perf script: improve validation of sample attributes for output fields

Check for required sample attributes using evsel rather than sample_type
in the session header. If the attribute for a default field is not
present for the event type (e.g., new command operating on file from
older kernel) the field is removed from the output list.

Expected event types must exist. For example, if a user specifies

  -f trace:time,trace -f sw:time,cpu,sym

the perf.data file must contain both tracepoints and software events
(ie., it is an error if either does not exist in the file).

Attribute checking is done once at the beginning of perf-script rather
than for each sample.

v1 -> v2:
- addressed comments from acme

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1302148460-570-1-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 1ac481fc1100..8daaa2d15396 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ static inline int perf_session__parse_sample(struct perf_session *session,
 					session->sample_id_all, sample);
 }
 
+struct perf_evsel *perf_session__find_first_evtype(struct perf_session *session,
+					    unsigned int type);
+
 void perf_session__print_symbols(union perf_event *event,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample,
 				 struct perf_session *session);