Merge branch 'perf/parse-events-4' of git://github.com/fweisbec/tracing into perf/core

Conflicts:
	tools/perf/Makefile

This tree from Frederic unifies the perf and trace-cmd trace event format
parsing code into a single library.

Powertop and other tools will also be able to make use of it.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

18 files changed, 9122 insertions, 3274 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d69aa9ff51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+# trace-cmd version
+EP_VERSION = 1
+EP_PATCHLEVEL = 1
+EP_EXTRAVERSION = 0
+
+# file format version
+FILE_VERSION = 6
+
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
+
+# Makefiles suck: This macro sets a default value of $(2) for the
+# variable named by $(1), unless the variable has been set by
+# environment or command line. This is necessary for CC and AR
+# because make sets default values, so the simpler ?= approach
+# won't work as expected.
+define allow-override
+  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
+            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
+    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
+endef
+
+# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
+$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
+$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
+
+EXT = -std=gnu99
+INSTALL = install
+
+# Use DESTDIR for installing into a different root directory.
+# This is useful for building a package. The program will be
+# installed in this directory as if it was the root directory.
+# Then the build tool can move it later.
+DESTDIR ?=
+DESTDIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))'
+
+prefix ?= /usr/local
+bindir_relative = bin
+bindir = $(prefix)/$(bindir_relative)
+man_dir = $(prefix)/share/man
+man_dir_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(man_dir))'
+html_install = $(prefix)/share/kernelshark/html
+html_install_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(html_install))'
+img_install = $(prefix)/share/kernelshark/html/images
+img_install_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(img_install))'
+
+export man_dir man_dir_SQ html_install html_install_SQ INSTALL
+export img_install img_install_SQ
+export DESTDIR DESTDIR_SQ
+
+# copy a bit from Linux kbuild
+
+ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
+  VERBOSE = $(V)
+endif
+ifndef VERBOSE
+  VERBOSE = 0
+endif
+
+ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
+  BUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_SRC),)
+ifneq ($(BUILD_OUTPUT),)
+
+define build_output
+	$(if $(VERBOSE:1=),@)$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_OUTPUT) 	\
+	BUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile $1
+endef
+
+saved-output := $(BUILD_OUTPUT)
+BUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(BUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
+$(if $(BUILD_OUTPUT),, \
+     $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist))
+
+all: sub-make
+
+gui: force
+	$(call build_output, all_cmd)
+
+$(filter-out gui,$(MAKECMDGOALS)): sub-make
+
+sub-make: force
+	$(call build_output, $(MAKECMDGOALS))
+
+
+# Leave processing to above invocation of make
+skip-makefile := 1
+
+endif # BUILD_OUTPUT
+endif # BUILD_SRC
+
+# We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
+ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
+
+srctree		:= $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
+objtree		:= $(CURDIR)
+src		:= $(srctree)
+obj		:= $(objtree)
+
+export prefix bindir src obj
+
+# Shell quotes
+bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))
+bindir_relative_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir_relative))
+
+LIB_FILE = libtraceevent.a libtraceevent.so
+
+CONFIG_INCLUDES = 
+CONFIG_LIBS	=
+CONFIG_FLAGS	=
+
+VERSION		= $(EP_VERSION)
+PATCHLEVEL	= $(EP_PATCHLEVEL)
+EXTRAVERSION	= $(EP_EXTRAVERSION)
+
+OBJ		= $@
+N		=
+
+export Q VERBOSE
+
+EVENT_PARSE_VERSION = $(EP_VERSION).$(EP_PATCHLEVEL).$(EP_EXTRAVERSION)
+
+INCLUDES = -I. -I/usr/local/include $(CONFIG_INCLUDES)
+
+# Set compile option CFLAGS if not set elsewhere
+CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall
+
+# Append required CFLAGS
+override CFLAGS += $(CONFIG_FLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(PLUGIN_DIR_SQ)
+override CFLAGS += $(udis86-flags)
+
+ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
+  Q =
+  print_compile =
+  print_app_build =
+  print_fpic_compile =
+  print_shared_lib_compile =
+  print_plugin_obj_compile =
+  print_plugin_build =
+  print_install =
+else
+  Q = @
+  print_compile =		echo '  CC                 '$(OBJ);
+  print_app_build =		echo '  BUILD              '$(OBJ);
+  print_fpic_compile =		echo '  CC FPIC            '$(OBJ);
+  print_shared_lib_compile =	echo '  BUILD SHARED LIB   '$(OBJ);
+  print_plugin_obj_compile =	echo '  CC PLUGIN OBJ      '$(OBJ);
+  print_plugin_build =		echo '  CC PLUGI           '$(OBJ);
+  print_static_lib_build =	echo '  BUILD STATIC LIB   '$(OBJ);
+  print_install =		echo '  INSTALL     '$1'	to	$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';
+endif
+
+do_fpic_compile =					\
+	($(print_fpic_compile)				\
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) -fPIC $< -o $@)
+
+do_app_build =						\
+	($(print_app_build)				\
+	$(CC) $^ -rdynamic -o $@ $(CONFIG_LIBS) $(LIBS))
+
+do_compile_shared_library =			\
+	($(print_shared_lib_compile)		\
+	$(CC) --shared $^ -o $@)
+
+do_compile_plugin_obj =				\
+	($(print_plugin_obj_compile)		\
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ $<)
+
+do_plugin_build =				\
+	($(print_plugin_build)			\
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -nostartfiles -o $@ $<)
+
+do_build_static_lib =				\
+	($(print_static_lib_build)		\
+	$(RM) $@;  $(AR) rcs $@ $^)
+
+
+define do_compile
+	$(print_compile)						\
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) $< -o $(obj)/$@;
+endef
+
+$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c
+	$(Q)$(call do_compile)
+
+%.o: $(src)/%.c
+	$(Q)$(call do_compile)
+
+PEVENT_LIB_OBJS = event-parse.o trace-seq.o parse-filter.o parse-utils.o
+
+ALL_OBJS = $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+
+CMD_TARGETS = $(LIB_FILE)
+
+TARGETS = $(CMD_TARGETS)
+
+
+all: all_cmd
+
+all_cmd: $(CMD_TARGETS)
+
+libtraceevent.so: $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+	$(Q)$(do_compile_shared_library)
+
+libtraceevent.a: $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+	$(Q)$(do_build_static_lib)
+
+$(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS): %.o: $(src)/%.c
+	$(Q)$(do_fpic_compile)
+
+define make_version.h
+	(echo '/* This file is automatically generated. Do not modify. */';		\
+	echo \#define VERSION_CODE $(shell						\
+	expr $(VERSION) \* 256 + $(PATCHLEVEL));					\
+	echo '#define EXTRAVERSION ' $(EXTRAVERSION);					\
+	echo '#define VERSION_STRING "'$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(EXTRAVERSION)'"';	\
+	echo '#define FILE_VERSION '$(FILE_VERSION);					\
+	) > $1
+endef
+
+define update_version.h
+	($(call make_version.h, $@.tmp);		\
+	if [ -r $@ ] && cmp -s $@ $@.tmp; then		\
+		rm -f $@.tmp;				\
+	else						\
+		echo '  UPDATE                 $@';	\
+		mv -f $@.tmp $@;			\
+	fi);
+endef
+
+ep_version.h: force
+	$(Q)$(N)$(call update_version.h)
+
+VERSION_FILES = ep_version.h
+
+define update_dir
+	(echo $1 > $@.tmp;	\
+	if [ -r $@ ] && cmp -s $@ $@.tmp; then		\
+		rm -f $@.tmp;				\
+	else						\
+		echo '  UPDATE                 $@';	\
+		mv -f $@.tmp $@;			\
+	fi);
+endef
+
+## make deps
+
+all_objs := $(sort $(ALL_OBJS))
+all_deps := $(all_objs:%.o=.%.d)
+
+define check_deps
+		$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $< > $@;
+endef
+
+$(gui_deps): ks_version.h
+$(non_gui_deps): tc_version.h
+
+$(all_deps): .%.d: $(src)/%.c
+	$(Q)$(call check_deps)
+
+$(all_objs) : %.o : .%.d
+
+dep_includes := $(wildcard $(all_deps))
+
+ifneq ($(dep_includes),)
+ include $(dep_includes)
+endif
+
+tags:	force
+	$(RM) tags
+	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs ctags --extra=+f --c-kinds=+px
+
+TAGS:	force
+	$(RM) TAGS
+	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs etags
+
+define do_install
+	$(print_install)				\
+	if [ ! -d '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2' ]; then		\
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';	\
+	fi;						\
+	$(INSTALL) $1 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2'
+endef
+
+install_lib: all_cmd install_plugins install_python
+	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(LIB_FILE),$(bindir_SQ))
+
+install: install_lib
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) *.o *~ $(TARGETS) *.a *.so $(VERSION_FILES).*.d
+	$(RM) tags TAGS
+
+endif # skip-makefile
+
+PHONY += force
+force:
+
+# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
+# information in a variable so we can use it in if_changed and friends.
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..998534992197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5065 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ *  The parts for function graph printing was taken and modified from the
+ *  Linux Kernel that were written by
+ *    - Copyright (C) 2009  Frederic Weisbecker,
+ *  Frederic Weisbecker gave his permission to relicense the code to
+ *  the Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "event-parse.h"
+#include "event-utils.h"
+
+static const char *input_buf;
+static unsigned long long input_buf_ptr;
+static unsigned long long input_buf_siz;
+
+static int is_flag_field;
+static int is_symbolic_field;
+
+static int show_warning = 1;
+
+#define do_warning(fmt, ...)				\
+	do {						\
+		if (show_warning)			\
+			warning(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+	} while (0)
+
+static void init_input_buf(const char *buf, unsigned long long size)
+{
+	input_buf = buf;
+	input_buf_siz = size;
+	input_buf_ptr = 0;
+}
+
+const char *pevent_get_input_buf(void)
+{
+	return input_buf;
+}
+
+unsigned long long pevent_get_input_buf_ptr(void)
+{
+	return input_buf_ptr;
+}
+
+struct event_handler {
+	struct event_handler		*next;
+	int				id;
+	const char			*sys_name;
+	const char			*event_name;
+	pevent_event_handler_func	func;
+	void				*context;
+};
+
+struct pevent_func_params {
+	struct pevent_func_params	*next;
+	enum pevent_func_arg_type	type;
+};
+
+struct pevent_function_handler {
+	struct pevent_function_handler	*next;
+	enum pevent_func_arg_type	ret_type;
+	char				*name;
+	pevent_func_handler		func;
+	struct pevent_func_params	*params;
+	int				nr_args;
+};
+
+static unsigned long long
+process_defined_func(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size,
+		     struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg);
+
+static void free_func_handle(struct pevent_function_handler *func);
+
+/**
+ * pevent_buffer_init - init buffer for parsing
+ * @buf: buffer to parse
+ * @size: the size of the buffer
+ *
+ * For use with pevent_read_token(), this initializes the internal
+ * buffer that pevent_read_token() will parse.
+ */
+void pevent_buffer_init(const char *buf, unsigned long long size)
+{
+	init_input_buf(buf, size);
+}
+
+void breakpoint(void)
+{
+	static int x;
+	x++;
+}
+
+struct print_arg *alloc_arg(void)
+{
+	struct print_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
+	if (!arg)
+		return NULL;
+	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
+
+	return arg;
+}
+
+struct cmdline {
+	char *comm;
+	int pid;
+};
+
+static int cmdline_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct cmdline *ca = a;
+	const struct cmdline *cb = b;
+
+	if (ca->pid < cb->pid)
+		return -1;
+	if (ca->pid > cb->pid)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct cmdline_list {
+	struct cmdline_list	*next;
+	char			*comm;
+	int			pid;
+};
+
+static int cmdline_init(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	struct cmdline_list *cmdlist = pevent->cmdlist;
+	struct cmdline_list *item;
+	struct cmdline *cmdlines;
+	int i;
+
+	cmdlines = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*cmdlines) * pevent->cmdline_count);
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (cmdlist) {
+		cmdlines[i].pid = cmdlist->pid;
+		cmdlines[i].comm = cmdlist->comm;
+		i++;
+		item = cmdlist;
+		cmdlist = cmdlist->next;
+		free(item);
+	}
+
+	qsort(cmdlines, pevent->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+
+	pevent->cmdlines = cmdlines;
+	pevent->cmdlist = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static char *find_cmdline(struct pevent *pevent, int pid)
+{
+	const struct cmdline *comm;
+	struct cmdline key;
+
+	if (!pid)
+		return "<idle>";
+
+	if (!pevent->cmdlines)
+		cmdline_init(pevent);
+
+	key.pid = pid;
+
+	comm = bsearch(&key, pevent->cmdlines, pevent->cmdline_count,
+		       sizeof(*pevent->cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+
+	if (comm)
+		return comm->comm;
+	return "<...>";
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_pid_is_registered - return if a pid has a cmdline registered
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @pid: The pid to check if it has a cmdline registered with.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the pid has a cmdline mapped to it
+ * 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int pevent_pid_is_registered(struct pevent *pevent, int pid)
+{
+	const struct cmdline *comm;
+	struct cmdline key;
+
+	if (!pid)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (!pevent->cmdlines)
+		cmdline_init(pevent);
+
+	key.pid = pid;
+
+	comm = bsearch(&key, pevent->cmdlines, pevent->cmdline_count,
+		       sizeof(*pevent->cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+
+	if (comm)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the command lines have been converted to an array, then
+ * we must add this pid. This is much slower than when cmdlines
+ * are added before the array is initialized.
+ */
+static int add_new_comm(struct pevent *pevent, const char *comm, int pid)
+{
+	struct cmdline *cmdlines = pevent->cmdlines;
+	const struct cmdline *cmdline;
+	struct cmdline key;
+
+	if (!pid)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* avoid duplicates */
+	key.pid = pid;
+
+	cmdline = bsearch(&key, pevent->cmdlines, pevent->cmdline_count,
+		       sizeof(*pevent->cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+	if (cmdline) {
+		errno = EEXIST;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	cmdlines = realloc(cmdlines, sizeof(*cmdlines) * (pevent->cmdline_count + 1));
+	if (!cmdlines) {
+		errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	cmdlines[pevent->cmdline_count].pid = pid;
+	cmdlines[pevent->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
+	if (!cmdlines[pevent->cmdline_count].comm)
+		die("malloc comm");
+		
+	if (cmdlines[pevent->cmdline_count].comm)
+		pevent->cmdline_count++;
+
+	qsort(cmdlines, pevent->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+	pevent->cmdlines = cmdlines;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_register_comm - register a pid / comm mapping
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @comm: the command line to register
+ * @pid: the pid to map the command line to
+ *
+ * This adds a mapping to search for command line names with
+ * a given pid. The comm is duplicated.
+ */
+int pevent_register_comm(struct pevent *pevent, const char *comm, int pid)
+{
+	struct cmdline_list *item;
+
+	if (pevent->cmdlines)
+		return add_new_comm(pevent, comm, pid);
+
+	item = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item));
+	item->comm = strdup(comm);
+	if (!item->comm)
+		die("malloc comm");
+	item->pid = pid;
+	item->next = pevent->cmdlist;
+
+	pevent->cmdlist = item;
+	pevent->cmdline_count++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct func_map {
+	unsigned long long		addr;
+	char				*func;
+	char				*mod;
+};
+
+struct func_list {
+	struct func_list	*next;
+	unsigned long long	addr;
+	char			*func;
+	char			*mod;
+};
+
+static int func_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct func_map *fa = a;
+	const struct func_map *fb = b;
+
+	if (fa->addr < fb->addr)
+		return -1;
+	if (fa->addr > fb->addr)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We are searching for a record in between, not an exact
+ * match.
+ */
+static int func_bcmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct func_map *fa = a;
+	const struct func_map *fb = b;
+
+	if ((fa->addr == fb->addr) ||
+
+	    (fa->addr > fb->addr &&
+	     fa->addr < (fb+1)->addr))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (fa->addr < fb->addr)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int func_map_init(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	struct func_list *funclist;
+	struct func_list *item;
+	struct func_map *func_map;
+	int i;
+
+	func_map = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*func_map) * (pevent->func_count + 1));
+	funclist = pevent->funclist;
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (funclist) {
+		func_map[i].func = funclist->func;
+		func_map[i].addr = funclist->addr;
+		func_map[i].mod = funclist->mod;
+		i++;
+		item = funclist;
+		funclist = funclist->next;
+		free(item);
+	}
+
+	qsort(func_map, pevent->func_count, sizeof(*func_map), func_cmp);
+
+	/*
+	 * Add a special record at the end.
+	 */
+	func_map[pevent->func_count].func = NULL;
+	func_map[pevent->func_count].addr = 0;
+	func_map[pevent->func_count].mod = NULL;
+
+	pevent->func_map = func_map;
+	pevent->funclist = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct func_map *
+find_func(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long addr)
+{
+	struct func_map *func;
+	struct func_map key;
+
+	if (!pevent->func_map)
+		func_map_init(pevent);
+
+	key.addr = addr;
+
+	func = bsearch(&key, pevent->func_map, pevent->func_count,
+		       sizeof(*pevent->func_map), func_bcmp);
+
+	return func;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_function - find a function by a given address
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @addr: the address to find the function with
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the function stored that has the given
+ * address. Note, the address does not have to be exact, it
+ * will select the function that would contain the address.
+ */
+const char *pevent_find_function(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long addr)
+{
+	struct func_map *map;
+
+	map = find_func(pevent, addr);
+	if (!map)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return map->func;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_function_address - find a function address by a given address
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @addr: the address to find the function with
+ *
+ * Returns the address the function starts at. This can be used in
+ * conjunction with pevent_find_function to print both the function
+ * name and the function offset.
+ */
+unsigned long long
+pevent_find_function_address(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long addr)
+{
+	struct func_map *map;
+
+	map = find_func(pevent, addr);
+	if (!map)
+		return 0;
+
+	return map->addr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_register_function - register a function with a given address
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @function: the function name to register
+ * @addr: the address the function starts at
+ * @mod: the kernel module the function may be in (NULL for none)
+ *
+ * This registers a function name with an address and module.
+ * The @func passed in is duplicated.
+ */
+int pevent_register_function(struct pevent *pevent, char *func,
+			     unsigned long long addr, char *mod)
+{
+	struct func_list *item;
+
+	item = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item));
+
+	item->next = pevent->funclist;
+	item->func = strdup(func);
+	if (mod)
+		item->mod = strdup(mod);
+	else
+		item->mod = NULL;
+	item->addr = addr;
+
+	pevent->funclist = item;
+
+	pevent->func_count++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_print_funcs - print out the stored functions
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ *
+ * This prints out the stored functions.
+ */
+void pevent_print_funcs(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!pevent->func_map)
+		func_map_init(pevent);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (int)pevent->func_count; i++) {
+		printf("%016llx %s",
+		       pevent->func_map[i].addr,
+		       pevent->func_map[i].func);
+		if (pevent->func_map[i].mod)
+			printf(" [%s]\n", pevent->func_map[i].mod);
+		else
+			printf("\n");
+	}
+}
+
+struct printk_map {
+	unsigned long long		addr;
+	char				*printk;
+};
+
+struct printk_list {
+	struct printk_list	*next;
+	unsigned long long	addr;
+	char			*printk;
+};
+
+static int printk_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct func_map *fa = a;
+	const struct func_map *fb = b;
+
+	if (fa->addr < fb->addr)
+		return -1;
+	if (fa->addr > fb->addr)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void printk_map_init(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	struct printk_list *printklist;
+	struct printk_list *item;
+	struct printk_map *printk_map;
+	int i;
+
+	printk_map = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*printk_map) * (pevent->printk_count + 1));
+
+	printklist = pevent->printklist;
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (printklist) {
+		printk_map[i].printk = printklist->printk;
+		printk_map[i].addr = printklist->addr;
+		i++;
+		item = printklist;
+		printklist = printklist->next;
+		free(item);
+	}
+
+	qsort(printk_map, pevent->printk_count, sizeof(*printk_map), printk_cmp);
+
+	pevent->printk_map = printk_map;
+	pevent->printklist = NULL;
+}
+
+static struct printk_map *
+find_printk(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long addr)
+{
+	struct printk_map *printk;
+	struct printk_map key;
+
+	if (!pevent->printk_map)
+		printk_map_init(pevent);
+
+	key.addr = addr;
+
+	printk = bsearch(&key, pevent->printk_map, pevent->printk_count,
+			 sizeof(*pevent->printk_map), printk_cmp);
+
+	return printk;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_register_print_string - register a string by its address
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @fmt: the string format to register
+ * @addr: the address the string was located at
+ *
+ * This registers a string by the address it was stored in the kernel.
+ * The @fmt passed in is duplicated.
+ */
+int pevent_register_print_string(struct pevent *pevent, char *fmt,
+				 unsigned long long addr)
+{
+	struct printk_list *item;
+
+	item = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item));
+
+	item->next = pevent->printklist;
+	pevent->printklist = item;
+	item->printk = strdup(fmt);
+	item->addr = addr;
+
+	pevent->printk_count++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_print_printk - print out the stored strings
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ *
+ * This prints the string formats that were stored.
+ */
+void pevent_print_printk(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!pevent->printk_map)
+		printk_map_init(pevent);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (int)pevent->printk_count; i++) {
+		printf("%016llx %s\n",
+		       pevent->printk_map[i].addr,
+		       pevent->printk_map[i].printk);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct event_format *alloc_event(void)
+{
+	struct event_format *event;
+
+	event = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*event));
+	memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
+
+	return event;
+}
+
+static void add_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct event_format *event)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!pevent->events)
+		pevent->events = malloc_or_die(sizeof(event));
+	else
+		pevent->events =
+			realloc(pevent->events, sizeof(event) *
+				(pevent->nr_events + 1));
+	if (!pevent->events)
+		die("Can not allocate events");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pevent->nr_events; i++) {
+		if (pevent->events[i]->id > event->id)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i < pevent->nr_events)
+		memmove(&pevent->events[i + 1],
+			&pevent->events[i],
+			sizeof(event) * (pevent->nr_events - i));
+
+	pevent->events[i] = event;
+	pevent->nr_events++;
+
+	event->pevent = pevent;
+}
+
+static int event_item_type(enum event_type type)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+	case EVENT_ITEM ... EVENT_SQUOTE:
+		return 1;
+	case EVENT_ERROR ... EVENT_DELIM:
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static void free_flag_sym(struct print_flag_sym *fsym)
+{
+	struct print_flag_sym *next;
+
+	while (fsym) {
+		next = fsym->next;
+		free(fsym->value);
+		free(fsym->str);
+		free(fsym);
+		fsym = next;
+	}
+}
+
+static void free_arg(struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+	struct print_arg *farg;
+
+	if (!arg)
+		return;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case PRINT_ATOM:
+		free(arg->atom.atom);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FIELD:
+		free(arg->field.name);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FLAGS:
+		free_arg(arg->flags.field);
+		free(arg->flags.delim);
+		free_flag_sym(arg->flags.flags);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
+		free_arg(arg->symbol.field);
+		free_flag_sym(arg->symbol.symbols);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_TYPE:
+		free(arg->typecast.type);
+		free_arg(arg->typecast.item);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_STRING:
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+		free(arg->string.string);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_DYNAMIC_ARRAY:
+		free(arg->dynarray.index);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_OP:
+		free(arg->op.op);
+		free_arg(arg->op.left);
+		free_arg(arg->op.right);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FUNC:
+		while (arg->func.args) {
+			farg = arg->func.args;
+			arg->func.args = farg->next;
+			free_arg(farg);
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case PRINT_NULL:
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	free(arg);
+}
+
+static enum event_type get_type(int ch)
+{
+	if (ch == '\n')
+		return EVENT_NEWLINE;
+	if (isspace(ch))
+		return EVENT_SPACE;
+	if (isalnum(ch) || ch == '_')
+		return EVENT_ITEM;
+	if (ch == '\'')
+		return EVENT_SQUOTE;
+	if (ch == '"')
+		return EVENT_DQUOTE;
+	if (!isprint(ch))
+		return EVENT_NONE;
+	if (ch == '(' || ch == ')' || ch == ',')
+		return EVENT_DELIM;
+
+	return EVENT_OP;
+}
+
+static int __read_char(void)
+{
+	if (input_buf_ptr >= input_buf_siz)
+		return -1;
+
+	return input_buf[input_buf_ptr++];
+}
+
+static int __peek_char(void)
+{
+	if (input_buf_ptr >= input_buf_siz)
+		return -1;
+
+	return input_buf[input_buf_ptr];
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_peek_char - peek at the next character that will be read
+ *
+ * Returns the next character read, or -1 if end of buffer.
+ */
+int pevent_peek_char(void)
+{
+	return __peek_char();
+}
+
+static enum event_type force_token(const char *str, char **tok);
+
+static enum event_type __read_token(char **tok)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	int ch, last_ch, quote_ch, next_ch;
+	int i = 0;
+	int tok_size = 0;
+	enum event_type type;
+
+	*tok = NULL;
+
+
+	ch = __read_char();
+	if (ch < 0)
+		return EVENT_NONE;
+
+	type = get_type(ch);
+	if (type == EVENT_NONE)
+		return type;
+
+	buf[i++] = ch;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case EVENT_NEWLINE:
+	case EVENT_DELIM:
+		*tok = malloc_or_die(2);
+		(*tok)[0] = ch;
+		(*tok)[1] = 0;
+		return type;
+
+	case EVENT_OP:
+		switch (ch) {
+		case '-':
+			next_ch = __peek_char();
+			if (next_ch == '>') {
+				buf[i++] = __read_char();
+				break;
+			}
+			/* fall through */
+		case '+':
+		case '|':
+		case '&':
+		case '>':
+		case '<':
+			last_ch = ch;
+			ch = __peek_char();
+			if (ch != last_ch)
+				goto test_equal;
+			buf[i++] = __read_char();
+			switch (last_ch) {
+			case '>':
+			case '<':
+				goto test_equal;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '!':
+		case '=':
+			goto test_equal;
+		default: /* what should we do instead? */
+			break;
+		}
+		buf[i] = 0;
+		*tok = strdup(buf);
+		return type;
+
+ test_equal:
+		ch = __peek_char();
+		if (ch == '=')
+			buf[i++] = __read_char();
+		goto out;
+
+	case EVENT_DQUOTE:
+	case EVENT_SQUOTE:
+		/* don't keep quotes */
+		i--;
+		quote_ch = ch;
+		last_ch = 0;
+ concat:
+		do {
+			if (i == (BUFSIZ - 1)) {
+				buf[i] = 0;
+				if (*tok) {
+					*tok = realloc(*tok, tok_size + BUFSIZ);
+					if (!*tok)
+						return EVENT_NONE;
+					strcat(*tok, buf);
+				} else
+					*tok = strdup(buf);
+
+				if (!*tok)
+					return EVENT_NONE;
+				tok_size += BUFSIZ;
+				i = 0;
+			}
+			last_ch = ch;
+			ch = __read_char();
+			buf[i++] = ch;
+			/* the '\' '\' will cancel itself */
+			if (ch == '\\' && last_ch == '\\')
+				last_ch = 0;
+		} while (ch != quote_ch || last_ch == '\\');
+		/* remove the last quote */
+		i--;
+
+		/*
+		 * For strings (double quotes) check the next token.
+		 * If it is another string, concatinate the two.
+		 */
+		if (type == EVENT_DQUOTE) {
+			unsigned long long save_input_buf_ptr = input_buf_ptr;
+
+			do {
+				ch = __read_char();
+			} while (isspace(ch));
+			if (ch == '"')
+				goto concat;
+			input_buf_ptr = save_input_buf_ptr;
+		}
+
+		goto out;
+
+	case EVENT_ERROR ... EVENT_SPACE:
+	case EVENT_ITEM:
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	while (get_type(__peek_char()) == type) {
+		if (i == (BUFSIZ - 1)) {
+			buf[i] = 0;
+			if (*tok) {
+				*tok = realloc(*tok, tok_size + BUFSIZ);
+				if (!*tok)
+					return EVENT_NONE;
+				strcat(*tok, buf);
+			} else
+				*tok = strdup(buf);
+
+			if (!*tok)
+				return EVENT_NONE;
+			tok_size += BUFSIZ;
+			i = 0;
+		}
+		ch = __read_char();
+		buf[i++] = ch;
+	}
+
+ out:
+	buf[i] = 0;
+	if (*tok) {
+		*tok = realloc(*tok, tok_size + i);
+		if (!*tok)
+			return EVENT_NONE;
+		strcat(*tok, buf);
+	} else
+		*tok = strdup(buf);
+	if (!*tok)
+		return EVENT_NONE;
+
+	if (type == EVENT_ITEM) {
+		/*
+		 * Older versions of the kernel has a bug that
+		 * creates invalid symbols and will break the mac80211
+		 * parsing. This is a work around to that bug.
+		 *
+		 * See Linux kernel commit:
+		 *  811cb50baf63461ce0bdb234927046131fc7fa8b
+		 */
+		if (strcmp(*tok, "LOCAL_PR_FMT") == 0) {
+			free(*tok);
+			*tok = NULL;
+			return force_token("\"\%s\" ", tok);
+		} else if (strcmp(*tok, "STA_PR_FMT") == 0) {
+			free(*tok);
+			*tok = NULL;
+			return force_token("\" sta:%pM\" ", tok);
+		} else if (strcmp(*tok, "VIF_PR_FMT") == 0) {
+			free(*tok);
+			*tok = NULL;
