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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 1d3d5a3dbe60..f6fc8f651a25 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ struct perf_sample_id {
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
};
+/** struct perf_evsel - event selector
+ *
+ * @name - Can be set to retain the original event name passed by the user,
+ * so that when showing results in tools such as 'perf stat', we
+ * show the name used, not some alias.
+ */
struct perf_evsel {
struct list_head node;
struct perf_event_attr attr;
@@ -45,6 +51,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
struct xyarray *id;
struct perf_counts *counts;
int idx;
+ char *name;
void *priv;
struct cgroup_sel *cgrp;
};