1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

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;
 };