+			return force_token("\" vif:%p(%d)\" ", tok);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+static enum event_type force_token(const char *str, char **tok)
+{
+	const char *save_input_buf;
+	unsigned long long save_input_buf_ptr;
+	unsigned long long save_input_buf_siz;
+	enum event_type type;
+	
+	/* save off the current input pointers */
+	save_input_buf = input_buf;
+	save_input_buf_ptr = input_buf_ptr;
+	save_input_buf_siz = input_buf_siz;
+
+	init_input_buf(str, strlen(str));
+
+	type = __read_token(tok);
+
+	/* reset back to original token */
+	input_buf = save_input_buf;
+	input_buf_ptr = save_input_buf_ptr;
+	input_buf_siz = save_input_buf_siz;
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+static void free_token(char *tok)
+{
+	if (tok)
+		free(tok);
+}
+
+static enum event_type read_token(char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		type = __read_token(tok);
+		if (type != EVENT_SPACE)
+			return type;
+
+		free_token(*tok);
+	}
+
+	/* not reached */
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_NONE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_read_token - access to utilites to use the pevent parser
+ * @tok: The token to return
+ *
+ * This will parse tokens from the string given by
+ * pevent_init_data().
+ *
+ * Returns the token type.
+ */
+enum event_type pevent_read_token(char **tok)
+{
+	return read_token(tok);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_free_token - free a token returned by pevent_read_token
+ * @token: the token to free
+ */
+void pevent_free_token(char *token)
+{
+	free_token(token);
+}
+
+/* no newline */
+static enum event_type read_token_item(char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		type = __read_token(tok);
+		if (type != EVENT_SPACE && type != EVENT_NEWLINE)
+			return type;
+		free_token(*tok);
+		*tok = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* not reached */
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_NONE;
+}
+
+static int test_type(enum event_type type, enum event_type expect)
+{
+	if (type != expect) {
+		do_warning("Error: expected type %d but read %d",
+		    expect, type);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int test_type_token(enum event_type type, const char *token,
+		    enum event_type expect, const char *expect_tok)
+{
+	if (type != expect) {
+		do_warning("Error: expected type %d but read %d",
+		    expect, type);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(token, expect_tok) != 0) {
+		do_warning("Error: expected '%s' but read '%s'",
+		    expect_tok, token);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __read_expect_type(enum event_type expect, char **tok, int newline_ok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+
+	if (newline_ok)
+		type = read_token(tok);
+	else
+		type = read_token_item(tok);
+	return test_type(type, expect);
+}
+
+static int read_expect_type(enum event_type expect, char **tok)
+{
+	return __read_expect_type(expect, tok, 1);
+}
+
+static int __read_expected(enum event_type expect, const char *str,
+			   int newline_ok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (newline_ok)
+		type = read_token(&token);
+	else
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+
+	ret = test_type_token(type, token, expect, str);
+
+	free_token(token);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int read_expected(enum event_type expect, const char *str)
+{
+	return __read_expected(expect, str, 1);
+}
+
+static int read_expected_item(enum event_type expect, const char *str)
+{
+	return __read_expected(expect, str, 0);
+}
+
+static char *event_read_name(void)
+{
+	char *token;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "name") < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
+	return token;
+
+ fail:
+	free_token(token);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int event_read_id(void)
+{
+	char *token;
+	int id;
+
+	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "ID") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
+	id = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
+	free_token(token);
+	return id;
+
+ fail:
+	free_token(token);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int field_is_string(struct format_field *field)
+{
+	if ((field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY) &&
+	    (strstr(field->type, "char") || strstr(field->type, "u8") ||
+	     strstr(field->type, "s8")))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int field_is_dynamic(struct format_field *field)
+{
+	if (strncmp(field->type, "__data_loc", 10) == 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int field_is_long(struct format_field *field)
+{
+	/* includes long long */
+	if (strstr(field->type, "long"))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int event_read_fields(struct event_format *event, struct format_field **fields)
+{
+	struct format_field *field = NULL;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+	char *last_token;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	do {
+		type = read_token(&token);
+		if (type == EVENT_NEWLINE) {
+			free_token(token);
+			return count;
+		}
+
+		count++;
+
+		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_ITEM, "field"))
+			goto fail;
+		free_token(token);
+
+		type = read_token(&token);
+		/*
+		 * The ftrace fields may still use the "special" name.
+		 * Just ignore it.
+		 */
+		if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE &&
+		    type == EVENT_ITEM && strcmp(token, "special") == 0) {
+			free_token(token);
+			type = read_token(&token);
+		}
+
+		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+			goto fail;
+
+		free_token(token);
+		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+			goto fail;
+
+		last_token = token;
+
+		field = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*field));
+		memset(field, 0, sizeof(*field));
+		field->event = event;
+
+		/* read the rest of the type */
+		for (;;) {
+			type = read_token(&token);
+			if (type == EVENT_ITEM ||
+			    (type == EVENT_OP && strcmp(token, "*") == 0) ||
+			    /*
+			     * Some of the ftrace fields are broken and have
+			     * an illegal "." in them.
+			     */
+			    (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE &&
+			     type == EVENT_OP && strcmp(token, ".") == 0)) {
+
+				if (strcmp(token, "*") == 0)
+					field->flags |= FIELD_IS_POINTER;
+
+				if (field->type) {
+					field->type = realloc(field->type,
+							      strlen(field->type) +
+							      strlen(last_token) + 2);
+					strcat(field->type, " ");
+					strcat(field->type, last_token);
+					free(last_token);
+				} else
+					field->type = last_token;
+				last_token = token;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!field->type) {
+			die("no type found");
+			goto fail;
+		}
+		field->name = last_token;
+
+		if (test_type(type, EVENT_OP))
+			goto fail;
+
+		if (strcmp(token, "[") == 0) {
+			enum event_type last_type = type;
+			char *brackets = token;
+			int len;
+
+			field->flags |= FIELD_IS_ARRAY;
+
+			type = read_token(&token);
+
+			if (type == EVENT_ITEM)
+				field->arraylen = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
+			else
+				field->arraylen = 0;
+
+		        while (strcmp(token, "]") != 0) {
+				if (last_type == EVENT_ITEM &&
+				    type == EVENT_ITEM)
+					len = 2;
+				else
+					len = 1;
+				last_type = type;
+
+				brackets = realloc(brackets,
+						   strlen(brackets) +
+						   strlen(token) + len);
+				if (len == 2)
+					strcat(brackets, " ");
+				strcat(brackets, token);
+				/* We only care about the last token */
+				field->arraylen = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
+				free_token(token);
+				type = read_token(&token);
+				if (type == EVENT_NONE) {
+					die("failed to find token");
+					goto fail;
+				}
+			}
+
+			free_token(token);
+
+			brackets = realloc(brackets, strlen(brackets) + 2);
+			strcat(brackets, "]");
+
+			/* add brackets to type */
+
+			type = read_token(&token);
+			/*
+			 * If the next token is not an OP, then it is of
+			 * the format: type [] item;
+			 */
+			if (type == EVENT_ITEM) {
+				field->type = realloc(field->type,
+						      strlen(field->type) +
+						      strlen(field->name) +
+						      strlen(brackets) + 2);
+				strcat(field->type, " ");
+				strcat(field->type, field->name);
+				free_token(field->name);
+				strcat(field->type, brackets);
+				field->name = token;
+				type = read_token(&token);
+			} else {
+				field->type = realloc(field->type,
+						      strlen(field->type) +
+						      strlen(brackets) + 1);
+				strcat(field->type, brackets);
+			}
+			free(brackets);
+		}
+
+		if (field_is_string(field))
+			field->flags |= FIELD_IS_STRING;
+		if (field_is_dynamic(field))
+			field->flags |= FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC;
+		if (field_is_long(field))
+			field->flags |= FIELD_IS_LONG;
+
+		if (test_type_token(type, token,  EVENT_OP, ";"))
+			goto fail;
+		free_token(token);
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "offset") < 0)
+			goto fail_expect;
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+			goto fail_expect;
+
+		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
+			goto fail;
+		field->offset = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
+		free_token(token);
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+			goto fail_expect;
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "size") < 0)
+			goto fail_expect;
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+			goto fail_expect;
+
+		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
+			goto fail;
+		field->size = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
+		free_token(token);
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+			goto fail_expect;
+
+		type = read_token(&token);
+		if (type != EVENT_NEWLINE) {
+			/* newer versions of the kernel have a "signed" type */
+			if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_ITEM, "signed"))
+				goto fail;
+
+			free_token(token);
+
+			if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+				goto fail_expect;
+
+			if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
+				goto fail;
+
+			/* add signed type */
+
+			free_token(token);
+			if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+				goto fail_expect;
+
+			if (read_expect_type(EVENT_NEWLINE, &token))
+				goto fail;
+		}
+
+		free_token(token);
+
+		if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY) {
+			if (field->arraylen)
+				field->elementsize = field->size / field->arraylen;
+			else if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING)
+				field->elementsize = 1;
+			else
+				field->elementsize = event->pevent->long_size;
+		} else
+			field->elementsize = field->size;
+
+		*fields = field;
+		fields = &field->next;
+
+	} while (1);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	free_token(token);
+fail_expect:
+	if (field)
+		free(field);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int event_read_format(struct event_format *event)
+{
+	char *token;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "format") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_NEWLINE, &token))
+		goto fail;
+	free_token(token);
+
+	ret = event_read_fields(event, &event->format.common_fields);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	event->format.nr_common = ret;
+
+	ret = event_read_fields(event, &event->format.fields);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	event->format.nr_fields = ret;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ fail:
+	free_token(token);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_arg_token(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg,
+		  char **tok, enum event_type type);
+
+static enum event_type
+process_arg(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	type = read_token(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+
+	return process_arg_token(event, arg, tok, type);
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_op(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok);
+
+static enum event_type
+process_cond(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *top, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg *arg, *left, *right;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token = NULL;
+
+	arg = alloc_arg();
+	left = alloc_arg();
+	right = alloc_arg();
+
+	arg->type = PRINT_OP;
+	arg->op.left = left;
+	arg->op.right = right;
+
+	*tok = NULL;
+	type = process_arg(event, left, &token);
+
+ again:
+	/* Handle other operations in the arguments */
+	if (type == EVENT_OP && strcmp(token, ":") != 0) {
+		type = process_op(event, left, &token);
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, ":"))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	arg->op.op = token;
+
+	type = process_arg(event, right, &token);
+
+	top->op.right = arg;
+
+	*tok = token;
+	return type;
+
+out_free:
+	/* Top may point to itself */
+	top->op.right = NULL;
+	free_token(token);
+	free_arg(arg);
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_array(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *top, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg *arg;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token = NULL;
+
+	arg = alloc_arg();
+
+	*tok = NULL;
+	type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "]"))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	top->op.right = arg;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+
+	return type;
+
+out_free:
+	free_token(*tok);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	free_arg(arg);
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static int get_op_prio(char *op)
+{
+	if (!op[1]) {
+		switch (op[0]) {
+		case '~':
+		case '!':
+			return 4;
+		case '*':
+		case '/':
+		case '%':
+			return 6;
+		case '+':
+		case '-':
+			return 7;
+			/* '>>' and '<<' are 8 */
+		case '<':
+		case '>':
+			return 9;
+			/* '==' and '!=' are 10 */
+		case '&':
+			return 11;
+		case '^':
+			return 12;
+		case '|':
+			return 13;
+		case '?':
+			return 16;
+		default:
+			do_warning("unknown op '%c'", op[0]);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (strcmp(op, "++") == 0 ||
+		    strcmp(op, "--") == 0) {
+			return 3;
+		} else if (strcmp(op, ">>") == 0 ||
+			   strcmp(op, "<<") == 0) {
+			return 8;
+		} else if (strcmp(op, ">=") == 0 ||
+			   strcmp(op, "<=") == 0) {
+			return 9;
+		} else if (strcmp(op, "==") == 0 ||
+			   strcmp(op, "!=") == 0) {
+			return 10;
+		} else if (strcmp(op, "&&") == 0) {
+			return 14;
+		} else if (strcmp(op, "||") == 0) {
+			return 15;
+		} else {
+			do_warning("unknown op '%s'", op);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static int set_op_prio(struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+
+	/* single ops are the greatest */
+	if (!arg->op.left || arg->op.left->type == PRINT_NULL)
+		arg->op.prio = 0;
+	else
+		arg->op.prio = get_op_prio(arg->op.op);
+
+	return arg->op.prio;
+}
+
+/* Note, *tok does not get freed, but will most likely be saved */
+static enum event_type
+process_op(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg *left, *right = NULL;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	/* the op is passed in via tok */
+	token = *tok;
+
+	if (arg->type == PRINT_OP && !arg->op.left) {
+		/* handle single op */
+		if (token[1]) {
+			die("bad op token %s", token);
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+		switch (token[0]) {
+		case '~':
+		case '!':
+		case '+':
+		case '-':
+			break;
+		default:
+			do_warning("bad op token %s", token);
+			goto out_free;
+
+		}
+
+		/* make an empty left */
+		left = alloc_arg();
+		left->type = PRINT_NULL;
+		arg->op.left = left;
+
+		right = alloc_arg();
+		arg->op.right = right;
+
+		/* do not free the token, it belongs to an op */
+		*tok = NULL;
+		type = process_arg(event, right, tok);
+
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "?") == 0) {
+
+		left = alloc_arg();
+		/* copy the top arg to the left */
+		*left = *arg;
+
+		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
+		arg->op.op = token;
+		arg->op.left = left;
+		arg->op.prio = 0;
+
+		type = process_cond(event, arg, tok);
+
+	} else if (strcmp(token, ">>") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "<<") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "&") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "|") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "&&") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "||") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "-") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "+") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "*") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "^") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "/") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "<") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, ">") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "==") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "!=") == 0) {
+
+		left = alloc_arg();
+
+		/* copy the top arg to the left */
+		*left = *arg;
+
+		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
+		arg->op.op = token;
+		arg->op.left = left;
+
+		if (set_op_prio(arg) == -1) {
+			event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+		*tok = token;
+
+		/* could just be a type pointer */
+		if ((strcmp(arg->op.op, "*") == 0) &&
+		    type == EVENT_DELIM && (strcmp(token, ")") == 0)) {
+			if (left->type != PRINT_ATOM)
+				die("bad pointer type");
+			left->atom.atom = realloc(left->atom.atom,
+					    strlen(left->atom.atom) + 3);
+			strcat(left->atom.atom, " *");
+			free(arg->op.op);
+			*arg = *left;
+			free(left);
+
+			return type;
+		}
+
+		right = alloc_arg();
+		type = process_arg_token(event, right, tok, type);
+		arg->op.right = right;
+
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "[") == 0) {
+
+		left = alloc_arg();
+		*left = *arg;
+
+		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
+		arg->op.op = token;
+		arg->op.left = left;
+
+		arg->op.prio = 0;
+
+		type = process_array(event, arg, tok);
+
+	} else {
+		do_warning("unknown op '%s'", token);
+		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
+		/* the arg is now the left side */
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	if (type == EVENT_OP && strcmp(*tok, ":") != 0) {
+		int prio;
+
+		/* higher prios need to be closer to the root */
+		prio = get_op_prio(*tok);
+
+		if (prio > arg->op.prio)
+			return process_op(event, arg, tok);
+
+		return process_op(event, right, tok);
+	}
+
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_entry(struct event_format *event __unused, struct print_arg *arg,
+	      char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *field;
+	char *token;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, "->") < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+	field = token;
+
+	arg->type = PRINT_FIELD;
+	arg->field.name = field;
+
+	if (is_flag_field) {
+		arg->field.field = pevent_find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
+		arg->field.field->flags |= FIELD_IS_FLAG;
+		is_flag_field = 0;
+	} else if (is_symbolic_field) {
+		arg->field.field = pevent_find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
+		arg->field.field->flags |= FIELD_IS_SYMBOLIC;
+		is_symbolic_field = 0;
+	}
+
+	type = read_token(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+ out_err:
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static char *arg_eval (struct print_arg *arg);
+
+static unsigned long long
+eval_type_str(unsigned long long val, const char *type, int pointer)
+{
+	int sign = 0;
+	char *ref;
+	int len;
+
+	len = strlen(type);
+
+	if (pointer) {
+
+		if (type[len-1] != '*') {
+			do_warning("pointer expected with non pointer type");
+			return val;
+		}
+
+		ref = malloc_or_die(len);
+		memcpy(ref, type, len);
+
+		/* chop off the " *" */
+		ref[len - 2] = 0;
+
+		val = eval_type_str(val, ref, 0);
+		free(ref);
+		return val;
+	}
+
+	/* check if this is a pointer */
+	if (type[len - 1] == '*')
+		return val;
+
+	/* Try to figure out the arg size*/
+	if (strncmp(type, "struct", 6) == 0)
+		/* all bets off */
+		return val;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "u8") == 0)
+		return val & 0xff;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "u16") == 0)
+		return val & 0xffff;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "u32") == 0)
+		return val & 0xffffffff;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "u64") == 0 ||
+	    strcmp(type, "s64"))
+		return val;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "s8") == 0)
+		return (unsigned long long)(char)val & 0xff;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "s16") == 0)
+		return (unsigned long long)(short)val & 0xffff;
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "s32") == 0)
+		return (unsigned long long)(int)val & 0xffffffff;
+
+	if (strncmp(type, "unsigned ", 9) == 0) {
+		sign = 0;
+		type += 9;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "char") == 0) {
+		if (sign)
+			return (unsigned long long)(char)val & 0xff;
+		else
+			return val & 0xff;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "short") == 0) {
+		if (sign)
+			return (unsigned long long)(short)val & 0xffff;
+		else
+			return val & 0xffff;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "int") == 0) {
+		if (sign)
+			return (unsigned long long)(int)val & 0xffffffff;
+		else
+			return val & 0xffffffff;
+	}
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Try to figure out the type.
+ */
+static unsigned long long
+eval_type(unsigned long long val, struct print_arg *arg, int pointer)
+{
+	if (arg->type != PRINT_TYPE)
+		die("expected type argument");
+
+	return eval_type_str(val, arg->typecast.type, pointer);
+}
+
+static int arg_num_eval(struct print_arg *arg, long long *val)
+{
+	long long left, right;
+	int ret = 1;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case PRINT_ATOM:
+		*val = strtoll(arg->atom.atom, NULL, 0);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_TYPE:
+		ret = arg_num_eval(arg->typecast.item, val);
+		if (!ret)
+			break;
+		*val = eval_type(*val, arg, 0);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_OP:
+		switch (arg->op.op[0]) {
+		case '|':
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			if (arg->op.op[1])
+				*val = left || right;
+			else
+				*val = left | right;
+			break;
+		case '&':
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			if (arg->op.op[1])
+				*val = left && right;
+			else
+				*val = left & right;
+			break;
+		case '<':
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
+			case 0:
+				*val = left < right;
+				break;
+			case '<':
+				*val = left << right;
+				break;
+			case '=':
+				*val = left <= right;
+				break;
+			default:
+				do_warning("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+				ret = 0;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '>':
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
+			case 0:
+				*val = left > right;
+				break;
+			case '>':
+				*val = left >> right;
+				break;
+			case '=':
+				*val = left >= right;
+				break;
+			default:
+				do_warning("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+				ret = 0;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '=':
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+
+			if (arg->op.op[1] != '=') {
+				do_warning("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+				ret = 0;
+			} else
+				*val = left == right;
+			break;
+		case '!':
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+
+			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
+			case '=':
+				*val = left != right;
+				break;
+			default:
+				do_warning("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+				ret = 0;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '-':
+			/* check for negative */
+			if (arg->op.left->type == PRINT_NULL)
+				left = 0;
+			else
+				ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			*val = left - right;
+			break;
+		case '+':
+			if (arg->op.left->type == PRINT_NULL)
+				left = 0;
+			else
+				ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left, &left);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			ret = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right, &right);
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
+			*val = left + right;
+			break;
+		default:
+			do_warning("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+			ret = 0;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case PRINT_NULL:
+	case PRINT_FIELD ... PRINT_SYMBOL:
+	case PRINT_STRING:
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+	default:
+		do_warning("invalid eval type %d", arg->type);
+		ret = 0;
+
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static char *arg_eval (struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+	long long val;
+	static char buf[20];
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case PRINT_ATOM:
+		return arg->atom.atom;
+	case PRINT_TYPE:
+		return arg_eval(arg->typecast.item);
+	case PRINT_OP:
+		if (!arg_num_eval(arg, &val))
+			break;
+		sprintf(buf, "%lld", val);
+		return buf;
+
+	case PRINT_NULL:
+	case PRINT_FIELD ... PRINT_SYMBOL:
+	case PRINT_STRING:
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+	default:
+		die("invalid eval type %d", arg->type);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_fields(struct event_format *event, struct print_flag_sym **list, char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	struct print_arg *arg = NULL;
+	struct print_flag_sym *field;
+	char *token = *tok;
+	char *value;
+
+	do {
+		free_token(token);
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "{"))
+			break;
+
+		arg = alloc_arg();
+
+		free_token(token);
+		type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
+			goto out_free;
+
+		field = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*field));
+		memset(field, 0, sizeof(*field));
+
+		value = arg_eval(arg);
+		if (value == NULL)
+			goto out_free;
+		field->value = strdup(value);
+
+		free_arg(arg);
+		arg = alloc_arg();
+
+		free_token(token);
+		type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "}"))
+			goto out_free;
+
+		value = arg_eval(arg);
+		if (value == NULL)
+			goto out_free;
+		field->str = strdup(value);
+		free_arg(arg);
+		arg = NULL;
+
+		*list = field;
+		list = &field->next;
+
+		free_token(token);
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+	} while (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, ",") == 0);
+
+	*tok = token;
+	return type;
+
+out_free:
+	free_arg(arg);
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_flags(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg *field;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
+	arg->type = PRINT_FLAGS;
+
+	field = alloc_arg();
+
+	type = process_arg(event, field, &token);
+
+	/* Handle operations in the first argument */
+	while (type == EVENT_OP)
+		type = process_op(event, field, &token);
+
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
+		goto out_free;
+	free_token(token);
+
+	arg->flags.field = field;
+
+	type = read_token_item(&token);
+	if (event_item_type(type)) {
+		arg->flags.delim = token;
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+	}
+
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	type = process_fields(event, &arg->flags.flags, &token);
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ")"))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(tok);
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_symbols(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg *field;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
+	arg->type = PRINT_SYMBOL;
+
+	field = alloc_arg();
+
+	type = process_arg(event, field, &token);
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	arg->symbol.field = field;
+
+	type = process_fields(event, &arg->symbol.symbols, &token);
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ")"))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(tok);
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_dynamic_array(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
+	arg->type = PRINT_DYNAMIC_ARRAY;
+
+	/*
+	 * The item within the parenthesis is another field that holds
+	 * the index into where the array starts.
+	 */
+	type = read_token(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+	if (type != EVENT_ITEM)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	/* Find the field */
+
+	field = pevent_find_field(event, token);
+	if (!field)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	arg->dynarray.field = field;
+	arg->dynarray.index = 0;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_DELIM, ")") < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+	if (type != EVENT_OP || strcmp(token, "[") != 0)
+		return type;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	arg = alloc_arg();
+	type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+	if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	if (!test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "]"))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(tok);
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free(arg);
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_paren(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg *item_arg;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+
+	if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	if (type == EVENT_OP)
+		type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
+
+	if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ")"))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	free_token(token);
+	type = read_token_item(&token);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the next token is an item or another open paren, then
+	 * this was a typecast.
+	 */
+	if (event_item_type(type) ||
+	    (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, "(") == 0)) {
+
+		/* make this a typecast and contine */
+
+		/* prevous must be an atom */
+		if (arg->type != PRINT_ATOM)
+			die("previous needed to be PRINT_ATOM");
+
+		item_arg = alloc_arg();
+
+		arg->type = PRINT_TYPE;
+		arg->typecast.type = arg->atom.atom;
+		arg->typecast.item = item_arg;
+		type = process_arg_token(event, item_arg, &token, type);
+
+	}
+
+	*tok = token;
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+
+static enum event_type
+process_str(struct event_format *event __unused, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	arg->type = PRINT_STRING;
+	arg->string.string = token;
+	arg->string.offset = -1;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_DELIM, ")") < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	type = read_token(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+
+	return type;
+
+ out_free:
