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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c9
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index a754875fa5bbb..667e5102075e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
encoding with the layout of the event control registers as described
by entries in /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/*.
+--filter=<filter>::
+ Event filter. This option should follow an event selector (-e). For
+ syntax see linkperf:perf-record[1].
+
-E <entries>::
--entries=<entries>::
Display this many functions.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 1d6aef51c122c..e8cbbf10d361e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,13 @@ try_again:
}
}
+ if (evlist__apply_filters(evlist, &counter)) {
+ pr_err("failed to set filter \"%s\" on event %s with %d (%s)\n",
+ counter->filter ?: "BPF", evsel__name(counter), errno,
+ str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
if (evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages) < 0) {
ui__error("Failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n",
errno, str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
@@ -1462,6 +1469,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", &parse_events_option_args, "event",
"event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
parse_events_option),
+ OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", &top.evlist, "filter",
+ "event filter", parse_filter),
OPT_U64('c', "count", &opts->user_interval, "event period to sample"),
OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &target->pid, "pid",
"profile events on existing process id"),