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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c31
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index ead6a9ad3599..b53b27f34e4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,7 @@ process_paren(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
{
struct print_arg *item_arg;
enum event_type type;
+ int ptr_cast = 0;
char *token;
type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
@@ -1469,11 +1470,26 @@ process_paren(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
return EVENT_ERROR;
- if (type == EVENT_OP)
- type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
+ if (type == EVENT_OP) {
+ /* handle the ptr casts */
+ if (!strcmp(token, "*")) {
+ /*
+ * FIXME: should we zapp whitespaces before ')' ?
+ * (may require a peek_token_item())
+ */
+ if (__peek_char() == ')') {
+ ptr_cast = 1;
+ free_token(token);
+ type = read_token_item(&token);
+ }
+ }
+ if (!ptr_cast) {
+ type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
- if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
- return EVENT_ERROR;
+ if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
+ return EVENT_ERROR;
+ }
+ }
if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, (char *)")")) {
free_token(token);
@@ -1499,6 +1515,13 @@ process_paren(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
item_arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item_arg));
arg->type = PRINT_TYPE;
+ if (ptr_cast) {
+ char *old = arg->atom.atom;
+
+ arg->atom.atom = malloc_or_die(strlen(old + 3));
+ sprintf(arg->atom.atom, "%s *", old);
+ free(old);
+ }
arg->typecast.type = arg->atom.atom;
arg->typecast.item = item_arg;
type = process_arg_token(event, item_arg, &token, type);