+	free_token(token);
+ out_err:
+	*tok = NULL;
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static struct pevent_function_handler *
+find_func_handler(struct pevent *pevent, char *func_name)
+{
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func;
+
+	for (func = pevent->func_handlers; func; func = func->next) {
+		if (strcmp(func->name, func_name) == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return func;
+}
+
+static void remove_func_handler(struct pevent *pevent, char *func_name)
+{
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func;
+	struct pevent_function_handler **next;
+
+	next = &pevent->func_handlers;
+	while ((func = *next)) {
+		if (strcmp(func->name, func_name) == 0) {
+			*next = func->next;
+			free_func_handle(func);
+			break;
+		}
+		next = &func->next;
+	}
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_func_handler(struct event_format *event, struct pevent_function_handler *func,
+		     struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+{
+	struct print_arg **next_arg;
+	struct print_arg *farg;
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+	char *test;
+	int i;
+
+	arg->type = PRINT_FUNC;
+	arg->func.func = func;
+
+	*tok = NULL;
+
+	next_arg = &(arg->func.args);
+	for (i = 0; i < func->nr_args; i++) {
+		farg = alloc_arg();
+		type = process_arg(event, farg, &token);
+		if (i < (func->nr_args - 1))
+			test = ",";
+		else
+			test = ")";
+
+		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, test)) {
+			free_arg(farg);
+			free_token(token);
+			return EVENT_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		*next_arg = farg;
+		next_arg = &(farg->next);
+		free_token(token);
+	}
+
+	type = read_token(&token);
+	*tok = token;
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_function(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg,
+		 char *token, char **tok)
+{
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func;
+
+	if (strcmp(token, "__print_flags") == 0) {
+		free_token(token);
+		is_flag_field = 1;
+		return process_flags(event, arg, tok);
+	}
+	if (strcmp(token, "__print_symbolic") == 0) {
+		free_token(token);
+		is_symbolic_field = 1;
+		return process_symbols(event, arg, tok);
+	}
+	if (strcmp(token, "__get_str") == 0) {
+		free_token(token);
+		return process_str(event, arg, tok);
+	}
+	if (strcmp(token, "__get_dynamic_array") == 0) {
+		free_token(token);
+		return process_dynamic_array(event, arg, tok);
+	}
+
+	func = find_func_handler(event->pevent, token);
+	if (func) {
+		free_token(token);
+		return process_func_handler(event, func, arg, tok);
+	}
+
+	do_warning("function %s not defined", token);
+	free_token(token);
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
+}
+
+static enum event_type
+process_arg_token(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg,
+		  char **tok, enum event_type type)
+{
+	char *token;
+	char *atom;
+
+	token = *tok;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case EVENT_ITEM:
+		if (strcmp(token, "REC") == 0) {
+			free_token(token);
+			type = process_entry(event, arg, &token);
+			break;
+		}
+		atom = token;
+		/* test the next token */
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the next token is a parenthesis, then this
+		 * is a function.
+		 */
+		if (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, "(") == 0) {
+			free_token(token);
+			token = NULL;
+			/* this will free atom. */
+			type = process_function(event, arg, atom, &token);
+			break;
+		}
+		/* atoms can be more than one token long */
+		while (type == EVENT_ITEM) {
+			atom = realloc(atom, strlen(atom) + strlen(token) + 2);
+			strcat(atom, " ");
+			strcat(atom, token);
+			free_token(token);
+			type = read_token_item(&token);
+		}
+
+		arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
+		arg->atom.atom = atom;
+		break;
+
+	case EVENT_DQUOTE:
+	case EVENT_SQUOTE:
+		arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
+		arg->atom.atom = token;
+		type = read_token_item(&token);
+		break;
+	case EVENT_DELIM:
+		if (strcmp(token, "(") == 0) {
+			free_token(token);
+			type = process_paren(event, arg, &token);
+			break;
+		}
+	case EVENT_OP:
+		/* handle single ops */
+		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
+		arg->op.op = token;
+		arg->op.left = NULL;
+		type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
+
+		/* On error, the op is freed */
+		if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
+			arg->op.op = NULL;
+
+		/* return error type if errored */
+		break;
+
+	case EVENT_ERROR ... EVENT_NEWLINE:
+	default:
+		die("unexpected type %d", type);
+	}
+	*tok = token;
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+static int event_read_print_args(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg **list)
+{
+	enum event_type type = EVENT_ERROR;
+	struct print_arg *arg;
+	char *token;
+	int args = 0;
+
+	do {
+		if (type == EVENT_NEWLINE) {
+			type = read_token_item(&token);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		arg = alloc_arg();
+
+		type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
+
+		if (type == EVENT_ERROR) {
+			free_token(token);
+			free_arg(arg);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		*list = arg;
+		args++;
+
+		if (type == EVENT_OP) {
+			type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
+			free_token(token);
+			if (type == EVENT_ERROR) {
+				*list = NULL;
+				free_arg(arg);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			list = &arg->next;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, ",") == 0) {
+			free_token(token);
+			*list = arg;
+			list = &arg->next;
+			continue;
+		}
+		break;
+	} while (type != EVENT_NONE);
+
+	if (type != EVENT_NONE && type != EVENT_ERROR)
+		free_token(token);
+
+	return args;
+}
+
+static int event_read_print(struct event_format *event)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "print") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "fmt") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_DQUOTE, &token) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
+ concat:
+	event->print_fmt.format = token;
+	event->print_fmt.args = NULL;
+
+	/* ok to have no arg */
+	type = read_token_item(&token);
+
+	if (type == EVENT_NONE)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Handle concatenation of print lines */
+	if (type == EVENT_DQUOTE) {
+		char *cat;
+
+		cat = malloc_or_die(strlen(event->print_fmt.format) +
+				    strlen(token) + 1);
+		strcpy(cat, event->print_fmt.format);
+		strcat(cat, token);
+		free_token(token);
+		free_token(event->print_fmt.format);
+		event->print_fmt.format = NULL;
+		token = cat;
+		goto concat;
+	}
+			     
+	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
+		goto fail;
+
+	free_token(token);
+
+	ret = event_read_print_args(event, &event->print_fmt.args);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return ret;
+
+ fail:
+	free_token(token);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_common_field - return a common field by event
+ * @event: handle for the event
+ * @name: the name of the common field to return
+ *
+ * Returns a common field from the event by the given @name.
+ * This only searchs the common fields and not all field.
+ */
+struct format_field *
+pevent_find_common_field(struct event_format *event, const char *name)
+{
+	struct format_field *format;
+
+	for (format = event->format.common_fields;
+	     format; format = format->next) {
+		if (strcmp(format->name, name) == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return format;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_field - find a non-common field
+ * @event: handle for the event
+ * @name: the name of the non-common field
+ *
+ * Returns a non-common field by the given @name.
+ * This does not search common fields.
+ */
+struct format_field *
+pevent_find_field(struct event_format *event, const char *name)
+{
+	struct format_field *format;
+
+	for (format = event->format.fields;
+	     format; format = format->next) {
+		if (strcmp(format->name, name) == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return format;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_any_field - find any field by name
+ * @event: handle for the event
+ * @name: the name of the field
+ *
+ * Returns a field by the given @name.
+ * This searchs the common field names first, then
+ * the non-common ones if a common one was not found.
+ */
+struct format_field *
+pevent_find_any_field(struct event_format *event, const char *name)
+{
+	struct format_field *format;
+
+	format = pevent_find_common_field(event, name);
+	if (format)
+		return format;
+	return pevent_find_field(event, name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_read_number - read a number from data
+ * @pevent: handle for the pevent
+ * @ptr: the raw data
+ * @size: the size of the data that holds the number
+ *
+ * Returns the number (converted to host) from the
+ * raw data.
+ */
+unsigned long long pevent_read_number(struct pevent *pevent,
+				      const void *ptr, int size)
+{
+	switch (size) {
+	case 1:
+		return *(unsigned char *)ptr;
+	case 2:
+		return data2host2(pevent, ptr);
+	case 4:
+		return data2host4(pevent, ptr);
+	case 8:
+		return data2host8(pevent, ptr);
+	default:
+		/* BUG! */
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_read_number_field - read a number from data
+ * @field: a handle to the field
+ * @data: the raw data to read
+ * @value: the value to place the number in
+ *
+ * Reads raw data according to a field offset and size,
+ * and translates it into @value.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+int pevent_read_number_field(struct format_field *field, const void *data,
+			     unsigned long long *value)
+{
+	if (!field)
+		return -1;
+	switch (field->size) {
+	case 1:
+	case 2:
+	case 4:
+	case 8:
+		*value = pevent_read_number(field->event->pevent,
+					    data + field->offset, field->size);
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+}
+
+static int get_common_info(struct pevent *pevent,
+			   const char *type, int *offset, int *size)
+{
+	struct event_format *event;
+	struct format_field *field;
+
+	/*
+	 * All events should have the same common elements.
+	 * Pick any event to find where the type is;
+	 */
+	if (!pevent->events)
+		die("no event_list!");
+
+	event = pevent->events[0];
+	field = pevent_find_common_field(event, type);
+	if (!field)
+		die("field '%s' not found", type);
+
+	*offset = field->offset;
+	*size = field->size;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __parse_common(struct pevent *pevent, void *data,
+			  int *size, int *offset, const char *name)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!*size) {
+		ret = get_common_info(pevent, name, offset, size);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+	return pevent_read_number(pevent, data + *offset, *size);
+}
+
+static int trace_parse_common_type(struct pevent *pevent, void *data)
+{
+	return __parse_common(pevent, data,
+			      &pevent->type_size, &pevent->type_offset,
+			      "common_type");
+}
+
+static int parse_common_pid(struct pevent *pevent, void *data)
+{
+	return __parse_common(pevent, data,
+			      &pevent->pid_size, &pevent->pid_offset,
+			      "common_pid");
+}
+
+static int parse_common_pc(struct pevent *pevent, void *data)
+{
+	return __parse_common(pevent, data,
+			      &pevent->pc_size, &pevent->pc_offset,
+			      "common_preempt_count");
+}
+
+static int parse_common_flags(struct pevent *pevent, void *data)
+{
+	return __parse_common(pevent, data,
+			      &pevent->flags_size, &pevent->flags_offset,
+			      "common_flags");
+}
+
+static int parse_common_lock_depth(struct pevent *pevent, void *data)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __parse_common(pevent, data,
+			     &pevent->ld_size, &pevent->ld_offset,
+			     "common_lock_depth");
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int events_id_cmp(const void *a, const void *b);
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_event - find an event by given id
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @id: the id of the event
+ *
+ * Returns an event that has a given @id.
+ */
+struct event_format *pevent_find_event(struct pevent *pevent, int id)
+{
+	struct event_format **eventptr;
+	struct event_format key;
+	struct event_format *pkey = &key;
+
+	/* Check cache first */
+	if (pevent->last_event && pevent->last_event->id == id)
+		return pevent->last_event;
+
+	key.id = id;
+
+	eventptr = bsearch(&pkey, pevent->events, pevent->nr_events,
+			   sizeof(*pevent->events), events_id_cmp);
+
+	if (eventptr) {
+		pevent->last_event = *eventptr;
+		return *eventptr;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_find_event_by_name - find an event by given name
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @sys: the system name to search for
+ * @name: the name of the event to search for
+ *
+ * This returns an event with a given @name and under the system
+ * @sys. If @sys is NULL the first event with @name is returned.
+ */
+struct event_format *
+pevent_find_event_by_name(struct pevent *pevent,
+			  const char *sys, const char *name)
+{
+	struct event_format *event;
+	int i;
+
+	if (pevent->last_event &&
+	    strcmp(pevent->last_event->name, name) == 0 &&
+	    (!sys || strcmp(pevent->last_event->system, sys) == 0))
+		return pevent->last_event;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pevent->nr_events; i++) {
+		event = pevent->events[i];
+		if (strcmp(event->name, name) == 0) {
+			if (!sys)
+				break;
+			if (strcmp(event->system, sys) == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (i == pevent->nr_events)
+		event = NULL;
+
+	pevent->last_event = event;
+	return event;
+}
+
+static unsigned long long
+eval_num_arg(void *data, int size, struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = event->pevent;
+	unsigned long long val = 0;
+	unsigned long long left, right;
+	struct print_arg *typearg = NULL;
+	struct print_arg *larg;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned int field_size;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case PRINT_NULL:
+		/* ?? */
+		return 0;
+	case PRINT_ATOM:
+		return strtoull(arg->atom.atom, NULL, 0);
+	case PRINT_FIELD:
+		if (!arg->field.field) {
+			arg->field.field = pevent_find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
+			if (!arg->field.field)
+				die("field %s not found", arg->field.name);
+		}
+		/* must be a number */
+		val = pevent_read_number(pevent, data + arg->field.field->offset,
+				arg->field.field->size);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FLAGS:
+	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
+		break;
+	case PRINT_TYPE:
+		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->typecast.item);
+		return eval_type(val, arg, 0);
+	case PRINT_STRING:
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+		return 0;
+	case PRINT_FUNC: {
+		struct trace_seq s;
+		trace_seq_init(&s);
+		val = process_defined_func(&s, data, size, event, arg);
+		trace_seq_destroy(&s);
+		return val;
+	}
+	case PRINT_OP:
+		if (strcmp(arg->op.op, "[") == 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Arrays are special, since we don't want
+			 * to read the arg as is.
+			 */
+			right = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right);
+
+			/* handle typecasts */
+			larg = arg->op.left;
+			while (larg->type == PRINT_TYPE) {
+				if (!typearg)
+					typearg = larg;
+				larg = larg->typecast.item;
+			}
+
+			/* Default to long size */
+			field_size = pevent->long_size;
+
+			switch (larg->type) {
+			case PRINT_DYNAMIC_ARRAY:
+				offset = pevent_read_number(pevent,
+						   data + larg->dynarray.field->offset,
+						   larg->dynarray.field->size);
+				if (larg->dynarray.field->elementsize)
+					field_size = larg->dynarray.field->elementsize;
+				/*
+				 * The actual length of the dynamic array is stored
+				 * in the top half of the field, and the offset
+				 * is in the bottom half of the 32 bit field.
+				 */
+				offset &= 0xffff;
+				offset += right;
+				break;
+			case PRINT_FIELD:
+				if (!larg->field.field) {
+					larg->field.field =
+						pevent_find_any_field(event, larg->field.name);
+					if (!larg->field.field)
+						die("field %s not found", larg->field.name);
+				}
+				field_size = larg->field.field->elementsize;
+				offset = larg->field.field->offset +
+					right * larg->field.field->elementsize;
+				break;
+			default:
+				goto default_op; /* oops, all bets off */
+			}
+			val = pevent_read_number(pevent,
+						 data + offset, field_size);
+			if (typearg)
+				val = eval_type(val, typearg, 1);
+			break;
+		} else if (strcmp(arg->op.op, "?") == 0) {
+			left = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.left);
+			arg = arg->op.right;
+			if (left)
+				val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.left);
+			else
+				val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right);
+			break;
+		}
+ default_op:
+		left = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.left);
+		right = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right);
+		switch (arg->op.op[0]) {
+		case '!':
+			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
+			case 0:
+				val = !right;
+				break;
+			case '=':
+				val = left != right;
+				break;
+			default:
+				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+			}
+			break;
+		case '~':
+			val = ~right;
+			break;
+		case '|':
+			if (arg->op.op[1])
+				val = left || right;
+			else
+				val = left | right;
+			break;
+		case '&':
+			if (arg->op.op[1])
+				val = left && right;
+			else
+				val = left & right;
+			break;
+		case '<':
+			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
+			case 0:
+				val = left < right;
+				break;
+			case '<':
+				val = left << right;
+				break;
+			case '=':
+				val = left <= right;
+				break;
+			default:
+				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+			}
+			break;
+		case '>':
+			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
+			case 0:
+				val = left > right;
+				break;
+			case '>':
+				val = left >> right;
+				break;
+			case '=':
+				val = left >= right;
+				break;
+			default:
+				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+			}
+			break;
+		case '=':
+			if (arg->op.op[1] != '=')
+				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+			val = left == right;
+			break;
+		case '-':
+			val = left - right;
+			break;
+		case '+':
+			val = left + right;
+			break;
+		case '/':
+			val = left / right;
+			break;
+		case '*':
+			val = left * right;
+			break;
+		default:
+			die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
+		}
+		break;
+	default: /* not sure what to do there */
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return val;
+}
+
+struct flag {
+	const char *name;
+	unsigned long long value;
+};
+
+static const struct flag flags[] = {
+	{ "HI_SOFTIRQ", 0 },
+	{ "TIMER_SOFTIRQ", 1 },
+	{ "NET_TX_SOFTIRQ", 2 },
+	{ "NET_RX_SOFTIRQ", 3 },
+	{ "BLOCK_SOFTIRQ", 4 },
+	{ "BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ", 5 },
+	{ "TASKLET_SOFTIRQ", 6 },
+	{ "SCHED_SOFTIRQ", 7 },
+	{ "HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ", 8 },
+	{ "RCU_SOFTIRQ", 9 },
+
+	{ "HRTIMER_NORESTART", 0 },
+	{ "HRTIMER_RESTART", 1 },
+};
+
+static unsigned long long eval_flag(const char *flag)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * Some flags in the format files do not get converted.
+	 * If the flag is not numeric, see if it is something that
+	 * we already know about.
+	 */
+	if (isdigit(flag[0]))
+		return strtoull(flag, NULL, 0);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (int)(sizeof(flags)/sizeof(flags[0])); i++)
+		if (strcmp(flags[i].name, flag) == 0)
+			return flags[i].value;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void print_str_to_seq(struct trace_seq *s, const char *format,
+			     int len_arg, const char *str)
+{
+	if (len_arg >= 0)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, format, len_arg, str);
+	else
+		trace_seq_printf(s, format, str);
+}
+
+static void print_str_arg(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size,
+			  struct event_format *event, const char *format,
+			  int len_arg, struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = event->pevent;
+	struct print_flag_sym *flag;
+	unsigned long long val, fval;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	char *str;
+	int print;
+	int len;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case PRINT_NULL:
+		/* ?? */
+		return;
+	case PRINT_ATOM:
+		print_str_to_seq(s, format, len_arg, arg->atom.atom);
+		return;
+	case PRINT_FIELD:
+		if (!arg->field.field) {
+			arg->field.field = pevent_find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
+			if (!arg->field.field)
+				die("field %s not found", arg->field.name);
+		}
+		/* Zero sized fields, mean the rest of the data */
+		len = arg->field.field->size ? : size - arg->field.field->offset;
+
+		/*
+		 * Some events pass in pointers. If this is not an array
+		 * and the size is the same as long_size, assume that it
+		 * is a pointer.
+		 */
+		if (!(arg->field.field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY) &&
+		    arg->field.field->size == pevent->long_size) {
+			addr = *(unsigned long *)(data + arg->field.field->offset);
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "%lx", addr);
+			break;
+		}
+		str = malloc_or_die(len + 1);
+		memcpy(str, data + arg->field.field->offset, len);
+		str[len] = 0;
+		print_str_to_seq(s, format, len_arg, str);
+		free(str);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FLAGS:
+		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->flags.field);
+		print = 0;
+		for (flag = arg->flags.flags; flag; flag = flag->next) {
+			fval = eval_flag(flag->value);
+			if (!val && !fval) {
+				print_str_to_seq(s, format, len_arg, flag->str);
+				break;
+			}
+			if (fval && (val & fval) == fval) {
+				if (print && arg->flags.delim)
+					trace_seq_puts(s, arg->flags.delim);
+				print_str_to_seq(s, format, len_arg, flag->str);
+				print = 1;
+				val &= ~fval;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
+		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->symbol.field);
+		for (flag = arg->symbol.symbols; flag; flag = flag->next) {
+			fval = eval_flag(flag->value);
+			if (val == fval) {
+				print_str_to_seq(s, format, len_arg, flag->str);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case PRINT_TYPE:
+		break;
+	case PRINT_STRING: {
+		int str_offset;
+
+		if (arg->string.offset == -1) {
+			struct format_field *f;
+
+			f = pevent_find_any_field(event, arg->string.string);
+			arg->string.offset = f->offset;
+		}
+		str_offset = data2host4(pevent, data + arg->string.offset);
+		str_offset &= 0xffff;
+		print_str_to_seq(s, format, len_arg, ((char *)data) + str_offset);
+		break;
+	}
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+		trace_seq_printf(s, format, arg->string.string);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_OP:
+		/*
+		 * The only op for string should be ? :
+		 */
+		if (arg->op.op[0] != '?')
+			return;
+		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.left);
+		if (val)
+			print_str_arg(s, data, size, event,
+				      format, len_arg, arg->op.right->op.left);
+		else
+			print_str_arg(s, data, size, event,
+				      format, len_arg, arg->op.right->op.right);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FUNC:
+		process_defined_func(s, data, size, event, arg);
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* well... */
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static unsigned long long
+process_defined_func(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size,
+		     struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func_handle = arg->func.func;
+	struct pevent_func_params *param;
+	unsigned long long *args;
+	unsigned long long ret;
+	struct print_arg *farg;
+	struct trace_seq str;
+	struct save_str {
+		struct save_str *next;
+		char *str;
+	} *strings = NULL, *string;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!func_handle->nr_args) {
+		ret = (*func_handle->func)(s, NULL);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	farg = arg->func.args;
+	param = func_handle->params;
+
+	args = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*args) * func_handle->nr_args);
+	for (i = 0; i < func_handle->nr_args; i++) {
+		switch (param->type) {
+		case PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_INT:
+		case PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_LONG:
+		case PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_PTR:
+			args[i] = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, farg);
+			break;
+		case PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_STRING:
+			trace_seq_init(&str);
+			print_str_arg(&str, data, size, event, "%s", -1, farg);
+			trace_seq_terminate(&str);
+			string = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*string));
+			string->next = strings;
+			string->str = strdup(str.buffer);
+			strings = string;
+			trace_seq_destroy(&str);
+			break;
+		default:
+			/*
+			 * Something went totally wrong, this is not
+			 * an input error, something in this code broke.
+			 */
+			die("Unexpected end of arguments\n");
+			break;
+		}
+		farg = farg->next;
+	}
+
+	ret = (*func_handle->func)(s, args);
+	free(args);
+	while (strings) {
+		string = strings;
+		strings = string->next;
+		free(string->str);
+		free(string);
+	}
+
+ out:
+	/* TBD : handle return type here */
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct print_arg *make_bprint_args(char *fmt, void *data, int size, struct event_format *event)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = event->pevent;
+	struct format_field *field, *ip_field;
+	struct print_arg *args, *arg, **next;
+	unsigned long long ip, val;
+	char *ptr;
+	void *bptr;
+
+	field = pevent->bprint_buf_field;
+	ip_field = pevent->bprint_ip_field;
+
+	if (!field) {
+		field = pevent_find_field(event, "buf");
+		if (!field)
+			die("can't find buffer field for binary printk");
+		ip_field = pevent_find_field(event, "ip");
+		if (!ip_field)
+			die("can't find ip field for binary printk");
+		pevent->bprint_buf_field = field;
+		pevent->bprint_ip_field = ip_field;
+	}
+
+	ip = pevent_read_number(pevent, data + ip_field->offset, ip_field->size);
+
+	/*
+	 * The first arg is the IP pointer.
+	 */
+	args = alloc_arg();
+	arg = args;
+	arg->next = NULL;
+	next = &arg->next;
+
+	arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
+	arg->atom.atom = malloc_or_die(32);
+	sprintf(arg->atom.atom, "%lld", ip);
+
+	/* skip the first "%pf : " */
+	for (ptr = fmt + 6, bptr = data + field->offset;
+	     bptr < data + size && *ptr; ptr++) {
+		int ls = 0;
+
+		if (*ptr == '%') {
+ process_again:
+			ptr++;
+			switch (*ptr) {
+			case '%':
+				break;
+			case 'l':
+				ls++;
+				goto process_again;
+			case 'L':
+				ls = 2;
+				goto process_again;
+			case '0' ... '9':
+				goto process_again;
+			case 'p':
+				ls = 1;
+				/* fall through */
+			case 'd':
+			case 'u':
+			case 'x':
+			case 'i':
+				/* the pointers are always 4 bytes aligned */
+				bptr = (void *)(((unsigned long)bptr + 3) &
+						~3);
+				switch (ls) {
+				case 0:
+					ls = 4;
+					break;
+				case 1:
+					ls = pevent->long_size;
+					break;
+				case 2:
+					ls = 8;
+				default:
+					break;
+				}
+				val = pevent_read_number(pevent, bptr, ls);
+				bptr += ls;
+				arg = alloc_arg();
+				arg->next = NULL;
+				arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
+				arg->atom.atom = malloc_or_die(32);
+				sprintf(arg->atom.atom, "%lld", val);
+				*next = arg;
+				next = &arg->next;
+				break;
+			case 's':
+				arg = alloc_arg();
+				arg->next = NULL;
+				arg->type = PRINT_BSTRING;
+				arg->string.string = strdup(bptr);
+				bptr += strlen(bptr) + 1;
+				*next = arg;
+				next = &arg->next;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return args;
+}
+
+static void free_args(struct print_arg *args)
+{
+	struct print_arg *next;
+
+	while (args) {
+		next = args->next;
+
+		free_arg(args);
+		args = next;
+	}
+}
+
+static char *
+get_bprint_format(void *data, int size __unused, struct event_format *event)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = event->pevent;
+	unsigned long long addr;
+	struct format_field *field;
+	struct printk_map *printk;
+	char *format;
+	char *p;
+
+	field = pevent->bprint_fmt_field;
+
+	if (!field) {
+		field = pevent_find_field(event, "fmt");
+		if (!field)
+			die("can't find format field for binary printk");
+		pevent->bprint_fmt_field = field;
+	}
+
+	addr = pevent_read_number(pevent, data + field->offset, field->size);
+
+	printk = find_printk(pevent, addr);
+	if (!printk) {
+		format = malloc_or_die(45);
+		sprintf(format, "%%pf : (NO FORMAT FOUND at %llx)\n",
+			addr);
+		return format;
+	}
+
+	p = printk->printk;
+	/* Remove any quotes. */
+	if (*p == '"')
+		p++;
+	format = malloc_or_die(strlen(p) + 10);
+	sprintf(format, "%s : %s", "%pf", p);
+	/* remove ending quotes and new line since we will add one too */
+	p = format + strlen(format) - 1;
+	if (*p == '"')
+		*p = 0;
+
+	p -= 2;
+	if (strcmp(p, "\\n") == 0)
+		*p = 0;
+
+	return format;
+}
+
+static void print_mac_arg(struct trace_seq *s, int mac, void *data, int size,
+			  struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg)
+{
+	unsigned char *buf;
+	char *fmt = "%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x";
+
+	if (arg->type == PRINT_FUNC) {
+		process_defined_func(s, data, size, event, arg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (arg->type != PRINT_FIELD) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "ARG TYPE NOT FIELD BUT %d",
+				 arg->type);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (mac == 'm')
+		fmt = "%.2x%.2x%.2x%.2x%.2x%.2x";
+	if (!arg->field.field) {
+		arg->field.field =
+			pevent_find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
+		if (!arg->field.field)
+			die("field %s not found", arg->field.name);
+	}
+	if (arg->field.field->size != 6) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "INVALIDMAC");
+		return;
+	}
+	buf = data + arg->field.field->offset;
+	trace_seq_printf(s, fmt, buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4], buf[5]);
+}
+
+static void print_event_fields(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size,
+			       struct event_format *event)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+	unsigned long long val;
+	unsigned int offset, len, i;
+
+	field = event->format.fields;
+	while (field) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, " %s=", field->name);
+		if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY) {
+			offset = field->offset;
+			len = field->size;
