[PATCH v20 03/20] perf, tools: Use pmu_events table to create aliases

2016-06-20 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
At run time (when 'perf' is starting up), locate the specific table of PMU events that corresponds to the current CPU. Using that table, create aliases for the each of the PMU events in the CPU. The use these aliases to parse the user specified perf event. In short this would allow the user to

[PATCH v20 03/20] perf, tools: Use pmu_events table to create aliases

2016-06-20 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
At run time (when 'perf' is starting up), locate the specific table of PMU events that corresponds to the current CPU. Using that table, create aliases for the each of the PMU events in the CPU. The use these aliases to parse the user specified perf event. In short this would allow the user to