1 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b2dd0779dacc..98125319b158 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define YY_EXTRA_TYPE int
 #include "parse-events-flex.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
+#include "thread_map.h"
 
 #define MAX_NAME_LEN 100
 
@@ -1076,6 +1077,33 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
+{
+        bool ret = true;
+        struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+        struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+                .type = type,
+                .config = config,
+                .disabled = 1,
+                .exclude_kernel = 1,
+        };
+        struct {
+                struct thread_map map;
+                int threads[1];
+        } tmap = {
+                .map.nr  = 1,
+                .threads = { 0 },
+        };
+
+        evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr, 0);
+        if (evsel) {
+                ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+                perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
 static void __print_events_type(u8 type, struct event_symbol *syms,
                                 unsigned max)
 {
@@ -1083,14 +1111,16 @@ static void __print_events_type(u8 type, struct event_symbol *syms,
         unsigned i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < max ; i++, syms++) {
+                if (!is_event_supported(type, i))
+                        continue;
+
                 if (strlen(syms->alias))
                         snprintf(name, sizeof(name),  "%s OR %s",
                                  syms->symbol, syms->alias);
                 else
                         snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", syms->symbol);
 
-                printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", name,
-                        event_type_descriptors[type]);
+                printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", name, event_type_descriptors[type]);
         }
 }
 
@@ -1119,6 +1149,10 @@ int print_hwcache_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
                                 if (event_glob != NULL && !strglobmatch(name, event_glob))
                                         continue;
 
+                                if (!is_event_supported(PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE,
+                                                        type | (op << 8) | (i << 16)))
+                                        continue;
+
                                 if (name_only)
                                         printf("%s ", name);
                                 else
@@ -1148,6 +1182,9 @@ static void print_symbol_events(const char *event_glob, unsigned type,
                       (syms->alias && strglobmatch(syms->alias, event_glob))))
                         continue;
 
+                if (!is_event_supported(type, i))
+                        continue;
+
                 if (name_only) {
                         printf("%s ", syms->symbol);
                         continue;