+			if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
+				val = pevent_read_number(event->pevent, data + offset, len);
+				offset = val;
+				len = offset >> 16;
+				offset &= 0xffff;
+			}
+			if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
+				trace_seq_printf(s, "%s", (char *)data + offset);
+			} else {
+				trace_seq_puts(s, "ARRAY[");
+				for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+					if (i)
+						trace_seq_puts(s, ", ");
+					trace_seq_printf(s, "%02x",
+							 *((unsigned char *)data + offset + i));
+				}
+				trace_seq_putc(s, ']');
+			}
+		} else {
+			val = pevent_read_number(event->pevent, data + field->offset,
+						 field->size);
+			if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_POINTER) {
+				trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%llx", val);
+			} else if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_SIGNED) {
+				switch (field->size) {
+				case 4:
+					/*
+					 * If field is long then print it in hex.
+					 * A long usually stores pointers.
+					 */
+					if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_LONG)
+						trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%x", (int)val);
+					else
+						trace_seq_printf(s, "%d", (int)val);
+					break;
+				case 2:
+					trace_seq_printf(s, "%2d", (short)val);
+					break;
+				case 1:
+					trace_seq_printf(s, "%1d", (char)val);
+					break;
+				default:
+					trace_seq_printf(s, "%lld", val);
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_LONG)
+					trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%llx", val);
+				else
+					trace_seq_printf(s, "%llu", val);
+			}
+		}
+		field = field->next;
+	}
+}
+
+static void pretty_print(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size, struct event_format *event)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = event->pevent;
+	struct print_fmt *print_fmt = &event->print_fmt;
+	struct print_arg *arg = print_fmt->args;
+	struct print_arg *args = NULL;
+	const char *ptr = print_fmt->format;
+	unsigned long long val;
+	struct func_map *func;
+	const char *saveptr;
+	char *bprint_fmt = NULL;
+	char format[32];
+	int show_func;
+	int len_as_arg;
+	int len_arg;
+	int len;
+	int ls;
+
+	if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_FAILED) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "[FAILED TO PARSE]");
+		print_event_fields(s, data, size, event);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT) {
+		bprint_fmt = get_bprint_format(data, size, event);
+		args = make_bprint_args(bprint_fmt, data, size, event);
+		arg = args;
+		ptr = bprint_fmt;
+	}
+
+	for (; *ptr; ptr++) {
+		ls = 0;
+		if (*ptr == '\\') {
+			ptr++;
+			switch (*ptr) {
+			case 'n':
+				trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
+				break;
+			case 't':
+				trace_seq_putc(s, '\t');
+				break;
+			case 'r':
+				trace_seq_putc(s, '\r');
+				break;
+			case '\\':
+				trace_seq_putc(s, '\\');
+				break;
+			default:
+				trace_seq_putc(s, *ptr);
+				break;
+			}
+
+		} else if (*ptr == '%') {
+			saveptr = ptr;
+			show_func = 0;
+			len_as_arg = 0;
+ cont_process:
+			ptr++;
+			switch (*ptr) {
+			case '%':
+				trace_seq_putc(s, '%');
+				break;
+			case '#':
+				/* FIXME: need to handle properly */
+				goto cont_process;
+			case 'h':
+				ls--;
+				goto cont_process;
+			case 'l':
+				ls++;
+				goto cont_process;
+			case 'L':
+				ls = 2;
+				goto cont_process;
+			case '*':
+				/* The argument is the length. */
+				if (!arg)
+					die("no argument match");
+				len_arg = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg);
+				len_as_arg = 1;
+				arg = arg->next;
+				goto cont_process;
+			case '.':
+			case 'z':
+			case 'Z':
+			case '0' ... '9':
+				goto cont_process;
+			case 'p':
+				if (pevent->long_size == 4)
+					ls = 1;
+				else
+					ls = 2;
+
+				if (*(ptr+1) == 'F' ||
+				    *(ptr+1) == 'f') {
+					ptr++;
+					show_func = *ptr;
+				} else if (*(ptr+1) == 'M' || *(ptr+1) == 'm') {
+					print_mac_arg(s, *(ptr+1), data, size, event, arg);
+					ptr++;
+					break;
+				}
+
+				/* fall through */
+			case 'd':
+			case 'i':
+			case 'x':
+			case 'X':
+			case 'u':
+				if (!arg)
+					die("no argument match");
+
+				len = ((unsigned long)ptr + 1) -
+					(unsigned long)saveptr;
+
+				/* should never happen */
+				if (len > 31)
+					die("bad format!");
+
+				memcpy(format, saveptr, len);
+				format[len] = 0;
+
+				val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg);
+				arg = arg->next;
+
+				if (show_func) {
+					func = find_func(pevent, val);
+					if (func) {
+						trace_seq_puts(s, func->func);
+						if (show_func == 'F')
+							trace_seq_printf(s,
+							       "+0x%llx",
+							       val - func->addr);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (pevent->long_size == 8 && ls) {
+					char *p;
+
+					ls = 2;
+					/* make %l into %ll */
+					p = strchr(format, 'l');
+					if (p)
+						memmove(p, p+1, strlen(p)+1);
+					else if (strcmp(format, "%p") == 0)
+						strcpy(format, "0x%llx");
+				}
+				switch (ls) {
+				case -2:
+					if (len_as_arg)
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, len_arg, (char)val);
+					else
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, (char)val);
+					break;
+				case -1:
+					if (len_as_arg)
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, len_arg, (short)val);
+					else
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, (short)val);
+					break;
+				case 0:
+					if (len_as_arg)
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, len_arg, (int)val);
+					else
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, (int)val);
+					break;
+				case 1:
+					if (len_as_arg)
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, len_arg, (long)val);
+					else
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, (long)val);
+					break;
+				case 2:
+					if (len_as_arg)
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, len_arg,
+								 (long long)val);
+					else
+						trace_seq_printf(s, format, (long long)val);
+					break;
+				default:
+					die("bad count (%d)", ls);
+				}
+				break;
+			case 's':
+				if (!arg)
+					die("no matching argument");
+
+				len = ((unsigned long)ptr + 1) -
+					(unsigned long)saveptr;
+
+				/* should never happen */
+				if (len > 31)
+					die("bad format!");
+
+				memcpy(format, saveptr, len);
+				format[len] = 0;
+				if (!len_as_arg)
+					len_arg = -1;
+				print_str_arg(s, data, size, event,
+					      format, len_arg, arg);
+				arg = arg->next;
+				break;
+			default:
+				trace_seq_printf(s, ">%c<", *ptr);
+
+			}
+		} else
+			trace_seq_putc(s, *ptr);
+	}
+
+	if (args) {
+		free_args(args);
+		free(bprint_fmt);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_data_lat_fmt - parse the data for the latency format
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @s: the trace_seq to write to
+ * @data: the raw data to read from
+ * @size: currently unused.
+ *
+ * This parses out the Latency format (interrupts disabled,
+ * need rescheduling, in hard/soft interrupt, preempt count
+ * and lock depth) and places it into the trace_seq.
+ */
+void pevent_data_lat_fmt(struct pevent *pevent,
+			 struct trace_seq *s, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	static int check_lock_depth = 1;
+	static int lock_depth_exists;
+	unsigned int lat_flags;
+	unsigned int pc;
+	int lock_depth;
+	int hardirq;
+	int softirq;
+	void *data = record->data;
+
+	lat_flags = parse_common_flags(pevent, data);
+	pc = parse_common_pc(pevent, data);
+	/* lock_depth may not always exist */
+	if (check_lock_depth) {
+		struct format_field *field;
+		struct event_format *event;
+
+		check_lock_depth = 0;
+		event = pevent->events[0];
+		field = pevent_find_common_field(event, "common_lock_depth");
+		if (field)
+			lock_depth_exists = 1;
+	}
+	if (lock_depth_exists)
+		lock_depth = parse_common_lock_depth(pevent, data);
+
+	hardirq = lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ;
+	softirq = lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ;
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%c%c%c",
+	       (lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF) ? 'd' :
+	       (lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT) ?
+	       'X' : '.',
+	       (lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED) ?
+	       'N' : '.',
+	       (hardirq && softirq) ? 'H' :
+	       hardirq ? 'h' : softirq ? 's' : '.');
+
+	if (pc)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%x", pc);
+	else
+		trace_seq_putc(s, '.');
+
+	if (lock_depth_exists) {
+		if (lock_depth < 0)
+			trace_seq_putc(s, '.');
+		else
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "%d", lock_depth);
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_terminate(s);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_data_type - parse out the given event type
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @rec: the record to read from
+ *
+ * This returns the event id from the @rec.
+ */
+int pevent_data_type(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec)
+{
+	return trace_parse_common_type(pevent, rec->data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_data_event_from_type - find the event by a given type
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @type: the type of the event.
+ *
+ * This returns the event form a given @type;
+ */
+struct event_format *pevent_data_event_from_type(struct pevent *pevent, int type)
+{
+	return pevent_find_event(pevent, type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_data_pid - parse the PID from raw data
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @rec: the record to parse
+ *
+ * This returns the PID from a raw data.
+ */
+int pevent_data_pid(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec)
+{
+	return parse_common_pid(pevent, rec->data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_data_comm_from_pid - return the command line from PID
+ * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
+ * @pid: the PID of the task to search for
+ *
+ * This returns a pointer to the command line that has the given
+ * @pid.
+ */
+const char *pevent_data_comm_from_pid(struct pevent *pevent, int pid)
+{
+	const char *comm;
+
+	comm = find_cmdline(pevent, pid);
+	return comm;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_data_comm_from_pid - parse the data into the print format
+ * @s: the trace_seq to write to
+ * @event: the handle to the event
+ * @cpu: the cpu the event was recorded on
+ * @data: the raw data
+ * @size: the size of the raw data
+ * @nsecs: the timestamp of the event
+ *
+ * This parses the raw @data using the given @event information and
+ * writes the print format into the trace_seq.
+ */
+void pevent_event_info(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+		       struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	int print_pretty = 1;
+
+	if (event->pevent->print_raw)
+		print_event_fields(s, record->data, record->size, event);
+	else {
+
+		if (event->handler)
+			print_pretty = event->handler(s, record, event,
+						      event->context);
+
+		if (print_pretty)
+			pretty_print(s, record->data, record->size, event);
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_terminate(s);
+}
+
+void pevent_print_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct trace_seq *s,
+			struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	static char *spaces = "                    "; /* 20 spaces */
+	struct event_format *event;
+	unsigned long secs;
+	unsigned long usecs;
+	unsigned long nsecs;
+	const char *comm;
+	void *data = record->data;
+	int type;
+	int pid;
+	int len;
+	int p;
+
+	secs = record->ts / NSECS_PER_SEC;
+	nsecs = record->ts - secs * NSECS_PER_SEC;
+
+	if (record->size < 0) {
+		do_warning("ug! negative record size %d", record->size);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	type = trace_parse_common_type(pevent, data);
+
+	event = pevent_find_event(pevent, type);
+	if (!event) {
+		do_warning("ug! no event found for type %d", type);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pid = parse_common_pid(pevent, data);
+	comm = find_cmdline(pevent, pid);
+
+	if (pevent->latency_format) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%8.8s-%-5d %3d",
+		       comm, pid, record->cpu);
+		pevent_data_lat_fmt(pevent, s, record);
+	} else
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%16s-%-5d [%03d]", comm, pid, record->cpu);
+
+	if (pevent->flags & PEVENT_NSEC_OUTPUT) {
+		usecs = nsecs;
+		p = 9;
+	} else {
+		usecs = (nsecs + 500) / NSECS_PER_USEC;
+		p = 6;
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, " %5lu.%0*lu: %s: ", secs, p, usecs, event->name);
+
+	/* Space out the event names evenly. */
+	len = strlen(event->name);
+	if (len < 20)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%.*s", 20 - len, spaces);
+
+	pevent_event_info(s, event, record);
+}
+
+static int events_id_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	struct event_format * const * ea = a;
+	struct event_format * const * eb = b;
+
+	if ((*ea)->id < (*eb)->id)
+		return -1;
+
+	if ((*ea)->id > (*eb)->id)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int events_name_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	struct event_format * const * ea = a;
+	struct event_format * const * eb = b;
+	int res;
+
+	res = strcmp((*ea)->name, (*eb)->name);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
+	res = strcmp((*ea)->system, (*eb)->system);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
+	return events_id_cmp(a, b);
+}
+
+static int events_system_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	struct event_format * const * ea = a;
+	struct event_format * const * eb = b;
+	int res;
+
+	res = strcmp((*ea)->system, (*eb)->system);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
+	res = strcmp((*ea)->name, (*eb)->name);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
+	return events_id_cmp(a, b);
+}
+
+struct event_format **pevent_list_events(struct pevent *pevent, enum event_sort_type sort_type)
+{
+	struct event_format **events;
+	int (*sort)(const void *a, const void *b);
+
+	events = pevent->sort_events;
+
+	if (events && pevent->last_type == sort_type)
+		return events;
+
+	if (!events) {
+		events = malloc(sizeof(*events) * (pevent->nr_events + 1));
+		if (!events)
+			return NULL;
+
+		memcpy(events, pevent->events, sizeof(*events) * pevent->nr_events);
+		events[pevent->nr_events] = NULL;
+
+		pevent->sort_events = events;
+
+		/* the internal events are sorted by id */
+		if (sort_type == EVENT_SORT_ID) {
+			pevent->last_type = sort_type;
+			return events;
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch (sort_type) {
+	case EVENT_SORT_ID:
+		sort = events_id_cmp;
+		break;
+	case EVENT_SORT_NAME:
+		sort = events_name_cmp;
+		break;
+	case EVENT_SORT_SYSTEM:
+		sort = events_system_cmp;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return events;
+	}
+
+	qsort(events, pevent->nr_events, sizeof(*events), sort);
+	pevent->last_type = sort_type;
+
+	return events;
+}
+
+static struct format_field **
+get_event_fields(const char *type, const char *name,
+		 int count, struct format_field *list)
+{
+	struct format_field **fields;
+	struct format_field *field;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	fields = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*fields) * (count + 1));
+	for (field = list; field; field = field->next) {
+		fields[i++] = field;
+		if (i == count + 1) {
+			do_warning("event %s has more %s fields than specified",
+				name, type);
+			i--;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (i != count)
+		do_warning("event %s has less %s fields than specified",
+			name, type);
+
+	fields[i] = NULL;
+
+	return fields;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_event_common_fields - return a list of common fields for an event
+ * @event: the event to return the common fields of.
+ *
+ * Returns an allocated array of fields. The last item in the array is NULL.
+ * The array must be freed with free().
+ */
+struct format_field **pevent_event_common_fields(struct event_format *event)
+{
+	return get_event_fields("common", event->name,
+				event->format.nr_common,
+				event->format.common_fields);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_event_fields - return a list of event specific fields for an event
+ * @event: the event to return the fields of.
+ *
+ * Returns an allocated array of fields. The last item in the array is NULL.
+ * The array must be freed with free().
+ */
+struct format_field **pevent_event_fields(struct event_format *event)
+{
+	return get_event_fields("event", event->name,
+				event->format.nr_fields,
+				event->format.fields);
+}
+
+static void print_fields(struct trace_seq *s, struct print_flag_sym *field)
+{
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "{ %s, %s }", field->value, field->str);
+	if (field->next) {
+		trace_seq_puts(s, ", ");
+		print_fields(s, field->next);
+	}
+}
+
+/* for debugging */
+static void print_args(struct print_arg *args)
+{
+	int print_paren = 1;
+	struct trace_seq s;
+
+	switch (args->type) {
+	case PRINT_NULL:
+		printf("null");
+		break;
+	case PRINT_ATOM:
+		printf("%s", args->atom.atom);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FIELD:
+		printf("REC->%s", args->field.name);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_FLAGS:
+		printf("__print_flags(");
+		print_args(args->flags.field);
+		printf(", %s, ", args->flags.delim);
+		trace_seq_init(&s);
+		print_fields(&s, args->flags.flags);
+		trace_seq_do_printf(&s);
+		trace_seq_destroy(&s);
+		printf(")");
+		break;
+	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
+		printf("__print_symbolic(");
+		print_args(args->symbol.field);
+		printf(", ");
+		trace_seq_init(&s);
+		print_fields(&s, args->symbol.symbols);
+		trace_seq_do_printf(&s);
+		trace_seq_destroy(&s);
+		printf(")");
+		break;
+	case PRINT_STRING:
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+		printf("__get_str(%s)", args->string.string);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_TYPE:
+		printf("(%s)", args->typecast.type);
+		print_args(args->typecast.item);
+		break;
+	case PRINT_OP:
+		if (strcmp(args->op.op, ":") == 0)
+			print_paren = 0;
+		if (print_paren)
+			printf("(");
+		print_args(args->op.left);
+		printf(" %s ", args->op.op);
+		print_args(args->op.right);
+		if (print_paren)
+			printf(")");
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* we should warn... */
+		return;
+	}
+	if (args->next) {
+		printf("\n");
+		print_args(args->next);
+	}
+}
+
+static void parse_header_field(const char *field,
+			       int *offset, int *size, int mandatory)
+{
+	unsigned long long save_input_buf_ptr;
+	unsigned long long save_input_buf_siz;
+	char *token;
+	int type;
+
+	save_input_buf_ptr = input_buf_ptr;
+	save_input_buf_siz = input_buf_siz;
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "field") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return;
+
+	/* type */
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+	free_token(token);
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is not a mandatory field, then test it first.
+	 */
+	if (mandatory) {
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, field) < 0)
+			return;
+	} else {
+		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+			goto fail;
+		if (strcmp(token, field) != 0)
+			goto discard;
+		free_token(token);
+	}
+
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "offset") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+	*offset = atoi(token);
+	free_token(token);
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "size") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+		return;
+	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+	*size = atoi(token);
+	free_token(token);
+	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+		return;
+	type = read_token(&token);
+	if (type != EVENT_NEWLINE) {
+		/* newer versions of the kernel have a "signed" type */
+		if (type != EVENT_ITEM)
+			goto fail;
+
+		if (strcmp(token, "signed") != 0)
+			goto fail;
+
+		free_token(token);
+
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+			return;
+
+		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
+			goto fail;
+
+		free_token(token);
+		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
+			return;
+
+		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_NEWLINE, &token))
+			goto fail;
+	}
+ fail:
+	free_token(token);
+	return;
+
+ discard:
+	input_buf_ptr = save_input_buf_ptr;
+	input_buf_siz = save_input_buf_siz;
+	*offset = 0;
+	*size = 0;
+	free_token(token);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_parse_header_page - parse the data stored in the header page
+ * @pevent: the handle to the pevent
+ * @buf: the buffer storing the header page format string
+ * @size: the size of @buf
+ * @long_size: the long size to use if there is no header
+ *
+ * This parses the header page format for information on the
+ * ring buffer used. The @buf should be copied from
+ *
+ * /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/header_page
+ */
+int pevent_parse_header_page(struct pevent *pevent, char *buf, unsigned long size,
+			     int long_size)
+{
+	int ignore;
+
+	if (!size) {
+		/*
+		 * Old kernels did not have header page info.
+		 * Sorry but we just use what we find here in user space.
+		 */
+		pevent->header_page_ts_size = sizeof(long long);
+		pevent->header_page_size_size = long_size;
+		pevent->header_page_data_offset = sizeof(long long) + long_size;
+		pevent->old_format = 1;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	init_input_buf(buf, size);
+
+	parse_header_field("timestamp", &pevent->header_page_ts_offset,
+			   &pevent->header_page_ts_size, 1);
+	parse_header_field("commit", &pevent->header_page_size_offset,
+			   &pevent->header_page_size_size, 1);
+	parse_header_field("overwrite", &pevent->header_page_overwrite,
+			   &ignore, 0);
+	parse_header_field("data", &pevent->header_page_data_offset,
+			   &pevent->header_page_data_size, 1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int event_matches(struct event_format *event,
+			 int id, const char *sys_name,
+			 const char *event_name)
+{
+	if (id >= 0 && id != event->id)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (event_name && (strcmp(event_name, event->name) != 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (sys_name && (strcmp(sys_name, event->system) != 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void free_handler(struct event_handler *handle)
+{
+	free((void *)handle->sys_name);
+	free((void *)handle->event_name);
+	free(handle);
+}
+
+static int find_event_handle(struct pevent *pevent, struct event_format *event)
+{
+	struct event_handler *handle, **next;
+
+	for (next = &pevent->handlers; *next;
+	     next = &(*next)->next) {
+		handle = *next;
+		if (event_matches(event, handle->id,
+				  handle->sys_name,
+				  handle->event_name))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (!(*next))
+		return 0;
+
+	pr_stat("overriding event (%d) %s:%s with new print handler",
+		event->id, event->system, event->name);
+
+	event->handler = handle->func;
+	event->context = handle->context;
+
+	*next = handle->next;
+	free_handler(handle);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_parse_event - parse the event format
+ * @pevent: the handle to the pevent
+ * @buf: the buffer storing the event format string
+ * @size: the size of @buf
+ * @sys: the system the event belongs to
+ *
+ * This parses the event format and creates an event structure
+ * to quickly parse raw data for a given event.
+ *
+ * These files currently come from:
+ *
+ * /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/.../.../format
+ */
+int pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent,
+		       const char *buf, unsigned long size,
+		       const char *sys)
+{
+	struct event_format *event;
+	int ret;
+
+	init_input_buf(buf, size);
+
+	event = alloc_event();
+	if (!event)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	event->name = event_read_name();
+	if (!event->name) {
+		/* Bad event? */
+		free(event);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(sys, "ftrace") == 0) {
+
+		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE;
+
+		if (strcmp(event->name, "bprint") == 0)
+			event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT;
+	}
+		
+	event->id = event_read_id();
+	if (event->id < 0)
+		die("failed to read event id");
+
+	event->system = strdup(sys);
+
+	/* Add pevent to event so that it can be referenced */
+	event->pevent = pevent;
+
+	ret = event_read_format(event);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		do_warning("failed to read event format for %s", event->name);
+		goto event_failed;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the event has an override, don't print warnings if the event
+	 * print format fails to parse.
+	 */
+	if (find_event_handle(pevent, event))
+		show_warning = 0;
+
+	ret = event_read_print(event);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		do_warning("failed to read event print fmt for %s",
+			   event->name);
+		show_warning = 1;
+		goto event_failed;
+	}
+	show_warning = 1;
+
+	add_event(pevent, event);
+
+	if (!ret && (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE)) {
+		struct format_field *field;
+		struct print_arg *arg, **list;
+
+		/* old ftrace had no args */
+
+		list = &event->print_fmt.args;
+		for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
+			arg = alloc_arg();
+			*list = arg;
+			list = &arg->next;
+			arg->type = PRINT_FIELD;
+			arg->field.name = strdup(field->name);
+			arg->field.field = field;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+#define PRINT_ARGS 0
+	if (PRINT_ARGS && event->print_fmt.args)
+		print_args(event->print_fmt.args);
+
+	return 0;
+
+ event_failed:
+	event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
+	/* still add it even if it failed */
+	add_event(pevent, event);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int get_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct format_field *field,
+		  const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+		  unsigned long long *val, int err)
+{
+	if (!field) {
+		if (err)
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "<CANT FIND FIELD %s>", name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (pevent_read_number_field(field, record->data, val)) {
+		if (err)
+			trace_seq_printf(s, " %s=INVALID", name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_get_field_raw - return the raw pointer into the data field
+ * @s: The seq to print to on error
+ * @event: the event that the field is for
+ * @name: The name of the field
+ * @record: The record with the field name.
+ * @len: place to store the field length.
+ * @err: print default error if failed.
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer into record->data of the field and places
+ * the length of the field in @len.
+ *
+ * On failure, it returns NULL.
+ */
+void *pevent_get_field_raw(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+			   const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+			   int *len, int err)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+	void *data = record->data;
+	unsigned offset;
+	int dummy;
+
+	if (!event)
+		return NULL;
+
+	field = pevent_find_field(event, name);
+
+	if (!field) {
+		if (err)
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "<CANT FIND FIELD %s>", name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Allow @len to be NULL */
+	if (!len)
+		len = &dummy;
+
+	offset = field->offset;
+	if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
+		offset = pevent_read_number(event->pevent,
+					    data + offset, field->size);
+		*len = offset >> 16;
+		offset &= 0xffff;
+	} else
+		*len = field->size;
+
+	return data + offset;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_get_field_val - find a field and return its value
+ * @s: The seq to print to on error
+ * @event: the event that the field is for
+ * @name: The name of the field
+ * @record: The record with the field name.
+ * @val: place to store the value of the field.
+ * @err: print default error if failed.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success -1 on field not found.
+ */
+int pevent_get_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+			 const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+			 unsigned long long *val, int err)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+
+	if (!event)
+		return -1;
+
+	field = pevent_find_field(event, name);
+
+	return get_field_val(s, field, name, record, val, err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_get_common_field_val - find a common field and return its value
+ * @s: The seq to print to on error
+ * @event: the event that the field is for
+ * @name: The name of the field
+ * @record: The record with the field name.
+ * @val: place to store the value of the field.
+ * @err: print default error if failed.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success -1 on field not found.
+ */
+int pevent_get_common_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+				const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+				unsigned long long *val, int err)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+
+	if (!event)
+		return -1;
+
+	field = pevent_find_common_field(event, name);
+
+	return get_field_val(s, field, name, record, val, err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_get_any_field_val - find a any field and return its value
+ * @s: The seq to print to on error
+ * @event: the event that the field is for
+ * @name: The name of the field
+ * @record: The record with the field name.
+ * @val: place to store the value of the field.
+ * @err: print default error if failed.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success -1 on field not found.
+ */
+int pevent_get_any_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+			     const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+			     unsigned long long *val, int err)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+
+	if (!event)
+		return -1;
+
+	field = pevent_find_any_field(event, name);
+
+	return get_field_val(s, field, name, record, val, err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_print_num_field - print a field and a format
+ * @s: The seq to print to
+ * @fmt: The printf format to print the field with.
+ * @event: the event that the field is for
+ * @name: The name of the field
+ * @record: The record with the field name.
+ * @err: print default error if failed.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -1 field not fould, or 1 if buffer is full.
+ */
