1 files changed, 71 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index ca8682966fae..03211c2623de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -810,19 +810,76 @@ no_opt:
 	return auxtrace_validate_aux_sample_size(evlist, opts);
 }
 
-void auxtrace_regroup_aux_output(struct evlist *evlist)
+static struct aux_action_opt {
+	const char *str;
+	u32 aux_action;
+	bool aux_event_opt;
+} aux_action_opts[] = {
+	{"start-paused", BIT(0), true},
+	{"pause",        BIT(1), false},
+	{"resume",       BIT(2), false},
+	{.str = NULL},
+};
+
+static const struct aux_action_opt *auxtrace_parse_aux_action_str(const char *str)
+{
+	const struct aux_action_opt *opt;
+
+	if (!str)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (opt = aux_action_opts; opt->str; opt++)
+		if (!strcmp(str, opt->str))
+			return opt;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int auxtrace_parse_aux_action(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
-	struct evsel *evsel, *aux_evsel = NULL;
 	struct evsel_config_term *term;
+	struct evsel *aux_evsel = NULL;
+	struct evsel *evsel;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
-		if (evsel__is_aux_event(evsel))
+		bool is_aux_event = evsel__is_aux_event(evsel);
+		const struct aux_action_opt *opt;
+
+		if (is_aux_event)
 			aux_evsel = evsel;
-		term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, AUX_OUTPUT);
+		term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, AUX_ACTION);
+		if (!term) {
+			if (evsel__get_config_term(evsel, AUX_OUTPUT))
+				goto regroup;
+			continue;
+		}
+		opt = auxtrace_parse_aux_action_str(term->val.str);
+		if (!opt) {
+			pr_err("Bad aux-action '%s'\n", term->val.str);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (opt->aux_event_opt && !is_aux_event) {
+			pr_err("aux-action '%s' can only be used with AUX area event\n",
+			       term->val.str);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (!opt->aux_event_opt && is_aux_event) {
+			pr_err("aux-action '%s' cannot be used for AUX area event itself\n",
+			       term->val.str);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		evsel->core.attr.aux_action = opt->aux_action;
+regroup:
 		/* If possible, group with the AUX event */
-		if (term && aux_evsel)
+		if (aux_evsel)
 			evlist__regroup(evlist, aux_evsel, evsel);
+		if (!evsel__is_aux_event(evsel__leader(evsel))) {
+			pr_err("Events with aux-action must have AUX area event group leader\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct auxtrace_record *__weak
@@ -1116,16 +1173,19 @@ static int auxtrace_queue_data_cb(struct perf_session *session,
 	if (!qd->samples || event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
 		return 0;
 
+	perf_sample__init(&sample, /*all=*/false);
 	err = evlist__parse_sample(session->evlist, event, &sample);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	if (!sample.aux_sample.size)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
-	offset += sample.aux_sample.data - (void *)event;
+	if (sample.aux_sample.size) {
+		offset += sample.aux_sample.data - (void *)event;
 
-	return session->auxtrace->queue_data(session, &sample, NULL, offset);
+		err = session->auxtrace->queue_data(session, &sample, NULL, offset);
+	}
+out:
+	perf_sample__exit(&sample);
+	return err;
 }
 
 int auxtrace_queue_data(struct perf_session *session, bool samples, bool events)