4 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 3a022b3e5c02..0fa9ea3a6d92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,31 @@ static void aggr_update_shadow(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static void uniquify_event_name(struct perf_evsel *counter)
+{
+	char *new_name;
+	char *config;
+
+	if (!counter->pmu_name || !strncmp(counter->name, counter->pmu_name,
+					   strlen(counter->pmu_name)))
+		return;
+
+	config = strchr(counter->name, '/');
+	if (config) {
+		if (asprintf(&new_name,
+			     "%s%s", counter->pmu_name, config) > 0) {
+			free(counter->name);
+			counter->name = new_name;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (asprintf(&new_name,
+			     "%s [%s]", counter->name, counter->pmu_name) > 0) {
+			free(counter->name);
+			counter->name = new_name;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void collect_all_aliases(struct perf_evsel *counter,
 			    void (*cb)(struct perf_evsel *counter, void *data,
 				       bool first),
@@ -1279,7 +1304,9 @@ static bool collect_data(struct perf_evsel *counter,
 	if (counter->merged_stat)
 		return false;
 	cb(counter, data, true);
-	if (!no_merge && counter->auto_merge_stats)
+	if (no_merge)
+		uniquify_event_name(counter);
+	else if (counter->auto_merge_stats)
 		collect_all_aliases(counter, cb, data);
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f1f883bb41a8..e937894654b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	evsel->metric_name   = NULL;
 	evsel->metric_events = NULL;
 	evsel->collect_stat  = false;
+	evsel->pmu_name      = NULL;
 }
 
 struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 92ba001b627f..55ae1cda7396 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	struct perf_evsel	**metric_events;
 	bool			collect_stat;
 	bool			weak_group;
+	const char		*pmu_name;
 };
 
 union u64_swap {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 34589c427e52..bafc91edcb44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,12 @@ static int __parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 	if (!head_config) {
 		attr.type = pmu->type;
 		evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr, NULL, pmu, NULL, auto_merge_stats);
-		return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+		if (evsel) {
+			evsel->pmu_name = name;
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, head_config, &info))
@@ -1276,6 +1281,7 @@ static int __parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 		evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
 		evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
 		evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
+		evsel->pmu_name = name;
 	}
 
 	return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;