+int pevent_print_num_field(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt,
+			   struct event_format *event, const char *name,
+			   struct pevent_record *record, int err)
+{
+	struct format_field *field = pevent_find_field(event, name);
+	unsigned long long val;
+
+	if (!field)
+		goto failed;
+
+	if (pevent_read_number_field(field, record->data, &val))
+		goto failed;
+
+	return trace_seq_printf(s, fmt, val);
+
+ failed:
+	if (err)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "CAN'T FIND FIELD \"%s\"", name);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static void free_func_handle(struct pevent_function_handler *func)
+{
+	struct pevent_func_params *params;
+
+	free(func->name);
+
+	while (func->params) {
+		params = func->params;
+		func->params = params->next;
+		free(params);
+	}
+
+	free(func);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_register_print_function - register a helper function
+ * @pevent: the handle to the pevent
+ * @func: the function to process the helper function
+ * @name: the name of the helper function
+ * @parameters: A list of enum pevent_func_arg_type
+ *
+ * Some events may have helper functions in the print format arguments.
+ * This allows a plugin to dynmically create a way to process one
+ * of these functions.
+ *
+ * The @parameters is a variable list of pevent_func_arg_type enums that
+ * must end with PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_VOID.
+ */
+int pevent_register_print_function(struct pevent *pevent,
+				   pevent_func_handler func,
+				   enum pevent_func_arg_type ret_type,
+				   char *name, ...)
+{
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func_handle;
+	struct pevent_func_params **next_param;
+	struct pevent_func_params *param;
+	enum pevent_func_arg_type type;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	func_handle = find_func_handler(pevent, name);
+	if (func_handle) {
+		/*
+		 * This is most like caused by the users own
+		 * plugins updating the function. This overrides the
+		 * system defaults.
+		 */
+		pr_stat("override of function helper '%s'", name);
+		remove_func_handler(pevent, name);
+	}
+
+	func_handle = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*func_handle));
+	memset(func_handle, 0, sizeof(*func_handle));
+
+	func_handle->ret_type = ret_type;
+	func_handle->name = strdup(name);
+	func_handle->func = func;
+	if (!func_handle->name)
+		die("Failed to allocate function name");
+
+	next_param = &(func_handle->params);
+	va_start(ap, name);
+	for (;;) {
+		type = va_arg(ap, enum pevent_func_arg_type);
+		if (type == PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_VOID)
+			break;
+
+		if (type < 0 || type >= PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_MAX_TYPES) {
+			warning("Invalid argument type %d", type);
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		param = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*param));
+		param->type = type;
+		param->next = NULL;
+
+		*next_param = param;
+		next_param = &(param->next);
+
+		func_handle->nr_args++;
+	}
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	func_handle->next = pevent->func_handlers;
+	pevent->func_handlers = func_handle;
+
+	return 0;
+ out_free:
+	va_end(ap);
+	free_func_handle(func_handle);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_register_event_handle - register a way to parse an event
+ * @pevent: the handle to the pevent
+ * @id: the id of the event to register
+ * @sys_name: the system name the event belongs to
+ * @event_name: the name of the event
+ * @func: the function to call to parse the event information
+ *
+ * This function allows a developer to override the parsing of
+ * a given event. If for some reason the default print format
+ * is not sufficient, this function will register a function
+ * for an event to be used to parse the data instead.
+ *
+ * If @id is >= 0, then it is used to find the event.
+ * else @sys_name and @event_name are used.
+ */
+int pevent_register_event_handler(struct pevent *pevent,
+				  int id, char *sys_name, char *event_name,
+				  pevent_event_handler_func func,
+				  void *context)
+{
+	struct event_format *event;
+	struct event_handler *handle;
+
+	if (id >= 0) {
+		/* search by id */
+		event = pevent_find_event(pevent, id);
+		if (!event)
+			goto not_found;
+		if (event_name && (strcmp(event_name, event->name) != 0))
+			goto not_found;
+		if (sys_name && (strcmp(sys_name, event->system) != 0))
+			goto not_found;
+	} else {
+		event = pevent_find_event_by_name(pevent, sys_name, event_name);
+		if (!event)
+			goto not_found;
+	}
+
+	pr_stat("overriding event (%d) %s:%s with new print handler",
+		event->id, event->system, event->name);
+
+	event->handler = func;
+	event->context = context;
+	return 0;
+
+ not_found:
+	/* Save for later use. */
+	handle = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*handle));
+	memset(handle, 0, sizeof(*handle));
+	handle->id = id;
+	if (event_name)
+		handle->event_name = strdup(event_name);
+	if (sys_name)
+		handle->sys_name = strdup(sys_name);
+
+	handle->func = func;
+	handle->next = pevent->handlers;
+	pevent->handlers = handle;
+	handle->context = context;
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_alloc - create a pevent handle
+ */
+struct pevent *pevent_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent;
+
+	pevent = malloc(sizeof(*pevent));
+	if (!pevent)
+		return NULL;
+	memset(pevent, 0, sizeof(*pevent));
+	pevent->ref_count = 1;
+
+	return pevent;
+}
+
+void pevent_ref(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	pevent->ref_count++;
+}
+
+static void free_format_fields(struct format_field *field)
+{
+	struct format_field *next;
+
+	while (field) {
+		next = field->next;
+		free(field->type);
+		free(field->name);
+		free(field);
+		field = next;
+	}
+}
+
+static void free_formats(struct format *format)
+{
+	free_format_fields(format->common_fields);
+	free_format_fields(format->fields);
+}
+
+static void free_event(struct event_format *event)
+{
+	free(event->name);
+	free(event->system);
+
+	free_formats(&event->format);
+
+	free(event->print_fmt.format);
+	free_args(event->print_fmt.args);
+
+	free(event);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_free - free a pevent handle
+ * @pevent: the pevent handle to free
+ */
+void pevent_free(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	struct cmdline_list *cmdlist, *cmdnext;
+	struct func_list *funclist, *funcnext;
+	struct printk_list *printklist, *printknext;
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func_handler;
+	struct event_handler *handle;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!pevent)
+		return;
+
+	cmdlist = pevent->cmdlist;
+	funclist = pevent->funclist;
+	printklist = pevent->printklist;
+
+	pevent->ref_count--;
+	if (pevent->ref_count)
+		return;
+
+	if (pevent->cmdlines) {
+		for (i = 0; i < pevent->cmdline_count; i++)
+			free(pevent->cmdlines[i].comm);
+		free(pevent->cmdlines);
+	}
+
+	while (cmdlist) {
+		cmdnext = cmdlist->next;
+		free(cmdlist->comm);
+		free(cmdlist);
+		cmdlist = cmdnext;
+	}
+
+	if (pevent->func_map) {
+		for (i = 0; i < pevent->func_count; i++) {
+			free(pevent->func_map[i].func);
+			free(pevent->func_map[i].mod);
+		}
+		free(pevent->func_map);
+	}
+
+	while (funclist) {
+		funcnext = funclist->next;
+		free(funclist->func);
+		free(funclist->mod);
+		free(funclist);
+		funclist = funcnext;
+	}
+
+	while (pevent->func_handlers) {
+		func_handler = pevent->func_handlers;
+		pevent->func_handlers = func_handler->next;
+		free_func_handle(func_handler);
+	}
+
+	if (pevent->printk_map) {
+		for (i = 0; i < pevent->printk_count; i++)
+			free(pevent->printk_map[i].printk);
+		free(pevent->printk_map);
+	}
+
+	while (printklist) {
+		printknext = printklist->next;
+		free(printklist->printk);
+		free(printklist);
+		printklist = printknext;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pevent->nr_events; i++)
+		free_event(pevent->events[i]);
+
+	while (pevent->handlers) {
+		handle = pevent->handlers;
+		pevent->handlers = handle->next;
+		free_handler(handle);
+	}
+
+	free(pevent->events);
+	free(pevent->sort_events);
+
+	free(pevent);
+}
+
+void pevent_unref(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	pevent_free(pevent);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac997bc7b592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -0,0 +1,804 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+#ifndef _PARSE_EVENTS_H
+#define _PARSE_EVENTS_H
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <regex.h>
+
+#ifndef __unused
+#define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
+#endif
+
+/* ----------------------- trace_seq ----------------------- */
+
+
+#ifndef TRACE_SEQ_BUF_SIZE
+#define TRACE_SEQ_BUF_SIZE 4096
+#endif
+
+#ifndef DEBUG_RECORD
+#define DEBUG_RECORD 0
+#endif
+
+struct pevent_record {
+	unsigned long long	ts;
+	unsigned long long	offset;
+	long long		missed_events;	/* buffer dropped events before */
+	int			record_size;	/* size of binary record */
+	int			size;		/* size of data */
+	void			*data;
+	int			cpu;
+	int			ref_count;
+	int			locked;		/* Do not free, even if ref_count is zero */
+	void			*private;
+#if DEBUG_RECORD
+	struct pevent_record	*prev;
+	struct pevent_record	*next;
+	long			alloc_addr;
+#endif
+};
+
+/*
+ * Trace sequences are used to allow a function to call several other functions
+ * to create a string of data to use (up to a max of PAGE_SIZE).
+ */
+
+struct trace_seq {
+	char			*buffer;
+	unsigned int		buffer_size;
+	unsigned int		len;
+	unsigned int		readpos;
+};
+
+void trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s);
+void trace_seq_destroy(struct trace_seq *s);
+
+extern int trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
+	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern int trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 0)));
+
+extern int trace_seq_puts(struct trace_seq *s, const char *str);
+extern int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c);
+
+extern void trace_seq_terminate(struct trace_seq *s);
+
+extern int trace_seq_do_printf(struct trace_seq *s);
+
+
+/* ----------------------- pevent ----------------------- */
+
+struct pevent;
+struct event_format;
+
+typedef int (*pevent_event_handler_func)(struct trace_seq *s,
+					 struct pevent_record *record,
+					 struct event_format *event,
+					 void *context);
+
+typedef int (*pevent_plugin_load_func)(struct pevent *pevent);
+typedef int (*pevent_plugin_unload_func)(void);
+
+struct plugin_option {
+	struct plugin_option		*next;
+	void				*handle;
+	char				*file;
+	char				*name;
+	char				*plugin_alias;
+	char				*description;
+	char				*value;
+	void				*private;
+	int				set;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Plugin hooks that can be called:
+ *
+ * PEVENT_PLUGIN_LOADER:  (required)
+ *   The function name to initialized the plugin.
+ *
+ *   int PEVENT_PLUGIN_LOADER(struct pevent *pevent)
+ *
+ * PEVENT_PLUGIN_UNLOADER:  (optional)
+ *   The function called just before unloading
+ *
+ *   int PEVENT_PLUGIN_UNLOADER(void)
+ *
+ * PEVENT_PLUGIN_OPTIONS:  (optional)
+ *   Plugin options that can be set before loading
+ *
+ *   struct plugin_option PEVENT_PLUGIN_OPTIONS[] = {
+ *	{
+ *		.name = "option-name",
+ *		.plugin_alias = "overide-file-name", (optional)
+ *		.description = "description of option to show users",
+ *	},
+ *	{
+ *		.name = NULL,
+ *	},
+ *   };
+ *
+ *   Array must end with .name = NULL;
+ *
+ *
+ *   .plugin_alias is used to give a shorter name to access
+ *   the vairable. Useful if a plugin handles more than one event.
+ *
+ * PEVENT_PLUGIN_ALIAS: (optional)
+ *   The name to use for finding options (uses filename if not defined)
+ */
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_LOADER pevent_plugin_loader
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_UNLOADER pevent_plugin_unloader
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_OPTIONS pevent_plugin_options
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_ALIAS pevent_plugin_alias
+#define _MAKE_STR(x)	#x
+#define MAKE_STR(x)	_MAKE_STR(x)
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_LOADER_NAME MAKE_STR(PEVENT_PLUGIN_LOADER)
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_UNLOADER_NAME MAKE_STR(PEVENT_PLUGIN_UNLOADER)
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_OPTIONS_NAME MAKE_STR(PEVENT_PLUGIN_OPTIONS)
+#define PEVENT_PLUGIN_ALIAS_NAME MAKE_STR(PEVENT_PLUGIN_ALIAS)
+
+#define NSECS_PER_SEC		1000000000ULL
+#define NSECS_PER_USEC		1000ULL
+
+enum format_flags {
+	FIELD_IS_ARRAY		= 1,
+	FIELD_IS_POINTER	= 2,
+	FIELD_IS_SIGNED		= 4,
+	FIELD_IS_STRING		= 8,
+	FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC	= 16,
+	FIELD_IS_LONG		= 32,
+	FIELD_IS_FLAG		= 64,
+	FIELD_IS_SYMBOLIC	= 128,
+};
+
+struct format_field {
+	struct format_field	*next;
+	struct event_format	*event;
+	char			*type;
+	char			*name;
+	int			offset;
+	int			size;
+	unsigned int		arraylen;
+	unsigned int		elementsize;
+	unsigned long		flags;
+};
+
+struct format {
+	int			nr_common;
+	int			nr_fields;
+	struct format_field	*common_fields;
+	struct format_field	*fields;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_atom {
+	char			*atom;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_string {
+	char			*string;
+	int			offset;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_field {
+	char			*name;
+	struct format_field	*field;
+};
+
+struct print_flag_sym {
+	struct print_flag_sym	*next;
+	char			*value;
+	char			*str;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_typecast {
+	char 			*type;
+	struct print_arg	*item;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_flags {
+	struct print_arg	*field;
+	char			*delim;
+	struct print_flag_sym	*flags;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_symbol {
+	struct print_arg	*field;
+	struct print_flag_sym	*symbols;
+};
+
+struct print_arg_dynarray {
+	struct format_field	*field;
+	struct print_arg	*index;
+};
+
+struct print_arg;
+
+struct print_arg_op {
+	char			*op;
+	int			prio;
+	struct print_arg	*left;
+	struct print_arg	*right;
+};
+
+struct pevent_function_handler;
+
+struct print_arg_func {
+	struct pevent_function_handler	*func;
+	struct print_arg		*args;
+};
+
+enum print_arg_type {
+	PRINT_NULL,
+	PRINT_ATOM,
+	PRINT_FIELD,
+	PRINT_FLAGS,
+	PRINT_SYMBOL,
+	PRINT_TYPE,
+	PRINT_STRING,
+	PRINT_BSTRING,
+	PRINT_DYNAMIC_ARRAY,
+	PRINT_OP,
+	PRINT_FUNC,
+};
+
+struct print_arg {
+	struct print_arg		*next;
+	enum print_arg_type		type;
+	union {
+		struct print_arg_atom		atom;
+		struct print_arg_field		field;
+		struct print_arg_typecast	typecast;
+		struct print_arg_flags		flags;
+		struct print_arg_symbol		symbol;
+		struct print_arg_func		func;
+		struct print_arg_string		string;
+		struct print_arg_op		op;
+		struct print_arg_dynarray	dynarray;
+	};
+};
+
+struct print_fmt {
+	char			*format;
+	struct print_arg	*args;
+};
+
+struct event_format {
+	struct pevent		*pevent;
+	char			*name;
+	int			id;
+	int			flags;
+	struct format		format;
+	struct print_fmt	print_fmt;
+	char			*system;
+	pevent_event_handler_func handler;
+	void			*context;
+};
+
+enum {
+	EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE	= 0x01,
+	EVENT_FL_ISPRINT	= 0x02,
+	EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT	= 0x04,
+	EVENT_FL_ISFUNCENT	= 0x10,
+	EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET	= 0x20,
+
+	EVENT_FL_FAILED		= 0x80000000
+};
+
+enum event_sort_type {
+	EVENT_SORT_ID,
+	EVENT_SORT_NAME,
+	EVENT_SORT_SYSTEM,
+};
+
+enum event_type {
+	EVENT_ERROR,
+	EVENT_NONE,
+	EVENT_SPACE,
+	EVENT_NEWLINE,
+	EVENT_OP,
+	EVENT_DELIM,
+	EVENT_ITEM,
+	EVENT_DQUOTE,
+	EVENT_SQUOTE,
+};
+
+typedef unsigned long long (*pevent_func_handler)(struct trace_seq *s,
+					     unsigned long long *args);
+
+enum pevent_func_arg_type {
+	PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_VOID,
+	PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_INT,
+	PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_LONG,
+	PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_STRING,
+	PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_PTR,
+	PEVENT_FUNC_ARG_MAX_TYPES
+};
+
+enum pevent_flag {
+	PEVENT_NSEC_OUTPUT		= 1,	/* output in NSECS */
+};
+
+struct cmdline;
+struct cmdline_list;
+struct func_map;
+struct func_list;
+struct event_handler;
+
+struct pevent {
+	int ref_count;
+
+	int header_page_ts_offset;
+	int header_page_ts_size;
+	int header_page_size_offset;
+	int header_page_size_size;
+	int header_page_data_offset;
+	int header_page_data_size;
+	int header_page_overwrite;
+
+	int file_bigendian;
+	int host_bigendian;
+
+	int latency_format;
+
+	int old_format;
+
+	int cpus;
+	int long_size;
+
+	struct cmdline *cmdlines;
+	struct cmdline_list *cmdlist;
+	int cmdline_count;
+
+	struct func_map *func_map;
+	struct func_list *funclist;
+	unsigned int func_count;
+
+	struct printk_map *printk_map;
+	struct printk_list *printklist;
+	unsigned int printk_count;
+
+
+	struct event_format **events;
+	int nr_events;
+	struct event_format **sort_events;
+	enum event_sort_type last_type;
+
+	int type_offset;
+	int type_size;
+
+	int pid_offset;
+	int pid_size;
+
+ 	int pc_offset;
+	int pc_size;
+
+	int flags_offset;
+	int flags_size;
+
+	int ld_offset;
+	int ld_size;
+
+	int print_raw;
+
+	int test_filters;
+
+	int flags;
+
+	struct format_field *bprint_ip_field;
+	struct format_field *bprint_fmt_field;
+	struct format_field *bprint_buf_field;
+
+	struct event_handler *handlers;
+	struct pevent_function_handler *func_handlers;
+
+	/* cache */
+	struct event_format *last_event;
+};
+
+static inline void pevent_set_flag(struct pevent *pevent, int flag)
+{
+	pevent->flags |= flag;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned short
+__data2host2(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned short data)
+{
+	unsigned short swap;
+
+	if (pevent->host_bigendian == pevent->file_bigendian)
+		return data;
+
+	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 8) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) >> 8);
+
+	return swap;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int
+__data2host4(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned int data)
+{
+	unsigned int swap;
+
+	if (pevent->host_bigendian == pevent->file_bigendian)
+		return data;
+
+	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 24) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) << 8) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 16)) >> 8) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 24)) >> 24);
+
+	return swap;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long long
+__data2host8(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long data)
+{
+	unsigned long long swap;
+
+	if (pevent->host_bigendian == pevent->file_bigendian)
+		return data;
+
+	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 56) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) << 40) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 16)) << 24) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 24)) << 8) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 32)) >> 8) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 40)) >> 24) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 48)) >> 40) |
+		((data & (0xffULL << 56)) >> 56);
+
+	return swap;
+}
+
+#define data2host2(pevent, ptr)		__data2host2(pevent, *(unsigned short *)(ptr))
+#define data2host4(pevent, ptr)		__data2host4(pevent, *(unsigned int *)(ptr))
+#define data2host8(pevent, ptr)					\
+({								\
+	unsigned long long __val;				\
+								\
+	memcpy(&__val, (ptr), sizeof(unsigned long long));	\
+	__data2host8(pevent, __val);				\
+})
+
+/* taken from kernel/trace/trace.h */
+enum trace_flag_type {
+	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF		= 0x01,
+	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT	= 0x02,
+	TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED		= 0x04,
+	TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ		= 0x08,
+	TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ		= 0x10,
+};
+
+int pevent_register_comm(struct pevent *pevent, const char *comm, int pid);
+int pevent_register_function(struct pevent *pevent, char *name,
+			     unsigned long long addr, char *mod);
+int pevent_register_print_string(struct pevent *pevent, char *fmt,
+				 unsigned long long addr);
+int pevent_pid_is_registered(struct pevent *pevent, int pid);
+
+void pevent_print_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct trace_seq *s,
+			struct pevent_record *record);
+
+int pevent_parse_header_page(struct pevent *pevent, char *buf, unsigned long size,
+			     int long_size);
+
+int pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent, const char *buf,
+		       unsigned long size, const char *sys);
+
+void *pevent_get_field_raw(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+			   const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+			   int *len, int err);
+
+int pevent_get_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+			 const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+			 unsigned long long *val, int err);
+int pevent_get_common_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+				const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+				unsigned long long *val, int err);
+int pevent_get_any_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+			     const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
+			     unsigned long long *val, int err);
+
+int pevent_print_num_field(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt,
+			   struct event_format *event, const char *name,
+			   struct pevent_record *record, int err);
+
+int pevent_register_event_handler(struct pevent *pevent, int id, char *sys_name, char *event_name,
+				  pevent_event_handler_func func, void *context);
+int pevent_register_print_function(struct pevent *pevent,
+				   pevent_func_handler func,
+				   enum pevent_func_arg_type ret_type,
+				   char *name, ...);
+
+struct format_field *pevent_find_common_field(struct event_format *event, const char *name);
+struct format_field *pevent_find_field(struct event_format *event, const char *name);
+struct format_field *pevent_find_any_field(struct event_format *event, const char *name);
+
+const char *pevent_find_function(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long addr);
+unsigned long long
+pevent_find_function_address(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long addr);
+unsigned long long pevent_read_number(struct pevent *pevent, const void *ptr, int size);
+int pevent_read_number_field(struct format_field *field, const void *data,
+			     unsigned long long *value);
+
+struct event_format *pevent_find_event(struct pevent *pevent, int id);
+
+struct event_format *
+pevent_find_event_by_name(struct pevent *pevent, const char *sys, const char *name);
+
+void pevent_data_lat_fmt(struct pevent *pevent,
+			 struct trace_seq *s, struct pevent_record *record);
+int pevent_data_type(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
+struct event_format *pevent_data_event_from_type(struct pevent *pevent, int type);
+int pevent_data_pid(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
+const char *pevent_data_comm_from_pid(struct pevent *pevent, int pid);
+void pevent_event_info(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
+		       struct pevent_record *record);
+
+struct event_format **pevent_list_events(struct pevent *pevent, enum event_sort_type);
+struct format_field **pevent_event_common_fields(struct event_format *event);
+struct format_field **pevent_event_fields(struct event_format *event);
+
+static inline int pevent_get_cpus(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	return pevent->cpus;
+}
+
+static inline void pevent_set_cpus(struct pevent *pevent, int cpus)
+{
+	pevent->cpus = cpus;
+}
+
+static inline int pevent_get_long_size(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	return pevent->long_size;
+}
+
+static inline void pevent_set_long_size(struct pevent *pevent, int long_size)
+{
+	pevent->long_size = long_size;
+}
+
+static inline int pevent_is_file_bigendian(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	return pevent->file_bigendian;
+}
+
+static inline void pevent_set_file_bigendian(struct pevent *pevent, int endian)
+{
+	pevent->file_bigendian = endian;
+}
+
+static inline int pevent_is_host_bigendian(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	return pevent->host_bigendian;
+}
+
+static inline void pevent_set_host_bigendian(struct pevent *pevent, int endian)
+{
+	pevent->host_bigendian = endian;
+}
+
+static inline int pevent_is_latency_format(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	return pevent->latency_format;
+}
+
+static inline void pevent_set_latency_format(struct pevent *pevent, int lat)
+{
+	pevent->latency_format = lat;
+}
+
+struct pevent *pevent_alloc(void);
+void pevent_free(struct pevent *pevent);
+void pevent_ref(struct pevent *pevent);
+void pevent_unref(struct pevent *pevent);
+
+/* access to the internal parser */
+void pevent_buffer_init(const char *buf, unsigned long long size);
+enum event_type pevent_read_token(char **tok);
+void pevent_free_token(char *token);
+int pevent_peek_char(void);
+const char *pevent_get_input_buf(void);
+unsigned long long pevent_get_input_buf_ptr(void);
+
+/* for debugging */
+void pevent_print_funcs(struct pevent *pevent);
+void pevent_print_printk(struct pevent *pevent);
+
+/* ----------------------- filtering ----------------------- */
+
+enum filter_boolean_type {
+	FILTER_FALSE,
+	FILTER_TRUE,
+};
+
+enum filter_op_type {
+	FILTER_OP_AND = 1,
+	FILTER_OP_OR,
+	FILTER_OP_NOT,
+};
+
+enum filter_cmp_type {
+	FILTER_CMP_NONE,
+	FILTER_CMP_EQ,
+	FILTER_CMP_NE,
+	FILTER_CMP_GT,
+	FILTER_CMP_LT,
+	FILTER_CMP_GE,
+	FILTER_CMP_LE,
+	FILTER_CMP_MATCH,
+	FILTER_CMP_NOT_MATCH,
+	FILTER_CMP_REGEX,
+	FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX,
+};
+
+enum filter_exp_type {
+	FILTER_EXP_NONE,
+	FILTER_EXP_ADD,
+	FILTER_EXP_SUB,
+	FILTER_EXP_MUL,
+	FILTER_EXP_DIV,
+	FILTER_EXP_MOD,
+	FILTER_EXP_RSHIFT,
+	FILTER_EXP_LSHIFT,
+	FILTER_EXP_AND,
+	FILTER_EXP_OR,
+	FILTER_EXP_XOR,
+	FILTER_EXP_NOT,
+};
+
+enum filter_arg_type {
+	FILTER_ARG_NONE,
+	FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN,
+	FILTER_ARG_VALUE,
+	FILTER_ARG_FIELD,
+	FILTER_ARG_EXP,
+	FILTER_ARG_OP,
+	FILTER_ARG_NUM,
+	FILTER_ARG_STR,
+};
+
+enum filter_value_type {
+	FILTER_NUMBER,
+	FILTER_STRING,
+	FILTER_CHAR
+};
+
+struct fliter_arg;
+
+struct filter_arg_boolean {
+	enum filter_boolean_type	value;
+};
+
+struct filter_arg_field {
+	struct format_field	*field;
+};
+
+struct filter_arg_value {
+	enum filter_value_type	type;
+	union {
+		char			*str;
+		unsigned long long	val;
+	};
+};
+
+struct filter_arg_op {
+	enum filter_op_type	type;
+	struct filter_arg	*left;
+	struct filter_arg	*right;
+};
+
+struct filter_arg_exp {
+	enum filter_exp_type	type;
+	struct filter_arg	*left;
+	struct filter_arg	*right;
+};
+
+struct filter_arg_num {
+	enum filter_cmp_type	type;
+	struct filter_arg	*left;
+	struct filter_arg	*right;
+};
+
+struct filter_arg_str {
+	enum filter_cmp_type	type;
+	struct format_field	*field;
+	char			*val;
+	char			*buffer;
+	regex_t			reg;
+};
+
+struct filter_arg {
+	enum filter_arg_type	type;
+	union {
+		struct filter_arg_boolean	boolean;
+		struct filter_arg_field		field;
+		struct filter_arg_value		value;
+		struct filter_arg_op		op;
+		struct filter_arg_exp		exp;
+		struct filter_arg_num		num;
+		struct filter_arg_str		str;
+	};
+};
+
+struct filter_type {
+	int			event_id;
+	struct event_format	*event;
+	struct filter_arg	*filter;
+};
+
+struct event_filter {
+	struct pevent		*pevent;
+	int			filters;
+	struct filter_type	*event_filters;
+};
+
+struct event_filter *pevent_filter_alloc(struct pevent *pevent);
+
+#define FILTER_NONE		-2
+#define FILTER_NOEXIST		-1
+#define FILTER_MISS		0
+#define FILTER_MATCH		1
+
+enum filter_trivial_type {
+	FILTER_TRIVIAL_FALSE,
+	FILTER_TRIVIAL_TRUE,
+	FILTER_TRIVIAL_BOTH,
+};
+
+int pevent_filter_add_filter_str(struct event_filter *filter,
+				 const char *filter_str,
+				 char **error_str);
+
+
+int pevent_filter_match(struct event_filter *filter,
+			struct pevent_record *record);
+
+int pevent_event_filtered(struct event_filter *filter,
+			  int event_id);
+
+void pevent_filter_reset(struct event_filter *filter);
+
+void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
+				 enum filter_trivial_type type);
+
+void pevent_filter_free(struct event_filter *filter);
+
+char *pevent_filter_make_string(struct event_filter *filter, int event_id);
+
+int pevent_filter_remove_event(struct event_filter *filter,
+			       int event_id);
+
+int pevent_filter_event_has_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
+				    int event_id,
+				    enum filter_trivial_type type);
+
+int pevent_filter_copy(struct event_filter *dest, struct event_filter *source);
+
+int pevent_update_trivial(struct event_filter *dest, struct event_filter *source,
+			  enum filter_trivial_type type);
+
+int pevent_filter_compare(struct event_filter *filter1, struct event_filter *filter2);
+
+#endif /* _PARSE_EVENTS_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08296383d1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+#ifndef __UTIL_H
+#define __UTIL_H
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+/* Can be overridden */
+void die(const char *fmt, ...);
+void *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size);
+void warning(const char *fmt, ...);
+void pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
+void vpr_stat(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+
+/* Always available */
+void __die(const char *fmt, ...);
+void __warning(const char *fmt, ...);
+void __pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
+
+void __vdie(const char *fmt, ...);
+void __vwarning(const char *fmt, ...);
+void __vpr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
+
+static inline char *strim(char *string)
+{
+	char *ret;
+
+	if (!string)
+		return NULL;
+	while (*string) {
+		if (!isspace(*string))
+			break;
+		string++;
+	}
+	ret = string;
+
+	string = ret + strlen(ret) - 1;
+	while (string > ret) {
+		if (!isspace(*string))
+			break;
+		string--;
+	}
+	string[1] = 0;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int has_text(const char *text)
+{
+	if (!text)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (*text) {
+		if (!isspace(*text))
+			return 1;
+		text++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d40c5ed81d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2262 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "event-parse.h"
+#include "event-utils.h"
+
+#define COMM "COMM"
+
+static struct format_field comm = {
+	.name = "COMM",
+};
+
+struct event_list {
