This patch set makes it possible to use the current filter framework with address filters. That way address filters for HW tracers such as CoreSight and Intel PT can be communicated to the kernel drivers.
In this revision precursor work is done to make function perf_evsel__append_filter() generic, along with changes to current customers. From there the work on address filters is introduced. Thanks, Mathieu --- Changes for V7: - s/intelPT/Intel PT - Added Adrian's ack. Changes for V6: - Split work in 3 (small) patches. - Adding tracepoint and address filter append() functions Changes for V5: - Modified perf_evsel__append_filter() to take a string format rather than an operation. Changes for V4: - Added support for address filters over more than one nibble. - Removed Jiri's ack, this version is too different from what was reviewed. Changes for V3: - Added Jiri's ack. - Rebased to v4.8-rc5. Changes for V2: - Rebased to v4.8-rc4. - Revisited error path. Mathieu Poirier (3): perf tools: making perf_evsel__append_filter() generic perf tools: new tracepoint specific function perf tools: adding support for address filters tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 8 ++++++-- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 5 +++-- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4