long config2,
+			 char *mod);
+int parse_events_add_numeric(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
+			     unsigned long type, unsigned long config);
+int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
+			   char *type, char *op_result1, char *op_result2);
+int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
+				void *ptr, char *type);
+void parse_events_error(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
+			char const *msg);
+
 void print_events(const char *event_glob);
 void print_events_type(u8 type);
 void print_tracepoint_events(const char *subsys_glob, const char *event_glob);

tools/perf/util/parse-events.l

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+
+%option prefix="parse_events_"
+
+%{
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "../perf.h"
+#include "parse-events-bison.h"
+
+static int __value(char *str, int base, int token)
+{
+	long num;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtoul(str, NULL, base);
+	if (errno)
+		return PE_ERROR;
+
+	parse_events_lval.num = num;
+	return token;
+}
+
+static int value(int base)
+{
+	return __value(parse_events_text, base, PE_VALUE);
+}
+
+static int raw(void)
+{
+	return __value(parse_events_text + 1, 16, PE_RAW);
+}
+
+static int str(int token)
+{
+	parse_events_lval.str = strdup(parse_events_text);
+	return token;
+}
+
+static int sym(int type, int config)
+{
+	parse_events_lval.num = (type << 16) + config;
+	return PE_VALUE_SYM;
+}
+
+%}
+
+num_dec		[0-9]+
+num_hex		0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
+num_raw_hex	[a-fA-F0-9]+
+name		[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9_*?]*
+modifier_event	[ukhp]{1,5}
+modifier_bp	[rwx]
+
+%%
+cpu-cycles|cycles				{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES); }
+stalled-cycles-frontend|idle-cycles-frontend	{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND); }
+stalled-cycles-backend|idle-cycles-backend	{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND); }
+instructions					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS); }
+cache-references				{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES); }
+cache-misses					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES); }
+branch-instructions|branches			{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS); }
+branch-misses					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES); }
+bus-cycles					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES); }
+cpu-clock					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK); }
+task-clock					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK); }
+page-faults|faults				{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS); }
+minor-faults					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN); }
+major-faults					{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ); }
+context-switches|cs				{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES); }
+cpu-migrations|migrations			{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS); }
+alignment-faults				{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS); }
+emulation-faults				{ return sym(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS); }
+
+L1-dcache|l1-d|l1d|L1-data		|
+L1-icache|l1-i|l1i|L1-instruction	|
+LLC|L2					|
+dTLB|d-tlb|Data-TLB			|
+iTLB|i-tlb|Instruction-TLB		|
+branch|branches|bpu|btb|bpc		|
+node					{ return str(PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE); }
+
+load|loads|read				|
+store|stores|write			|
+prefetch|prefetches			|
+speculative-read|speculative-load	|
+refs|Reference|ops|access		|
+misses|miss				{ return str(PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT); }
+
+mem:			{ return PE_PREFIX_MEM; }
+r{num_raw_hex}		{ return raw(); }
+{num_dec}		{ return value(10); }
+{num_hex}		{ return value(16); }
+
+{modifier_event}	{ return str(PE_MODIFIER_EVENT); }
+{modifier_bp}		{ return str(PE_MODIFIER_BP); }
+{name}			{ return str(PE_NAME); }
+"/"			{ return '/'; }
+-			{ return '-'; }
+,			{ return ','; }
+:			{ return ':'; }
+=			{ return '='; }
+
+%%
+
+int parse_events_wrap(void)
+{
+	return 1;
+}

tools/perf/util/parse-events.y

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+
+%name-prefix "parse_events_"
+%parse-param {struct list_head *list}
+%parse-param {int *idx}
+
+%{
+
+#define YYDEBUG 1
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include "types.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "parse-events.h"
+
+extern int parse_events_lex (void);
+
+#define ABORT_ON(val) \
+do { \
+	if (val) \
+		YYABORT; \
+} while (0)
+
+%}
+
+%token PE_VALUE PE_VALUE_SYM PE_RAW
+%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_RAW
+%type <str> PE_NAME
+%type <str> PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE
+%type <str> PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
+%type <str> PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
+%type <str> PE_MODIFIER_BP
+
+%union
+{
+	char *str;
+	unsigned long num;
+}
+%%
+
+events:
+events ',' event | event
+
+event:
+event_def PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_modifier(list, $2));
+}
+|
+event_def
+
+event_def: event_legacy_symbol sep_dc |
+	   event_legacy_cache sep_dc |
+	   event_legacy_mem |
+	   event_legacy_tracepoint sep_dc |
+	   event_legacy_numeric sep_dc |
+	   event_legacy_raw sep_dc
+
+event_legacy_symbol:
+PE_VALUE_SYM
+{
+	int type = $1 >> 16;
+	int config = $1 & 255;
+
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(list, idx, type, config));
+}
+
+event_legacy_cache:
+PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_cache(list, idx, $1, $3, $5));
+}
+|
+PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE '-' PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_cache(list, idx, $1, $3, NULL));
+}
+|
+PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_cache(list, idx, $1, NULL, NULL));
+}
+
+event_legacy_mem:
+PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, idx, (void *) $2, $4));
+}
+|
+PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE sep_dc
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, idx, (void *) $2, NULL));
+}
+
+event_legacy_tracepoint:
+PE_NAME ':' PE_NAME
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_tracepoint(list, idx, $1, $3));
+}
+
+event_legacy_numeric:
+PE_VALUE ':' PE_VALUE
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(list, idx, $1, $3));
+}
+
+event_legacy_raw:
+PE_RAW
+{
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(list, idx, PERF_TYPE_RAW, $1));
+}
+
+sep_dc: ':' |
+
+%%
+
+void parse_events_error(struct list_head *list __used, int *idx __used,
+			char const *msg __used)
+{
+}