+	struct event_list	*next;
+	struct event_format	*event;
+};
+
+#define MAX_ERR_STR_SIZE 256
+
+static void show_error(char **error_str, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	unsigned long long index;
+	const char *input;
+	char *error;
+	va_list ap;
+	int len;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!error_str)
+		return;
+
+	input = pevent_get_input_buf();
+	index = pevent_get_input_buf_ptr();
+	len = input ? strlen(input) : 0;
+
+	error = malloc_or_die(MAX_ERR_STR_SIZE + (len*2) + 3);
+
+	if (len) {
+		strcpy(error, input);
+		error[len] = '\n';
+		for (i = 1; i < len && i < index; i++)
+			error[len+i] = ' ';
+		error[len + i] = '^';
+		error[len + i + 1] = '\n';
+		len += i+2;
+	}
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(error + len, MAX_ERR_STR_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	*error_str = error;
+}
+
+static void free_token(char *token)
+{
+	pevent_free_token(token);
+}
+
+static enum event_type read_token(char **tok)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token = NULL;
+
+	do {
+		free_token(token);
+		type = pevent_read_token(&token);
+	} while (type == EVENT_NEWLINE || type == EVENT_SPACE);
+
+	/* If token is = or ! check to see if the next char is ~ */
+	if (token &&
+	    (strcmp(token, "=") == 0 || strcmp(token, "!") == 0) &&
+	    pevent_peek_char() == '~') {
+		/* append it */
+		*tok = malloc(3);
+		sprintf(*tok, "%c%c", *token, '~');
+		free_token(token);
+		/* Now remove the '~' from the buffer */
+		pevent_read_token(&token);
+		free_token(token);
+	} else
+		*tok = token;
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+static int filter_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct filter_type *ea = a;
+	const struct filter_type *eb = b;
+
+	if (ea->event_id < eb->event_id)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (ea->event_id > eb->event_id)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct filter_type *
+find_filter_type(struct event_filter *filter, int id)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	struct filter_type key;
+
+	key.event_id = id;
+
+	filter_type = bsearch(&key, filter->event_filters,
+			      filter->filters,
+			      sizeof(*filter->event_filters),
+			      filter_cmp);
+
+	return filter_type;
+}
+
+static struct filter_type *
+add_filter_type(struct event_filter *filter, int id)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	int i;
+
+	filter_type = find_filter_type(filter, id);
+	if (filter_type)
+		return filter_type;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		filter->event_filters =
+			malloc_or_die(sizeof(*filter->event_filters));
+	else {
+		filter->event_filters =
+			realloc(filter->event_filters,
+				sizeof(*filter->event_filters) *
+				(filter->filters + 1));
+		if (!filter->event_filters)
+			die("Could not allocate filter");
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < filter->filters; i++) {
+		if (filter->event_filters[i].event_id > id)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (i < filter->filters)
+		memmove(&filter->event_filters[i+1],
+			&filter->event_filters[i],
+			sizeof(*filter->event_filters) *
+			(filter->filters - i));
+
+	filter_type = &filter->event_filters[i];
+	filter_type->event_id = id;
+	filter_type->event = pevent_find_event(filter->pevent, id);
+	filter_type->filter = NULL;
+
+	filter->filters++;
+
+	return filter_type;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_alloc - create a new event filter
+ * @pevent: The pevent that this filter is associated with
+ */
+struct event_filter *pevent_filter_alloc(struct pevent *pevent)
+{
+	struct event_filter *filter;
+
+	filter = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*filter));
+	memset(filter, 0, sizeof(*filter));
+	filter->pevent = pevent;
+	pevent_ref(pevent);
+
+	return filter;
+}
+
+static struct filter_arg *allocate_arg(void)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
+	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
+
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static void free_arg(struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_NONE:
+	case FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		break;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_STR:
+		free(arg->str.val);
+		regfree(&arg->str.reg);
+		free(arg->str.buffer);
+		break;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		free_arg(arg->op.left);
+		free_arg(arg->op.right);
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	free(arg);
+}
+
+static void add_event(struct event_list **events,
+		      struct event_format *event)
+{
+	struct event_list *list;
+
+	list = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*list));
+	list->next = *events;
+	*events = list;
+	list->event = event;
+}
+
+static int event_match(struct event_format *event,
+		       regex_t *sreg, regex_t *ereg)
+{
+	if (sreg) {
+		return !regexec(sreg, event->system, 0, NULL, 0) &&
+			!regexec(ereg, event->name, 0, NULL, 0);
+	}
+
+	return !regexec(ereg, event->system, 0, NULL, 0) ||
+		!regexec(ereg, event->name, 0, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+static int
+find_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct event_list **events,
+	   char *sys_name, char *event_name)
+{
+	struct event_format *event;
+	regex_t ereg;
+	regex_t sreg;
+	int match = 0;
+	char *reg;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!event_name) {
+		/* if no name is given, then swap sys and name */
+		event_name = sys_name;
+		sys_name = NULL;
+	}
+
+	reg = malloc_or_die(strlen(event_name) + 3);
+	sprintf(reg, "^%s$", event_name);
+
+	ret = regcomp(&ereg, reg, REG_ICASE|REG_NOSUB);
+	free(reg);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (sys_name) {
+		reg = malloc_or_die(strlen(sys_name) + 3);
+		sprintf(reg, "^%s$", sys_name);
+		ret = regcomp(&sreg, reg, REG_ICASE|REG_NOSUB);
+		free(reg);
+		if (ret) {
+			regfree(&ereg);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pevent->nr_events; i++) {
+		event = pevent->events[i];
+		if (event_match(event, sys_name ? &sreg : NULL, &ereg)) {
+			match = 1;
+			add_event(events, event);
+		}
+	}
+
+	regfree(&ereg);
+	if (sys_name)
+		regfree(&sreg);
+
+	if (!match)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void free_events(struct event_list *events)
+{
+	struct event_list *event;
+
+	while (events) {
+		event = events;
+		events = events->next;
+		free(event);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct filter_arg *
+create_arg_item(struct event_format *event,
+		const char *token, enum filter_arg_type type,
+		char **error_str)
+{
+	struct format_field *field;
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = allocate_arg();
+
+	switch (type) {
+
+	case EVENT_SQUOTE:
+	case EVENT_DQUOTE:
+		arg->type = FILTER_ARG_VALUE;
+		arg->value.type =
+			type == EVENT_DQUOTE ? FILTER_STRING : FILTER_CHAR;
+		arg->value.str = strdup(token);
+		if (!arg->value.str)
+			die("malloc string");
+		break;
+	case EVENT_ITEM:
+		/* if it is a number, then convert it */
+		if (isdigit(token[0])) {
+			arg->type = FILTER_ARG_VALUE;
+			arg->value.type = FILTER_NUMBER;
+			arg->value.val = strtoull(token, NULL, 0);
+			break;
+		}
+		/* Consider this a field */
+		field = pevent_find_any_field(event, token);
+		if (!field) {
+			if (strcmp(token, COMM) != 0) {
+				/* not a field, Make it false */
+				arg->type = FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN;
+				arg->boolean.value = FILTER_FALSE;
+				break;
+			}
+			/* If token is 'COMM' then it is special */
+			field = &comm;
+		}
+		arg->type = FILTER_ARG_FIELD;
+		arg->field.field = field;
+		break;
+	default:
+		free_arg(arg);
+		show_error(error_str, "expected a value but found %s",
+			   token);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static struct filter_arg *
+create_arg_op(enum filter_op_type btype)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = allocate_arg();
+	arg->type = FILTER_ARG_OP;
+	arg->op.type = btype;
+
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static struct filter_arg *
+create_arg_exp(enum filter_exp_type etype)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = allocate_arg();
+	arg->type = FILTER_ARG_EXP;
+	arg->op.type = etype;
+
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static struct filter_arg *
+create_arg_cmp(enum filter_exp_type etype)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = allocate_arg();
+	/* Use NUM and change if necessary */
+	arg->type = FILTER_ARG_NUM;
+	arg->op.type = etype;
+
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static int add_right(struct filter_arg *op, struct filter_arg *arg,
+		     char **error_str)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *left;
+	char *str;
+	int op_type;
+	int ret;
+
+	switch (op->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+		if (op->exp.right)
+			goto out_fail;
+		op->exp.right = arg;
+		break;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		if (op->op.right)
+			goto out_fail;
+		op->op.right = arg;
+		break;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		if (op->op.right)
+			goto out_fail;
+		/*
+		 * The arg must be num, str, or field
+		 */
+		switch (arg->type) {
+		case FILTER_ARG_VALUE:
+		case FILTER_ARG_FIELD:
+			break;
+		default:
+			show_error(error_str,
+				   "Illegal rvalue");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Depending on the type, we may need to
+		 * convert this to a string or regex.
+		 */
+		switch (arg->value.type) {
+		case FILTER_CHAR:
+			/*
+			 * A char should be converted to number if
+			 * the string is 1 byte, and the compare
+			 * is not a REGEX.
+			 */
+			if (strlen(arg->value.str) == 1 &&
+			    op->num.type != FILTER_CMP_REGEX &&
+			    op->num.type != FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX) {
+				arg->value.type = FILTER_NUMBER;
+				goto do_int;
+			}
+			/* fall through */
+		case FILTER_STRING:
+
+			/* convert op to a string arg */
+			op_type = op->num.type;
+			left = op->num.left;
+			str = arg->value.str;
+
+			/* reset the op for the new field */
+			memset(op, 0, sizeof(*op));
+
+			/*
+			 * If left arg was a field not found then
+			 * NULL the entire op.
+			 */
+			if (left->type == FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN) {
+				free_arg(left);
+				free_arg(arg);
+				op->type = FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN;
+				op->boolean.value = FILTER_FALSE;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/* Left arg must be a field */
+			if (left->type != FILTER_ARG_FIELD) {
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "Illegal lvalue for string comparison");
+				return -1;
+			}
+
+			/* Make sure this is a valid string compare */
+			switch (op_type) {
+			case FILTER_CMP_EQ:
+				op_type = FILTER_CMP_MATCH;
+				break;
+			case FILTER_CMP_NE:
+				op_type = FILTER_CMP_NOT_MATCH;
+				break;
+
+			case FILTER_CMP_REGEX:
+			case FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX:
+				ret = regcomp(&op->str.reg, str, REG_ICASE|REG_NOSUB);
+				if (ret) {
+					show_error(error_str,
+						   "RegEx '%s' did not compute",
+						   str);
+					return -1;
+				}
+				break;
+			default:
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "Illegal comparison for string");
+				return -1;
+			}
+
+			op->type = FILTER_ARG_STR;
+			op->str.type = op_type;
+			op->str.field = left->field.field;
+			op->str.val = strdup(str);
+			if (!op->str.val)
+				die("malloc string");
+			/*
+			 * Need a buffer to copy data for tests
+			 */
+			op->str.buffer = malloc_or_die(op->str.field->size + 1);
+			/* Null terminate this buffer */
+			op->str.buffer[op->str.field->size] = 0;
+
+			/* We no longer have left or right args */
+			free_arg(arg);
+			free_arg(left);
+
+			break;
+
+		case FILTER_NUMBER:
+
+ do_int:
+			switch (op->num.type) {
+			case FILTER_CMP_REGEX:
+			case FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX:
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "Op not allowed with integers");
+				return -1;
+
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/* numeric compare */
+			op->num.right = arg;
+			break;
+		default:
+			goto out_fail;
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		goto out_fail;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+ out_fail:
+	show_error(error_str,
+		   "Syntax error");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static struct filter_arg *
+rotate_op_right(struct filter_arg *a, struct filter_arg *b)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+
+	arg = a->op.right;
+	a->op.right = b;
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static int add_left(struct filter_arg *op, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	switch (op->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+		if (arg->type == FILTER_ARG_OP)
+			arg = rotate_op_right(arg, op);
+		op->exp.left = arg;
+		break;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		op->op.left = arg;
+		break;
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		if (arg->type == FILTER_ARG_OP)
+			arg = rotate_op_right(arg, op);
+
+		/* left arg of compares must be a field */
+		if (arg->type != FILTER_ARG_FIELD &&
+		    arg->type != FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN)
+			return -1;
+		op->num.left = arg;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+enum op_type {
+	OP_NONE,
+	OP_BOOL,
+	OP_NOT,
+	OP_EXP,
+	OP_CMP,
+};
+
+static enum op_type process_op(const char *token,
+			       enum filter_op_type *btype,
+			       enum filter_cmp_type *ctype,
+			       enum filter_exp_type *etype)
+{
+	*btype = FILTER_OP_NOT;
+	*etype = FILTER_EXP_NONE;
+	*ctype = FILTER_CMP_NONE;
+
+	if (strcmp(token, "&&") == 0)
+		*btype = FILTER_OP_AND;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "||") == 0)
+		*btype = FILTER_OP_OR;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "!") == 0)
+		return OP_NOT;
+
+	if (*btype != FILTER_OP_NOT)
+		return OP_BOOL;
+
+	/* Check for value expressions */
+	if (strcmp(token, "+") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_ADD;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "-") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_SUB;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "*") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_MUL;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "/") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_DIV;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "%") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_MOD;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, ">>") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_RSHIFT;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "<<") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_LSHIFT;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "&") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_AND;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "|") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_OR;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "^") == 0) {
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_XOR;
+	} else if (strcmp(token, "~") == 0)
+		*etype = FILTER_EXP_NOT;
+
+	if (*etype != FILTER_EXP_NONE)
+		return OP_EXP;
+
+	/* Check for compares */
+	if (strcmp(token, "==") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_EQ;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "!=") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_NE;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "<") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_LT;
+	else if (strcmp(token, ">") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_GT;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "<=") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_LE;
+	else if (strcmp(token, ">=") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_GE;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "=~") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_REGEX;
+	else if (strcmp(token, "!~") == 0)
+		*ctype = FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX;
+	else
+		return OP_NONE;
+
+	return OP_CMP;
+}
+
+static int check_op_done(struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+		return arg->exp.right != NULL;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		return arg->op.right != NULL;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		return arg->num.right != NULL;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_STR:
+		/* A string conversion is always done */
+		return 1;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
+		/* field not found, is ok */
+		return 1;
+
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+enum filter_vals {
+	FILTER_VAL_NORM,
+	FILTER_VAL_FALSE,
+	FILTER_VAL_TRUE,
+};
+
+void reparent_op_arg(struct filter_arg *parent, struct filter_arg *old_child,
+		  struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *other_child;
+	struct filter_arg **ptr;
+
+	if (parent->type != FILTER_ARG_OP &&
+	    arg->type != FILTER_ARG_OP)
+		die("can not reparent other than OP");
+
+	/* Get the sibling */
+	if (old_child->op.right == arg) {
+		ptr = &old_child->op.right;
+		other_child = old_child->op.left;
+	} else if (old_child->op.left == arg) {
+		ptr = &old_child->op.left;
+		other_child = old_child->op.right;
+	} else
+		die("Error in reparent op, find other child");
+
+	/* Detach arg from old_child */
+	*ptr = NULL;
+
+	/* Check for root */
+	if (parent == old_child) {
+		free_arg(other_child);
+		*parent = *arg;
+		/* Free arg without recussion */
+		free(arg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (parent->op.right == old_child)
+		ptr = &parent->op.right;
+	else if (parent->op.left == old_child)
+		ptr = &parent->op.left;
+	else
+		die("Error in reparent op");
+	*ptr = arg;
+
+	free_arg(old_child);
+}
+
+enum filter_vals test_arg(struct filter_arg *parent, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	enum filter_vals lval, rval;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+
+		/* bad case */
+	case FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
+		return FILTER_VAL_FALSE + arg->boolean.value;
+
+		/* good cases: */
+	case FILTER_ARG_STR:
+	case FILTER_ARG_VALUE:
+	case FILTER_ARG_FIELD:
+		return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+		lval = test_arg(arg, arg->exp.left);
+		if (lval != FILTER_VAL_NORM)
+			return lval;
+		rval = test_arg(arg, arg->exp.right);
+		if (rval != FILTER_VAL_NORM)
+			return rval;
+		return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		lval = test_arg(arg, arg->num.left);
+		if (lval != FILTER_VAL_NORM)
+			return lval;
+		rval = test_arg(arg, arg->num.right);
+		if (rval != FILTER_VAL_NORM)
+			return rval;
+		return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		if (arg->op.type != FILTER_OP_NOT) {
+			lval = test_arg(arg, arg->op.left);
+			switch (lval) {
+			case FILTER_VAL_NORM:
+				break;
+			case FILTER_VAL_TRUE:
+				if (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_OR)
+					return FILTER_VAL_TRUE;
+				rval = test_arg(arg, arg->op.right);
+				if (rval != FILTER_VAL_NORM)
+					return rval;
+
+				reparent_op_arg(parent, arg, arg->op.right);
+				return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+
+			case FILTER_VAL_FALSE:
+				if (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_AND)
+					return FILTER_VAL_FALSE;
+				rval = test_arg(arg, arg->op.right);
+				if (rval != FILTER_VAL_NORM)
+					return rval;
+
+				reparent_op_arg(parent, arg, arg->op.right);
+				return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+			}
+		}
+
+		rval = test_arg(arg, arg->op.right);
+		switch (rval) {
+		case FILTER_VAL_NORM:
+			break;
+		case FILTER_VAL_TRUE:
+			if (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_OR)
+				return FILTER_VAL_TRUE;
+			if (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_NOT)
+				return FILTER_VAL_FALSE;
+
+			reparent_op_arg(parent, arg, arg->op.left);
+			return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+
+		case FILTER_VAL_FALSE:
+			if (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_AND)
+				return FILTER_VAL_FALSE;
+			if (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_NOT)
+				return FILTER_VAL_TRUE;
+
+			reparent_op_arg(parent, arg, arg->op.left);
+			return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+		}
+
+		return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+	default:
+		die("bad arg in filter tree");
+	}
+	return FILTER_VAL_NORM;
+}
+
+/* Remove any unknown event fields */
+static struct filter_arg *collapse_tree(struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	enum filter_vals ret;
+
+	ret = test_arg(arg, arg);
+	switch (ret) {
+	case FILTER_VAL_NORM:
+		return arg;
+
+	case FILTER_VAL_TRUE:
+	case FILTER_VAL_FALSE:
+		free_arg(arg);
+		arg = allocate_arg();
+		arg->type = FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN;
+		arg->boolean.value = ret == FILTER_VAL_TRUE;
+	}
+
+	return arg;
+}
+
+static int
+process_filter(struct event_format *event, struct filter_arg **parg,
+	       char **error_str, int not)
+{
+	enum event_type type;
+	char *token = NULL;
+	struct filter_arg *current_op = NULL;
+	struct filter_arg *current_exp = NULL;
+	struct filter_arg *left_item = NULL;
+	struct filter_arg *arg = NULL;
+	enum op_type op_type;
+	enum filter_op_type btype;
+	enum filter_exp_type etype;
+	enum filter_cmp_type ctype;
+	int ret;
+
+	*parg = NULL;
+
+	do {
+		free(token);
+		type = read_token(&token);
+		switch (type) {
+		case EVENT_SQUOTE:
+		case EVENT_DQUOTE:
+		case EVENT_ITEM:
+			arg = create_arg_item(event, token, type, error_str);
+			if (!arg)
+				goto fail;
+			if (!left_item)
+				left_item = arg;
+			else if (current_exp) {
+				ret = add_right(current_exp, arg, error_str);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+				left_item = NULL;
+				/* Not's only one one expression */
+				if (not) {
+					arg = NULL;
+					if (current_op)
+						goto fail_print;
+					free(token);
+					*parg = current_exp;
+					return 0;
+				}
+			} else
+				goto fail_print;
+			arg = NULL;
+			break;
+
+		case EVENT_DELIM:
+			if (*token == ',') {
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "Illegal token ','");
+				goto fail;
+			}
+
+			if (*token == '(') {
+				if (left_item) {
+					show_error(error_str,
+						   "Open paren can not come after item");
+					goto fail;
+				}
+				if (current_exp) {
+					show_error(error_str,
+						   "Open paren can not come after expression");
+					goto fail;
+				}
+
+				ret = process_filter(event, &arg, error_str, 0);
+				if (ret != 1) {
+					if (ret == 0)
+						show_error(error_str,
+							   "Unbalanced number of '('");
+					goto fail;
+				}
+				ret = 0;
+
+				/* A not wants just one expression */
+				if (not) {
+					if (current_op)
+						goto fail_print;
+					*parg = arg;
+					return 0;
+				}
+
+				if (current_op)
+					ret = add_right(current_op, arg, error_str);
+				else
+					current_exp = arg;
+
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+
+			} else { /* ')' */
+				if (!current_op && !current_exp)
+					goto fail_print;
+
+				/* Make sure everything is finished at this level */
+				if (current_exp && !check_op_done(current_exp))
+					goto fail_print;
+				if (current_op && !check_op_done(current_op))
+					goto fail_print;
+
+				if (current_op)
+					*parg = current_op;
+				else
+					*parg = current_exp;
+				return 1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case EVENT_OP:
+			op_type = process_op(token, &btype, &ctype, &etype);
+
+			/* All expect a left arg except for NOT */
+			switch (op_type) {
+			case OP_BOOL:
+				/* Logic ops need a left expression */
+				if (!current_exp && !current_op)
+					goto fail_print;
+				/* fall through */
+			case OP_NOT:
+				/* logic only processes ops and exp */
+				if (left_item)
+					goto fail_print;
+				break;
+			case OP_EXP:
+			case OP_CMP:
+				if (!left_item)
+					goto fail_print;
+				break;
+			case OP_NONE:
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "Unknown op token %s", token);
+				goto fail;
+			}
+
+			ret = 0;
+			switch (op_type) {
+			case OP_BOOL:
+				arg = create_arg_op(btype);
+				if (current_op)
+					ret = add_left(arg, current_op);
+				else
+					ret = add_left(arg, current_exp);
+				current_op = arg;
+				current_exp = NULL;
+				break;
+
+			case OP_NOT:
+				arg = create_arg_op(btype);
+				if (current_op)
+					ret = add_right(current_op, arg, error_str);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+				current_exp = arg;
+				ret = process_filter(event, &arg, error_str, 1);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+				ret = add_right(current_exp, arg, error_str);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+				break;
+
+			case OP_EXP:
+			case OP_CMP:
+				if (op_type == OP_EXP)
+					arg = create_arg_exp(etype);
+				else
+					arg = create_arg_cmp(ctype);
+
+				if (current_op)
+					ret = add_right(current_op, arg, error_str);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					goto fail;
+				ret = add_left(arg, left_item);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					arg = NULL;
+					goto fail_print;
+				}
+				current_exp = arg;
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+			arg = NULL;
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto fail_print;
+			break;
+		case EVENT_NONE:
+			break;
+		default:
+			goto fail_print;
+		}
+	} while (type != EVENT_NONE);
+
+	if (!current_op && !current_exp)
+		goto fail_print;
+
+	if (!current_op)
+		current_op = current_exp;
+
+	current_op = collapse_tree(current_op);
+
+	*parg = current_op;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ fail_print:
+	show_error(error_str, "Syntax error");
+ fail:
+	free_arg(current_op);
+	free_arg(current_exp);
+	free_arg(arg);
+	free(token);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+process_event(struct event_format *event, const char *filter_str,
+	      struct filter_arg **parg, char **error_str)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	pevent_buffer_init(filter_str, strlen(filter_str));
+
+	ret = process_filter(event, parg, error_str, 0);
+	if (ret == 1) {
+		show_error(error_str,
+			   "Unbalanced number of ')'");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* If parg is NULL, then make it into FALSE */
+	if (!*parg) {
+		*parg = allocate_arg();
+		(*parg)->type = FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN;
+		(*parg)->boolean.value = FILTER_FALSE;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int filter_event(struct event_filter *filter,
+			struct event_format *event,
+			const char *filter_str, char **error_str)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (filter_str) {
+		ret = process_event(event, filter_str, &arg, error_str);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+	} else {
+		/* just add a TRUE arg */
+		arg = allocate_arg();
+		arg->type = FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN;
+		arg->boolean.value = FILTER_TRUE;
+	}
+
+	filter_type = add_filter_type(filter, event->id);
+	if (filter_type->filter)
+		free_arg(filter_type->filter);
+	filter_type->filter = arg;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_add_filter_str - add a new filter
+ * @filter: the event filter to add to
+ * @filter_str: the filter string that contains the filter
+ * @error_str: string containing reason for failed filter
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the filter was successfully added
+ *   -1 if there was an error.
+ *
+ * On error, if @error_str points to a string pointer,
+ * it is set to the reason that the filter failed.
+ * This string must be freed with "free".
+ */
+int pevent_filter_add_filter_str(struct event_filter *filter,
+				 const char *filter_str,
+				 char **error_str)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = filter->pevent;
+	struct event_list *event;
+	struct event_list *events = NULL;
+	const char *filter_start;
+	const char *next_event;
+	char *this_event;
+	char *event_name = NULL;
+	char *sys_name = NULL;
+	char *sp;
+	int rtn = 0;
+	int len;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* clear buffer to reset show error */
+	pevent_buffer_init("", 0);
+
+	if (error_str)
+		*error_str = NULL;
+
+	filter_start = strchr(filter_str, ':');
+	if (filter_start)
+		len = filter_start - filter_str;
+	else
+		len = strlen(filter_str);
+
+
+	do {
+		next_event = strchr(filter_str, ',');
+		if (next_event &&
+		    (!filter_start || next_event < filter_start))
+			len = next_event - filter_str;
+		else if (filter_start)
+			len = filter_start - filter_str;
+		else
+			len = strlen(filter_str);
+
+		this_event = malloc_or_die(len + 1);
+		memcpy(this_event, filter_str, len);
+		this_event[len] = 0;
+
+		if (next_event)
+			next_event++;
+
+		filter_str = next_event;
+
+		sys_name = strtok_r(this_event, "/", &sp);
+		event_name = strtok_r(NULL, "/", &sp);
+
+		if (!sys_name) {
+			show_error(error_str, "No filter found");
+			/* This can only happen when events is NULL, but still */
+			free_events(events);
+			free(this_event);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		/* Find this event */
+		ret = find_event(pevent, &events, strim(sys_name), strim(event_name));
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			if (event_name)
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "No event found under '%s.%s'",
+					   sys_name, event_name);
+			else
+				show_error(error_str,
+					   "No event found under '%s'",
+					   sys_name);
+			free_events(events);
+			free(this_event);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		free(this_event);
+	} while (filter_str);
+
+	/* Skip the ':' */
+	if (filter_start)
+		filter_start++;
+
+	/* filter starts here */
+	for (event = events; event; event = event->next) {
+		ret = filter_event(filter, event->event, filter_start,
+				   error_str);
+		/* Failures are returned if a parse error happened */
+		if (ret < 0)
+			rtn = ret;
+
+		if (ret >= 0 && pevent->test_filters) {
+			char *test;
+			test = pevent_filter_make_string(filter, event->event->id);
+			printf(" '%s: %s'\n", event->event->name, test);
+			free(test);
+		}
+	}
+
+	free_events(events);
+
+	if (rtn >= 0 && pevent->test_filters)
+		exit(0);
+
+	return rtn;
+}
+
+static void free_filter_type(struct filter_type *filter_type)
+{
+	free_arg(filter_type->filter);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_remove_event - remove a filter for an event
+ * @filter: the event filter to remove from
+ * @event_id: the event to remove a filter for
+ *
+ * Removes the filter saved for an event defined by @event_id
+ * from the @filter.
+ *
+ * Returns 1: if an event was removed
+ *   0: if the event was not found
+ */
+int pevent_filter_remove_event(struct event_filter *filter,
