1 files changed, 50 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 6b6d03e93c3d..2d8d53bec17e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -722,6 +722,27 @@ static int get_event_modifier(struct event_modifier *mod, char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Basic modifier sanity check to validate it contains only one
+ * instance of any modifier (apart from 'p') present.
+ */
+static int check_modifier(char *str)
+{
+	char *p = str;
+
+	/* The sizeof includes 0 byte as well. */
+	if (strlen(str) > (sizeof("ukhGHppp") - 1))
+		return -1;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		if (*p != 'p' && strchr(p + 1, *p))
+			return -1;
+		p++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int parse_events__modifier_event(struct list_head *list, char *str, bool add)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
@@ -730,6 +751,9 @@ int parse_events__modifier_event(struct list_head *list, char *str, bool add)
 	if (str == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (check_modifier(str))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!add && get_event_modifier(&mod, str, NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -827,8 +851,6 @@ int parse_events(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *str,
 	 * Both call perf_evlist__delete in case of error, so we dont
 	 * need to bother.
 	 */
-	fprintf(stderr, "invalid or unsupported event: '%s'\n", str);
-	fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n");
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -836,7 +858,13 @@ int parse_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 			int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;
-	return parse_events(evlist, str, unset);
+	int ret = parse_events(evlist, str, unset);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "invalid or unsupported event: '%s'\n", str);
+		fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n");
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
@@ -1081,7 +1109,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
 		printf("  %-50s [%s]\n",
 		       "cpu/t1=v1[,t2=v2,t3 ...]/modifier",
 		       event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_RAW]);
-		printf("   (see 'perf list --help' on how to encode it)\n");
+		printf("   (see 'man perf-list' on how to encode it)\n");
 		printf("\n");
 
 		printf("  %-50s [%s]\n",
@@ -1142,6 +1170,24 @@ int parse_events__term_str(struct parse_events__term **term,
 			config, str, 0);
 }
 
+int parse_events__term_sym_hw(struct parse_events__term **term,
+			      char *config, unsigned idx)
+{
+	struct event_symbol *sym;
+
+	BUG_ON(idx >= PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX);
+	sym = &event_symbols_hw[idx];
+
+	if (config)
+		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER, config,
+				(char *) sym->symbol, 0);
+	else
+		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
+				(char *) "event", (char *) sym->symbol, 0);
+}
+
 int parse_events__term_clone(struct parse_events__term **new,
 			     struct parse_events__term *term)
 {