+			       int event_id)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	unsigned long len;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		return 0;
+
+	filter_type = find_filter_type(filter, event_id);
+
+	if (!filter_type)
+		return 0;
+
+	free_filter_type(filter_type);
+
+	/* The filter_type points into the event_filters array */
+	len = (unsigned long)(filter->event_filters + filter->filters) -
+		(unsigned long)(filter_type + 1);
+
+	memmove(filter_type, filter_type + 1, len);
+	filter->filters--;
+
+	memset(&filter->event_filters[filter->filters], 0,
+	       sizeof(*filter_type));
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_reset - clear all filters in a filter
+ * @filter: the event filter to reset
+ *
+ * Removes all filters from a filter and resets it.
+ */
+void pevent_filter_reset(struct event_filter *filter)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < filter->filters; i++)
+		free_filter_type(&filter->event_filters[i]);
+
+	free(filter->event_filters);
+	filter->filters = 0;
+	filter->event_filters = NULL;
+}
+
+void pevent_filter_free(struct event_filter *filter)
+{
+	pevent_unref(filter->pevent);
+
+	pevent_filter_reset(filter);
+
+	free(filter);
+}
+
+static char *arg_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg);
+
+static int copy_filter_type(struct event_filter *filter,
+			     struct event_filter *source,
+			     struct filter_type *filter_type)
+{
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+	struct event_format *event;
+	const char *sys;
+	const char *name;
+	char *str;
+
+	/* Can't assume that the pevent's are the same */
+	sys = filter_type->event->system;
+	name = filter_type->event->name;
+	event = pevent_find_event_by_name(filter->pevent, sys, name);
+	if (!event)
+		return -1;
+
+	str = arg_to_str(source, filter_type->filter);
+	if (!str)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (strcmp(str, "TRUE") == 0 || strcmp(str, "FALSE") == 0) {
+		/* Add trivial event */
+		arg = allocate_arg();
+		arg->type = FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN;
+		if (strcmp(str, "TRUE") == 0)
+			arg->boolean.value = 1;
+		else
+			arg->boolean.value = 0;
+
+		filter_type = add_filter_type(filter, event->id);
+		filter_type->filter = arg;
+
+		free(str);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	filter_event(filter, event, str, NULL);
+	free(str);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_copy - copy a filter using another filter
+ * @dest - the filter to copy to
+ * @source - the filter to copy from
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and -1 if not all filters were copied
+ */
+int pevent_filter_copy(struct event_filter *dest, struct event_filter *source)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	pevent_filter_reset(dest);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < source->filters; i++) {
+		if (copy_filter_type(dest, source, &source->event_filters[i]))
+			ret = -1;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * pevent_update_trivial - update the trivial filters with the given filter
+ * @dest - the filter to update
+ * @source - the filter as the source of the update
+ * @type - the type of trivial filter to update.
+ *
+ * Scan dest for trivial events matching @type to replace with the source.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and -1 if there was a problem updating, but
+ *   events may have still been updated on error.
+ */
+int pevent_update_trivial(struct event_filter *dest, struct event_filter *source,
+			  enum filter_trivial_type type)
+{
+	struct pevent *src_pevent;
+	struct pevent *dest_pevent;
+	struct event_format *event;
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	struct filter_arg *arg;
+	char *str;
+	int i;
+
+	src_pevent = source->pevent;
+	dest_pevent = dest->pevent;
+
+	/* Do nothing if either of the filters has nothing to filter */
+	if (!dest->filters || !source->filters)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dest->filters; i++) {
+		filter_type = &dest->event_filters[i];
+		arg = filter_type->filter;
+		if (arg->type != FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN)
+			continue;
+		if ((arg->boolean.value && type == FILTER_TRIVIAL_FALSE) ||
+		    (!arg->boolean.value && type == FILTER_TRIVIAL_TRUE))
+			continue;
+
+		event = filter_type->event;
+
+		if (src_pevent != dest_pevent) {
+			/* do a look up */
+			event = pevent_find_event_by_name(src_pevent,
+							  event->system,
+							  event->name);
+			if (!event)
+				return -1;
+		}
+
+		str = pevent_filter_make_string(source, event->id);
+		if (!str)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Don't bother if the filter is trivial too */
+		if (strcmp(str, "TRUE") != 0 && strcmp(str, "FALSE") != 0)
+			filter_event(dest, event, str, NULL);
+		free(str);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_clear_trivial - clear TRUE and FALSE filters
+ * @filter: the filter to remove trivial filters from
+ * @type: remove only true, false, or both
+ *
+ * Removes filters that only contain a TRUE or FALES boolean arg.
+ */
+void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
+				 enum filter_trivial_type type)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	int count = 0;
+	int *ids;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Two steps, first get all ids with trivial filters.
+	 *  then remove those ids.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < filter->filters; i++) {
+		filter_type = &filter->event_filters[i];
+		if (filter_type->filter->type != FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN)
+			continue;
+		switch (type) {
+		case FILTER_TRIVIAL_FALSE:
+			if (filter_type->filter->boolean.value)
+				continue;
+		case FILTER_TRIVIAL_TRUE:
+			if (!filter_type->filter->boolean.value)
+				continue;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		if (count)
+			ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
+		else
+			ids = malloc(sizeof(*ids));
+		if (!ids)
+			die("Can't allocate ids");
+		ids[count++] = filter_type->event_id;
+	}
+
+	if (!count)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		pevent_filter_remove_event(filter, ids[i]);
+
+	free(ids);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_event_has_trivial - return true event contains trivial filter
+ * @filter: the filter with the information
+ * @event_id: the id of the event to test
+ * @type: trivial type to test for (TRUE, FALSE, EITHER)
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the event contains a matching trivial type
+ *  otherwise 0.
+ */
+int pevent_filter_event_has_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
+				    int event_id,
+				    enum filter_trivial_type type)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		return 0;
+
+	filter_type = find_filter_type(filter, event_id);
+
+	if (!filter_type)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (filter_type->filter->type != FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case FILTER_TRIVIAL_FALSE:
+		return !filter_type->filter->boolean.value;
+
+	case FILTER_TRIVIAL_TRUE:
+		return filter_type->filter->boolean.value;
+	default:
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
+
+static int test_filter(struct event_format *event,
+		       struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record);
+
+static const char *
+get_comm(struct event_format *event, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	const char *comm;
+	int pid;
+
+	pid = pevent_data_pid(event->pevent, record);
+	comm = pevent_data_comm_from_pid(event->pevent, pid);
+	return comm;
+}
+
+static unsigned long long
+get_value(struct event_format *event,
+	  struct format_field *field, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	unsigned long long val;
+
+	/* Handle our dummy "comm" field */
+	if (field == &comm) {
+		const char *name;
+
+		name = get_comm(event, record);
+		return (unsigned long long)name;
+	}
+
+	pevent_read_number_field(field, record->data, &val);
+
+	if (!(field->flags & FIELD_IS_SIGNED))
+		return val;
+
+	switch (field->size) {
+	case 1:
+		return (char)val;
+	case 2:
+		return (short)val;
+	case 4:
+		return (int)val;
+	case 8:
+		return (long long)val;
+	}
+	return val;
+}
+
+static unsigned long long
+get_arg_value(struct event_format *event, struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record);
+
+static unsigned long long
+get_exp_value(struct event_format *event, struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	unsigned long long lval, rval;
+
+	lval = get_arg_value(event, arg->exp.left, record);
+	rval = get_arg_value(event, arg->exp.right, record);
+
+	switch (arg->exp.type) {
+	case FILTER_EXP_ADD:
+		return lval + rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_SUB:
+		return lval - rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_MUL:
+		return lval * rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_DIV:
+		return lval / rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_MOD:
+		return lval % rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_RSHIFT:
+		return lval >> rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_LSHIFT:
+		return lval << rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_AND:
+		return lval & rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_OR:
+		return lval | rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_XOR:
+		return lval ^ rval;
+
+	case FILTER_EXP_NOT:
+	default:
+		die("error in exp");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long long
+get_arg_value(struct event_format *event, struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_FIELD:
+		return get_value(event, arg->field.field, record);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_VALUE:
+		if (arg->value.type != FILTER_NUMBER)
+			die("must have number field!");
+		return arg->value.val;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+		return get_exp_value(event, arg, record);
+
+	default:
+		die("oops in filter");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int test_num(struct event_format *event,
+		    struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	unsigned long long lval, rval;
+
+	lval = get_arg_value(event, arg->num.left, record);
+	rval = get_arg_value(event, arg->num.right, record);
+
+	switch (arg->num.type) {
+	case FILTER_CMP_EQ:
+		return lval == rval;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_NE:
+		return lval != rval;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_GT:
+		return lval > rval;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_LT:
+		return lval < rval;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_GE:
+		return lval >= rval;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_LE:
+		return lval <= rval;
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static const char *get_field_str(struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	const char *val = record->data + arg->str.field->offset;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to copy the data since we can't be sure the field
+	 * is null terminated.
+	 */
+	if (*(val + arg->str.field->size - 1)) {
+		/* copy it */
+		memcpy(arg->str.buffer, val, arg->str.field->size);
+		/* the buffer is already NULL terminated */
+		val = arg->str.buffer;
+	}
+	return val;
+}
+
+static int test_str(struct event_format *event,
+		    struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	const char *val;
+
+	if (arg->str.field == &comm)
+		val = get_comm(event, record);
+	else
+		val = get_field_str(arg, record);
+
+	switch (arg->str.type) {
+	case FILTER_CMP_MATCH:
+		return strcmp(val, arg->str.val) == 0;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_NOT_MATCH:
+		return strcmp(val, arg->str.val) != 0;
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_REGEX:
+		/* Returns zero on match */
+		return !regexec(&arg->str.reg, val, 0, NULL, 0);
+
+	case FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX:
+		return regexec(&arg->str.reg, val, 0, NULL, 0);
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static int test_op(struct event_format *event,
+		   struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	switch (arg->op.type) {
+	case FILTER_OP_AND:
+		return test_filter(event, arg->op.left, record) &&
+			test_filter(event, arg->op.right, record);
+
+	case FILTER_OP_OR:
+		return test_filter(event, arg->op.left, record) ||
+			test_filter(event, arg->op.right, record);
+
+	case FILTER_OP_NOT:
+		return !test_filter(event, arg->op.right, record);
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static int test_filter(struct event_format *event,
+		       struct filter_arg *arg, struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
+		/* easy case */
+		return arg->boolean.value;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		return test_op(event, arg, record);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		return test_num(event, arg, record);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_STR:
+		return test_str(event, arg, record);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+	case FILTER_ARG_VALUE:
+	case FILTER_ARG_FIELD:
+		/*
+		 * Expressions, fields and values evaluate
+		 * to true if they return non zero
+		 */
+		return !!get_arg_value(event, arg, record);
+
+	default:
+		die("oops!");
+		/* ?? */
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_event_filtered - return true if event has filter
+ * @filter: filter struct with filter information
+ * @event_id: event id to test if filter exists
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if filter found for @event_id
+ *   otherwise 0;
+ */
+int pevent_event_filtered(struct event_filter *filter,
+			  int event_id)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		return 0;
+
+	filter_type = find_filter_type(filter, event_id);
+
+	return filter_type ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_match - test if a record matches a filter
+ * @filter: filter struct with filter information
+ * @record: the record to test against the filter
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  1 - filter found for event and @record matches
+ *  0 - filter found for event and @record does not match
+ * -1 - no filter found for @record's event
+ * -2 - if no filters exist
+ */
+int pevent_filter_match(struct event_filter *filter,
+			struct pevent_record *record)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = filter->pevent;
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+	int event_id;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		return FILTER_NONE;
+
+	event_id = pevent_data_type(pevent, record);
+
+	filter_type = find_filter_type(filter, event_id);
+
+	if (!filter_type)
+		return FILTER_NOEXIST;
+
+	return test_filter(filter_type->event, filter_type->filter, record) ?
+		FILTER_MATCH : FILTER_MISS;
+}
+
+static char *op_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	char *str = NULL;
+	char *left = NULL;
+	char *right = NULL;
+	char *op = NULL;
+	int left_val = -1;
+	int right_val = -1;
+	int val;
+	int len;
+
+	switch (arg->op.type) {
+	case FILTER_OP_AND:
+		op = "&&";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_OP_OR:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "||";
+
+		left = arg_to_str(filter, arg->op.left);
+		right = arg_to_str(filter, arg->op.right);
+		if (!left || !right)
+			break;
+
+		/* Try to consolidate boolean values */
+		if (strcmp(left, "TRUE") == 0)
+			left_val = 1;
+		else if (strcmp(left, "FALSE") == 0)
+			left_val = 0;
+
+		if (strcmp(right, "TRUE") == 0)
+			right_val = 1;
+		else if (strcmp(right, "FALSE") == 0)
+			right_val = 0;
+
+		if (left_val >= 0) {
+			if ((arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_AND && !left_val) ||
+			    (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_OR && left_val)) {
+				/* Just return left value */
+				str = left;
+				left = NULL;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (right_val >= 0) {
+				/* just evaluate this. */
+				val = 0;
+				switch (arg->op.type) {
+				case FILTER_OP_AND:
+					val = left_val && right_val;
+					break;
+				case FILTER_OP_OR:
+					val = left_val || right_val;
+					break;
+				default:
+					break;
+				}
+				str = malloc_or_die(6);
+				if (val)
+					strcpy(str, "TRUE");
+				else
+					strcpy(str, "FALSE");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (right_val >= 0) {
+			if ((arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_AND && !right_val) ||
+			    (arg->op.type == FILTER_OP_OR && right_val)) {
+				/* Just return right value */
+				str = right;
+				right = NULL;
+				break;
+			}
+			/* The right value is meaningless */
+			str = left;
+			left = NULL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		len = strlen(left) + strlen(right) + strlen(op) + 10;
+		str = malloc_or_die(len);
+		snprintf(str, len, "(%s) %s (%s)",
+			 left, op, right);
+		break;
+
+	case FILTER_OP_NOT:
+		op = "!";
+		right = arg_to_str(filter, arg->op.right);
+		if (!right)
+			break;
+
+		/* See if we can consolidate */
+		if (strcmp(right, "TRUE") == 0)
+			right_val = 1;
+		else if (strcmp(right, "FALSE") == 0)
+			right_val = 0;
+		if (right_val >= 0) {
+			/* just return the opposite */
+			str = malloc_or_die(6);
+			if (right_val)
+				strcpy(str, "FALSE");
+			else
+				strcpy(str, "TRUE");
+			break;
+		}
+		len = strlen(right) + strlen(op) + 3;
+		str = malloc_or_die(len);
+		snprintf(str, len, "%s(%s)", op, right);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		break;
+	}
+	free(left);
+	free(right);
+	return str;
+}
+
+static char *val_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	char *str;
+
+	str = malloc_or_die(30);
+
+	snprintf(str, 30, "%lld", arg->value.val);
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+static char *field_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	return strdup(arg->field.field->name);
+}
+
+static char *exp_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	char *lstr;
+	char *rstr;
+	char *op;
+	char *str;
+	int len;
+
+	lstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->exp.left);
+	rstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->exp.right);
+
+	switch (arg->exp.type) {
+	case FILTER_EXP_ADD:
+		op = "+";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_SUB:
+		op = "-";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_MUL:
+		op = "*";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_DIV:
+		op = "/";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_MOD:
+		op = "%";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_RSHIFT:
+		op = ">>";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_LSHIFT:
+		op = "<<";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_AND:
+		op = "&";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_OR:
+		op = "|";
+		break;
+	case FILTER_EXP_XOR:
+		op = "^";
+		break;
+	default:
+		die("oops in exp");
+	}
+
+	len = strlen(op) + strlen(lstr) + strlen(rstr) + 4;
+	str = malloc_or_die(len);
+	snprintf(str, len, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
+	free(lstr);
+	free(rstr);
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+static char *num_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	char *lstr;
+	char *rstr;
+	char *str = NULL;
+	char *op = NULL;
+	int len;
+
+	lstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->num.left);
+	rstr = arg_to_str(filter, arg->num.right);
+
+	switch (arg->num.type) {
+	case FILTER_CMP_EQ:
+		op = "==";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_NE:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "!=";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_GT:
+		if (!op)
+			op = ">";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_LT:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "<";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_GE:
+		if (!op)
+			op = ">=";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_LE:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "<=";
+
+		len = strlen(lstr) + strlen(op) + strlen(rstr) + 4;
+		str = malloc_or_die(len);
+		sprintf(str, "%s %s %s", lstr, op, rstr);
+
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	free(lstr);
+	free(rstr);
+	return str;
+}
+
+static char *str_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	char *str = NULL;
+	char *op = NULL;
+	int len;
+
+	switch (arg->str.type) {
+	case FILTER_CMP_MATCH:
+		op = "==";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_NOT_MATCH:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "!=";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_REGEX:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "=~";
+		/* fall through */
+	case FILTER_CMP_NOT_REGEX:
+		if (!op)
+			op = "!~";
+
+		len = strlen(arg->str.field->name) + strlen(op) +
+			strlen(arg->str.val) + 6;
+		str = malloc_or_die(len);
+		snprintf(str, len, "%s %s \"%s\"",
+			 arg->str.field->name,
+			 op, arg->str.val);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		break;
+	}
+	return str;
+}
+
+static char *arg_to_str(struct event_filter *filter, struct filter_arg *arg)
+{
+	char *str;
+
+	switch (arg->type) {
+	case FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN:
+		str = malloc_or_die(6);
+		if (arg->boolean.value)
+			strcpy(str, "TRUE");
+		else
+			strcpy(str, "FALSE");
+		return str;
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_OP:
+		return op_to_str(filter, arg);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_NUM:
+		return num_to_str(filter, arg);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_STR:
+		return str_to_str(filter, arg);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_VALUE:
+		return val_to_str(filter, arg);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_FIELD:
+		return field_to_str(filter, arg);
+
+	case FILTER_ARG_EXP:
+		return exp_to_str(filter, arg);
+
+	default:
+		/* ?? */
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_make_string - return a string showing the filter
+ * @filter: filter struct with filter information
+ * @event_id: the event id to return the filter string with
+ *
+ * Returns a string that displays the filter contents.
+ *  This string must be freed with free(str).
+ *  NULL is returned if no filter is found.
+ */
+char *
+pevent_filter_make_string(struct event_filter *filter, int event_id)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type;
+
+	if (!filter->filters)
+		return NULL;
+
+	filter_type = find_filter_type(filter, event_id);
+
+	if (!filter_type)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return arg_to_str(filter, filter_type->filter);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pevent_filter_compare - compare two filters and return if they are the same
+ * @filter1: Filter to compare with @filter2
+ * @filter2: Filter to compare with @filter1
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  1 if the two filters hold the same content.
+ *  0 if they do not.
+ */
+int pevent_filter_compare(struct event_filter *filter1, struct event_filter *filter2)
+{
+	struct filter_type *filter_type1;
+	struct filter_type *filter_type2;
+	char *str1, *str2;
+	int result;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Do the easy checks first */
+	if (filter1->filters != filter2->filters)
+		return 0;
+	if (!filter1->filters && !filter2->filters)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Now take a look at each of the events to see if they have the same
+	 * filters to them.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < filter1->filters; i++) {
+		filter_type1 = &filter1->event_filters[i];
+		filter_type2 = find_filter_type(filter2, filter_type1->event_id);
+		if (!filter_type2)
+			break;
+		if (filter_type1->filter->type != filter_type2->filter->type)
+			break;
+		switch (filter_type1->filter->type) {
+		case FILTER_TRIVIAL_FALSE:
+		case FILTER_TRIVIAL_TRUE:
+			/* trivial types just need the type compared */
+			continue;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		/* The best way to compare complex filters is with strings */
+		str1 = arg_to_str(filter1, filter_type1->filter);
+		str2 = arg_to_str(filter2, filter_type2->filter);
+		result = strcmp(str1, str2) != 0;
+		free(str1);
+		free(str2);
+		if (result)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (i < filter1->filters)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f023a133abb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define __weak __attribute__((weak))
+
+void __vdie(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	int ret = errno;
+
+	if (errno)
+		perror("trace-cmd");
+	else
+		ret = -1;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "  ");
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	exit(ret);
+}
+
+void __die(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	__vdie(fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void __weak die(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	__vdie(fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void __vwarning(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	if (errno)
+		perror("trace-cmd");
+	errno = 0;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "  ");
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+}
+
+void __warning(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	__vwarning(fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void __weak warning(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	__vwarning(fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void __vpr_stat(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	vprintf(fmt, ap);
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+void __pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	__vpr_stat(fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void __weak vpr_stat(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	__vpr_stat(fmt, ap);
+}
+
+void __weak pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	__vpr_stat(fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void __weak *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size)
+{
+	void *data;
+
+	data = malloc(size);
+	if (!data)
+		die("malloc");
+	return data;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1ccc923e8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * version 2.1 of the License (not later!)
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "event-parse.h"
+#include "event-utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * The TRACE_SEQ_POISON is to catch the use of using
+ * a trace_seq structure after it was destroyed.
+ */
+#define TRACE_SEQ_POISON	((void *)0xdeadbeef)
+#define TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s)						\
+do {									\
+	if ((s)->buffer == TRACE_SEQ_POISON)			\
+		die("Usage of trace_seq after it was destroyed");	\
+} while (0)
+
+/**
+ * trace_seq_init - initialize the trace_seq structure
+ * @s: a pointer to the trace_seq structure to initialize
+ */
+void trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	s->len = 0;
+	s->readpos = 0;
+	s->buffer_size = TRACE_SEQ_BUF_SIZE;
+	s->buffer = malloc_or_die(s->buffer_size);
+}
+
+/**
+ * trace_seq_destroy - free up memory of a trace_seq
+ * @s: a pointer to the trace_seq to free the buffer
+ *
+ * Only frees the buffer, not the trace_seq struct itself.
+ */
+void trace_seq_destroy(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	if (!s)
+		return;
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+	free(s->buffer);
+	s->buffer = TRACE_SEQ_POISON;
+}
+
+static void expand_buffer(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	s->buffer_size += TRACE_SEQ_BUF_SIZE;
+	s->buffer = realloc(s->buffer, s->buffer_size);
+	if (!s->buffer)
+		die("Can't allocate trace_seq buffer memory");
+}
+
+/**
+ * trace_seq_printf - sequence printing of trace information
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ * @fmt: printf format string
+ *
+ * It returns 0 if the trace oversizes the buffer's free
+ * space, 1 otherwise.
+ *
+ * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
+ * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
+ * trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special
+ * buffer (@s). Then the output may be either used by
+ * the sequencer or pulled into another buffer.
+ */
+int
+trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	int len;
+	int ret;
+
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+
+ try_again:
+	len = (s->buffer_size - 1) - s->len;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	ret = vsnprintf(s->buffer + s->len, len, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	if (ret >= len) {
+		expand_buffer(s);
+		goto try_again;
+	}
+
+	s->len += ret;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * trace_seq_vprintf - sequence printing of trace information
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ * @fmt: printf format string
+ *
+ * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
+ * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
+ * trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special
+ * buffer (@s). Then the output may be either used by
+ * the sequencer or pulled into another buffer.
+ */
+int
+trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	int len;
+	int ret;
+
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+
+ try_again:
+	len = (s->buffer_size - 1) - s->len;
+
+	ret = vsnprintf(s->buffer + s->len, len, fmt, args);
+
+	if (ret >= len) {
+		expand_buffer(s);
+		goto try_again;
+	}
+
+	s->len += ret;
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * trace_seq_puts - trace sequence printing of simple string
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ * @str: simple string to record
+ *
+ * The tracer may use either the sequence operations or its own
+ * copy to user routines. This function records a simple string
+ * into a special buffer (@s) for later retrieval by a sequencer
+ * or other mechanism.
+ */
+int trace_seq_puts(struct trace_seq *s, const char *str)
+{
+	int len;
+
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+
+	len = strlen(str);
+
+	while (len > ((s->buffer_size - 1) - s->len))
+		expand_buffer(s);
+
+	memcpy(s->buffer + s->len, str, len);
+	s->len += len;
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c)
+{
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+
+	while (s->len >= (s->buffer_size - 1))
+		expand_buffer(s);
+
+	s->buffer[s->len++] = c;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+void trace_seq_terminate(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+
+	/* There's always one character left on the buffer */
+	s->buffer[s->len] = 0;
+}
+
+int trace_seq_do_printf(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+	return printf("%.*s", s->len, s->buffer);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 398094c3d3c9..fa37cd53e9b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ endif
 
 ### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
 
-BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include -I$(OUTPUT)/util -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
+BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include -I$(OUTPUT)/util -I$(EVENT_PARSE_DIR) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 BASIC_LDFLAGS =
 
 # Guard against environment variables
@@ -178,6 +178,17 @@ $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYRF_OBJS) $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS)
 
 SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH))
 
+EVENT_PARSE_DIR = ../lib/traceevent/
+
+ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
+	EP_PATH=$(OUTPUT)/
+else
+	EP_PATH=$(EVENT_PARSE_DIR)/
+endif
+
+LIBPARSEVENT = $(EP_PATH)libtraceevent.a
+EP_LIB := -L$(EP_PATH) -ltraceevent
+
 #
 # Single 'perf' binary right now:
 #
@@ -300,6 +311,7 @@ LIB_H += util/cpumap.h
 LIB_H += util/top.h
 LIB_H += $(ARCH_INCLUDE)
 LIB_H += util/cgroup.h
+LIB_H += $(EVENT_PARSE_DIR)event-parse.h
 LIB_H += util/target.h
 
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/abspath.o
@@ -398,7 +410,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-kvm.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-test.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-inject.o
 
-PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE)
+PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBPARSEVENT)
 
 # Files needed for the python binding, perf.so
 # pyrf is just an internal name needed for all those wrappers.
@@ -807,6 +819,10 @@ $(sort $(dir $(DIRECTORY_DEPS))):
 $(LIB_FILE): $(LIB_OBJS)
 	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(LIB_OBJS)
 
+# libparsevent.a
+$(LIBPARSEVENT):
+	make -C $(EVENT_PARSE_DIR) $(COMMAND_O) libtraceevent.a
+
 help:
 	@echo 'Perf make targets:'
 	@echo '  doc		- make *all* documentation (see below)'
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 39104c0beea3..547af48deb4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static void insert_caller_stat(unsigned long call_site,
 }
 
 static void process_alloc_event(void *data,
-				struct event *event,
+				struct event_format *event,
 				int cpu,
 				u64 timestamp __used,
 				struct thread *thread __used,
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static struct alloc_stat *search_alloc_stat(unsigned long ptr,
 }
 
 static void process_free_event(void *data,
-			       struct event *event,
+			       struct event_format *event,
 			       int cpu,
 			       u64 timestamp __used,
 			       struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void process_free_event(void *data,
 static void process_raw_event(union perf_event *raw_event __used, void *data,
 			      int cpu, u64 timestamp, struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 	int type;
 
 	type = trace_parse_common_type(data);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 12c814838993..fd53319de20d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -356,25 +356,25 @@ struct trace_release_event {
 
 struct trace_lock_handler {
 	void (*acquire_event)(struct trace_acquire_event *,
-			      struct event *,
+			      struct event_format *,
 			      int cpu,
 			      u64 timestamp,
 			      struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*acquired_event)(struct trace_acquired_event *,
-			       struct event *,
+			       struct event_format *,
 			       int cpu,
 			       u64 timestamp,
 			       struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*contended_event)(struct trace_contended_event *,
-				struct event *,
+				struct event_format *,
 				int cpu,
 				u64 timestamp,
 				struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*release_event)(struct trace_release_event *,
-			      struct event *,
+			      struct event_format *,
 			      int cpu,
 			      u64 timestamp,
 			      struct thread *thread);
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ enum acquire_flags {
 
 static void
 report_lock_acquire_event(struct trace_acquire_event *acquire_event,
-			struct event *__event __used,
+			struct event_format *__event __used,
 			int cpu __used,
 			u64 timestamp __used,
 			struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ end:
 
 static void
 report_lock_acquired_event(struct trace_acquired_event *acquired_event,
-			 struct event *__event __used,
+			 struct event_format *__event __used,
 			 int cpu __used,
 			 u64 timestamp __used,
 			 struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ end:
 
 static void
 report_lock_contended_event(struct trace_contended_event *contended_event,
-			  struct event *__event __used,
+			  struct event_format *__event __used,
 			  int cpu __used,
 			  u64 timestamp __used,
 			  struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ end:
 
 static void
 report_lock_release_event(struct trace_release_event *release_event,
-			struct event *__event __used,
+			struct event_format *__event __used,
 			int cpu __used,
 			u64 timestamp __used,
 			struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static struct trace_lock_handler *trace_handler;
 
 static void
 process_lock_acquire_event(void *data,
-			   struct event *event __used,
+			   struct event_format *event __used,
 			   int cpu __used,
 			   u64 timestamp __used,
 			   struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ process_lock_acquire_event(void *data,
 
 static void
 process_lock_acquired_event(void *data,
-			    struct event *event __used,
+			    struct event_format *event __used,
 			    int cpu __used,
 			    u64 timestamp __used,
 			    struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ process_lock_acquired_event(void *data,
 
 static void
 process_lock_contended_event(void *data,
-			     struct event *event __used,
+			     struct event_format *event __used,
 			     int cpu __used,
 			     u64 timestamp __used,
 			     struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ process_lock_contended_event(void *data,
 
 static void
 process_lock_release_event(void *data,
-			   struct event *event __used,
+			   struct event_format *event __used,
 			   int cpu __used,
 			   u64 timestamp __used,
 			   struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ process_lock_release_event(void *data,
 static void
 process_raw_event(void *data, int cpu, u64 timestamp, struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 	int type;
 
 	type = trace_parse_common_type(data);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 1cad3af4bf4c..b125e07eb399 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -728,34 +728,34 @@ struct trace_migrate_task_event {
 struct trace_sched_handler {
 	void (*switch_event)(struct trace_switch_event *,
 			     struct machine *,
-			     struct event *,
+			     struct event_format *,
 			     int cpu,
 			     u64 timestamp,
 			     struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*runtime_event)(struct trace_runtime_event *,
 			      struct machine *,
-			      struct event *,
+			      struct event_format *,
 			      int cpu,
 			      u64 timestamp,
 			      struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*wakeup_event)(struct trace_wakeup_event *,
 			     struct machine *,
-			     struct event *,
+			     struct event_format *,
 			     int cpu,
 			     u64 timestamp,
 			     struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*fork_event)(struct trace_fork_event *,
-			   struct event *,
+			   struct event_format *,
 			   int cpu,
 			   u64 timestamp,
 			   struct thread *thread);
 
 	void (*migrate_task_event)(struct trace_migrate_task_event *,
 			   struct machine *machine,
-			   struct event *,
+			   struct event_format *,
 			   int cpu,
 			   u64 timestamp,
 			   struct thread *thread);
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ struct trace_sched_handler {
 static void
 replay_wakeup_event(struct trace_wakeup_event *wakeup_event,
 		    struct machine *machine __used,
-		    struct event *event,
+		    struct event_format *event,
 		    int cpu __used,
 		    u64 timestamp __used,
 		    struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static u64 cpu_last_switched[MAX_CPUS];
 static void
 replay_switch_event(struct trace_switch_event *switch_event,
 		    struct machine *machine __used,
-		    struct event *event,
+		    struct event_format *event,
 		    int cpu,
 		    u64 timestamp,
 		    struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ replay_switch_event(struct trace_switch_event *switch_event,
 
 static void
 replay_fork_event(struct trace_fork_event *fork_event,
-		  struct event *event,
+		  struct event_format *event,
 		  int cpu __used,
 		  u64 timestamp __used,
 		  struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static void thread_atoms_insert(struct thread *thread)
 
 static void
 latency_fork_event(struct trace_fork_event *fork_event __used,
-		   struct event *event __used,
+		   struct event_format *event __used,
 		   int cpu __used,
 		   u64 timestamp __used,
 		   struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ add_sched_in_event(struct work_atoms *atoms, u64 timestamp)
 static void
 latency_switch_event(struct trace_switch_event *switch_event,
 		     struct machine *machine,
-		     struct event *event __used,
+		     struct event_format *event __used,
 		     int cpu,
 		     u64 timestamp,
 		     struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ latency_switch_event(struct trace_switch_event *switch_event,
 static void
 latency_runtime_event(struct trace_runtime_event *runtime_event,
 		     struct machine *machine,
-		     struct event *event __used,
+		     struct event_format *event __used,
 		     int cpu,
 		     u64 timestamp,
 		     struct thread *this_thread __used)
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ latency_runtime_event(struct trace_runtime_event *runtime_event,
 static void
 latency_wakeup_event(struct trace_wakeup_event *wakeup_event,
 		     struct machine *machine,
-		     struct event *__event __used,
+		     struct event_format *__event __used,
 		     int cpu __used,
 		     u64 timestamp,
 		     struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ latency_wakeup_event(struct trace_wakeup_event *wakeup_event,
 static void
 latency_migrate_task_event(struct trace_migrate_task_event *migrate_task_event,
 		     struct machine *machine,
-		     struct event *__event __used,
+		     struct event_format *__event __used,
 		     int cpu __used,
 		     u64 timestamp,
 		     struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static struct trace_sched_handler *trace_handler;
 
 static void
 process_sched_wakeup_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
-			   struct event *event,
+			   struct event_format *event,
 			   struct perf_sample *sample,
 			   struct machine *machine,
 			   struct thread *thread)
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ static char next_shortname2 = '0';
 static void
 map_switch_event(struct trace_switch_event *switch_event,
 		 struct machine *machine,
-		 struct event *event __used,
+		 struct event_format *event __used,
 		 int this_cpu,
 		 u64 timestamp,
 		 struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ map_switch_event(struct trace_switch_event *switch_event,
 
 static void
 process_sched_switch_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
-			   struct event *event,
+			   struct event_format *event,
 			   struct perf_sample *sample,
 			   struct machine *machine,
 			   struct thread *thread)
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ process_sched_switch_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
 
 static void
 process_sched_runtime_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
-			    struct event *event,
+			    struct event_format *event,
 			    struct perf_sample *sample,
 			    struct machine *machine,
 			    struct thread *thread)
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ process_sched_runtime_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
 
 static void
 process_sched_fork_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
-			 struct event *event,
+			 struct event_format *event,
 			 struct perf_sample *sample,
 			 struct machine *machine __used,
 			 struct thread *thread)
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ process_sched_fork_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
 
 static void
 process_sched_exit_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
-			 struct event *event,
+			 struct event_format *event,
 			 struct perf_sample *sample __used,
 			 struct machine *machine __used,
 			 struct thread *thread __used)
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ process_sched_exit_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
 
 static void
 process_sched_migrate_task_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
-				 struct event *event,
+				 struct event_format *event,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample,
 				 struct machine *machine,
 				 struct thread *thread)
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ process_sched_migrate_task_event(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
 						  sample->time, thread);
 }
 
-typedef void (*tracepoint_handler)(struct perf_tool *tool, struct event *event,
+typedef void (*tracepoint_handler)(struct perf_tool *tool, struct event_format *event,
 				   struct perf_sample *sample,
 				   struct machine *machine,
 				   struct thread *thread);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index d4ce733b9eba..8e395a538eb9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static void print_sample_start(struct perf_sample *sample,
 			       struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
 	int type;
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 	const char *evname = NULL;
 	unsigned long secs;
 	unsigned long usecs;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index c2623c6f9b51..acb9795286c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void);
 #define FTRACE_MAX_EVENT				\
 	((1 << (sizeof(unsigned short) * 8)) - 1)
 
-struct event *events[FTRACE_MAX_EVENT];
+struct event_format *events[FTRACE_MAX_EVENT];
 
 #define MAX_FIELDS	64
 #define N_COMMON_FIELDS	7
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void define_field(enum print_arg_type field_type,
 	Py_DECREF(t);
 }
 
-static void define_event_symbols(struct event *event,
+static void define_event_symbols(struct event_format *event,
 				 const char *ev_name,
 				 struct print_arg *args)
 {
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ static void define_event_symbols(struct event *event,
 		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->op.right);
 		break;
 	default:
+		/* gcc warns for these? */
+	case PRINT_BSTRING:
+	case PRINT_DYNAMIC_ARRAY:
+	case PRINT_FUNC:
 		/* we should warn... */
 		return;
 	}
@@ -186,10 +190,10 @@ static void define_event_symbols(struct event *event,
 		define_event_symbols(event, ev_name, args->next);
 }
 
-static inline struct event *find_cache_event(int type)
+static inline struct event_format *find_cache_event(int type)
 {
 	static char ev_name[256];
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 
 	if (events[type])
 		return events[type];
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ static void python_process_event(union perf_event *pevent __unused,
 	struct format_field *field;
 	unsigned long long val;
 	unsigned long s, ns;
-	struct event *event;
+	struct event_format *event;
 	unsigned n = 0;
 	int type;
 	int pid;
@@ -436,7 +440,7 @@ out:
 
 static int python_generate_script(const char *outfile)
 {
-	struct event *event = NULL;
+	struct event_format *event = NULL;
 	struct format_field *f;
 	char fname[PATH_MAX];
 	int not_first, count;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index fc22cf5c605f..a8d81c35ef66 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct events {
 };
 
 
-void *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size)
+static void *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size)
 {
 	void *data;
 
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ static void tracing_data_header(void)
 	else
 		buf[0] = 0;
 
+	read_trace_init(buf[0], buf[0]);
+
 	write_or_die(buf, 1);
 
 	/* save size of long */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index dfd1bd8371a4..df2fddbf0cd2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -17,2169 +17,305 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- *
- *  The parts for function graph printing was taken and modified from the
- *  Linux Kernel that were written by Frederic Weisbecker.
  */
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 
-int header_page_ts_offset;
-int header_page_ts_size;
-int header_page_size_offset;
 int header_page_size_size;
-int header_page_overwrite_offset;
-int header_page_overwrite_size;
+int header_page_ts_size;
 int header_page_data_offset;
-int header_page_data_size;
-
-bool latency_format;
-
-static char *input_buf;
-static unsigned long long input_buf_ptr;
-static unsigned long long input_buf_siz;
-
-static int cpus;
-static int long_size;
-static int is_flag_field;
-static int is_symbolic_field;
-
-static struct format_field *
-find_any_field(struct event *event, const char *name);
-
-static void init_input_buf(char *buf, unsigned long long size)
-{
-	input_buf = buf;
-	input_buf_siz = size;
-	input_buf_ptr = 0;
-}
-
-struct cmdline {
-	char *comm;
-	int pid;
-};
-
-static struct cmdline *cmdlines;
-static int cmdline_count;
-
-static int cmdline_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-	const struct cmdline *ca = a;
-	const struct cmdline *cb = b;
-
-	if (ca->pid < cb->pid)
-		return -1;
-	if (ca->pid > cb->pid)
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
 
-void parse_cmdlines(char *file, int size __unused)
-{
-	struct cmdline_list {
-		struct cmdline_list	*next;
-		char			*comm;
-		int			pid;
-	} *list = NULL, *item;
-	char *line;
-	char *next = NULL;
-	int i;
+struct pevent *perf_pevent;
+static struct pevent *pevent;
 
-	line = strtok_r(file, "\n", &next);
-	while (line) {
-		item = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item));
-		sscanf(line, "%d %as", &item->pid,
-		       (float *)(void *)&item->comm); /* workaround gcc warning */
-		item->next = list;
-		list = item;
-		line = strtok_r(NULL, "\n", &next);
-		cmdline_count++;
-	}
-
-	cmdlines = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*cmdlines) * cmdline_count);
-
-	i = 0;
-	while (list) {
-		cmdlines[i].pid = list->pid;
-		cmdlines[i].comm = list->comm;
-		i++;
-		item = list;
-		list = list->next;
-		free(item);
-	}
-
-	qsort(cmdlines, cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
-}
-
-static struct func_map {
-	unsigned long long		addr;
-	char				*func;
-	char				*mod;
-} *func_list;
-static unsigned int func_count;
-
-static int func_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-	const struct func_map *fa = a;
-	const struct func_map *fb = b;
-
-	if (fa->addr < fb->addr)
-		return -1;
-	if (fa->addr > fb->addr)
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void parse_proc_kallsyms(char *file, unsigned int size __unused)
-{
-	struct func_list {
-		struct func_list	*next;
-		unsigned long long	addr;
-		char			*func;
-		char			*mod;
-	} *list = NULL, *item;
-	char *line;
-	char *next = NULL;
-	char *addr_str;
-	char ch;
-	int ret __used;
-	int i;
-
-	line = strtok_r(file, "\n", &next);
-	while (line) {
-		item = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item));
-		item->mod = NULL;
-		ret = sscanf(line, "%as %c %as\t[%as",
-			     (float *)(void *)&addr_str, /* workaround gcc warning */
-			     &ch,
-			     (float *)(void *)&item->func,
-			     (float *)(void *)&item->mod);
-		item->addr = strtoull(addr_str, NULL, 16);
-		free(addr_str);
-
-		/* truncate the extra ']' */
-		if (item->mod)
-			item->mod[strlen(item->mod) - 1] = 0;
-
-
-		item->next = list;
-		list = item;
-		line = strtok_r(NULL, "\n", &next);
-		func_count++;
-	}
-
-	func_list = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*func_list) * (func_count + 1));
-
-	i = 0;
-	while (list) {
-		func_list[i].func = list->func;
-		func_list[i].addr = list->addr;
-		func_list[i].mod = list->mod;
-		i++;
-		item = list;
-		list = list->next;
-		free(item);
-	}
-
-	qsort(func_list, func_count, sizeof(*func_list), func_cmp);
-
-	/*
-	 * Add a special record at the end.
-	 */
-	func_list[func_count].func = NULL;
-	func_list[func_count].addr = 0;
-	func_list[func_count].mod = NULL;
-}
+bool latency_format;
 
-/*
- * We are searching for a record in between, not an exact
- * match.
- */
-static int func_bcmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+int read_trace_init(int file_bigendian, int host_bigendian)
 {
-	const struct func_map *fa = a;
-	const struct func_map *fb = b;
-
-	if ((fa->addr == fb->addr) ||
-
-	    (fa->addr > fb->addr &&
-	     fa->addr < (fb+1)->addr))
+	if (pevent)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (fa->addr < fb->addr)
-		return -1;
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static struct func_map *find_func(unsigned long long addr)
-{
-	struct func_map *func;
-	struct func_map key;
-
-	key.addr = addr;
-
-	func = bsearch(&key, func_list, func_count, sizeof(*func_list),
-		       func_bcmp);
-
-	return func;
-}
-
-void print_funcs(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < (int)func_count; i++) {
-		printf("%016llx %s",
-		       func_list[i].addr,
-		       func_list[i].func);
-		if (func_list[i].mod)
-			printf(" [%s]\n", func_list[i].mod);
-		else
-			printf("\n");
-	}
-}
+	perf_pevent = pevent_alloc();
+	pevent = perf_pevent;
 
-static struct printk_map {
-	unsigned long long		addr;
-	char				*printk;
-} *printk_list;
-static unsigned int printk_count;
-
-static int printk_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-	const struct func_map *fa = a;
-	const struct func_map *fb = b;
-
-	if (fa->addr < fb->addr)
-		return -1;
-	if (fa->addr > fb->addr)
-		return 1;
+	pevent_set_flag(pevent, PEVENT_NSEC_OUTPUT);
+	pevent_set_file_bigendian(pevent, file_bigendian);
+	pevent_set_host_bigendian(pevent, host_bigendian);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct printk_map *find_printk(unsigned long long addr)
-{
-	struct printk_map *printk;
-	struct printk_map key;
-
-	key.addr = addr;
-
-	printk = bsearch(&key, printk_list, printk_count, sizeof(*printk_list),
-			 printk_cmp);
-
-	return printk;
-}
-
-void parse_ftrace_printk(char *file, unsigned int size __unused)
-{
-	struct printk_list {
-		struct printk_list	*next;
-		unsigned long long	addr;
-		char			*printk;
-	} *list = NULL, *item;
-	char *line;
-	char *next = NULL;
-	char *addr_str;
-	int i;
-
-	line = strtok_r(file, "\n", &next);
-	while (line) {
-		addr_str = strsep(&line, ":");
-		if (!line) {
-			warning("error parsing print strings");
-			break;
-		}
-		item = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item));
-		item->addr = strtoull(addr_str, NULL, 16);
-		/* fmt still has a space, skip it */
-		item->printk = strdup(line+1);
-		item->next = list;
-		list = item;
-		line = strtok_r(NULL, "\n", &next);
-		printk_count++;
-	}
-
-	printk_list = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*printk_list) * printk_count + 1);
-
-	i = 0;
-	while (list) {
-		printk_list[i].printk = list->printk;
-		printk_list[i].addr = list->addr;
-		i++;
-		item = list;
-		list = list->next;
-		free(item);
-	}
-
-	qsort(printk_list, printk_count, sizeof(*printk_list), printk_cmp);
-}
-
-void print_printk(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < (int)printk_count; i++) {
-		printf("%016llx %s\n",
-		       printk_list[i].addr,
-		       printk_list[i].printk);
-	}
-}
-
-static struct event *alloc_event(void)
-{
-	struct event *event;
-
-	event = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*event));
-	memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
-
-	return event;
-}
-
-enum event_type {
-	EVENT_ERROR,
-	EVENT_NONE,
-	EVENT_SPACE,
-	EVENT_NEWLINE,
-	EVENT_OP,
-	EVENT_DELIM,
-	EVENT_ITEM,
-	EVENT_DQUOTE,
-	EVENT_SQUOTE,
-};
-
-static struct event *event_list;
-
-static void add_event(struct event *event)
+static int get_common_field(struct scripting_context *context,
+			    int *offset, int *size, const char *type)
 {
-	event->next = event_list;
-	event_list = event;
-}
-
-static int event_item_type(enum event_type type)
-{
-	switch (type) {
-	case EVENT_ITEM ... EVENT_SQUOTE:
-		return 1;
-	case EVENT_ERROR ... EVENT_DELIM:
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-static void free_arg(struct print_arg *arg)
-{
-	if (!arg)
-		return;
-
-	switch (arg->type) {
-	case PRINT_ATOM:
-		if (arg->atom.atom)
-			free(arg->atom.atom);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_NULL:
-	case PRINT_FIELD ... PRINT_OP:
-	default:
-		/* todo */
-		break;
-	}
-
-	free(arg);
-}
-
-static enum event_type get_type(int ch)
-{
-	if (ch == '\n')
-		return EVENT_NEWLINE;
-	if (isspace(ch))
-		return EVENT_SPACE;
-	if (isalnum(ch) || ch == '_')
-		return EVENT_ITEM;
-	if (ch == '\'')
-		return EVENT_SQUOTE;
-	if (ch == '"')
-		return EVENT_DQUOTE;
-	if (!isprint(ch))
-		return EVENT_NONE;
-	if (ch == '(' || ch == ')' || ch == ',')
-		return EVENT_DELIM;
-
-	return EVENT_OP;
-}
-
-static int __read_char(void)
-{
-	if (input_buf_ptr >= input_buf_siz)
-		return -1;
-
-	return input_buf[input_buf_ptr++];
-}
-
-static int __peek_char(void)
-{
-	if (input_buf_ptr >= input_buf_siz)
-		return -1;
-
-	return input_buf[input_buf_ptr];
-}
-
-static enum event_type __read_token(char **tok)
-{
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	int ch, last_ch, quote_ch, next_ch;
-	int i = 0;
-	int tok_size = 0;
-	enum event_type type;
-
-	*tok = NULL;
-
-
-	ch = __read_char();
-	if (ch < 0)
-		return EVENT_NONE;
-
-	type = get_type(ch);
-	if (type == EVENT_NONE)
-		return type;
-
-	buf[i++] = ch;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case EVENT_NEWLINE:
-	case EVENT_DELIM:
-		*tok = malloc_or_die(2);
-		(*tok)[0] = ch;
-		(*tok)[1] = 0;
-		return type;
-
-	case EVENT_OP:
-		switch (ch) {
-		case '-':
-			next_ch = __peek_char();
-			if (next_ch == '>') {
-				buf[i++] = __read_char();
-				break;
-			}
-			/* fall through */
-		case '+':
-		case '|':
-		case '&':
-		case '>':
-		case '<':
-			last_ch = ch;
-			ch = __peek_char();
-			if (ch != last_ch)
-				goto test_equal;
-			buf[i++] = __read_char();
-			switch (last_ch) {
-			case '>':
-			case '<':
-				goto test_equal;
-			default:
-				break;
-			}
-			break;
-		case '!':
-		case '=':
-			goto test_equal;
-		default: /* what should we do instead? */
-			break;
-		}
-		buf[i] = 0;
-		*tok = strdup(buf);
-		return type;
-
- test_equal:
-		ch = __peek_char();
-		if (ch == '=')
-			buf[i++] = __read_char();
-		break;
-
-	case EVENT_DQUOTE:
-	case EVENT_SQUOTE:
-		/* don't keep quotes */
-		i--;
-		quote_ch = ch;
-		last_ch = 0;
-		do {
-			if (i == (BUFSIZ - 1)) {
-				buf[i] = 0;
-				if (*tok) {
-					*tok = realloc(*tok, tok_size + BUFSIZ);
-					if (!*tok)
-						return EVENT_NONE;
-					strcat(*tok, buf);
-				} else
-					*tok = strdup(buf);
-
-				if (!*tok)
-					return EVENT_NONE;
-				tok_size += BUFSIZ;
-				i = 0;
-			}
-			last_ch = ch;
-			ch = __read_char();
-			buf[i++] = ch;
-			/* the '\' '\' will cancel itself */
-			if (ch == '\\' && last_ch == '\\')
-				last_ch = 0;
-		} while (ch != quote_ch || last_ch == '\\');
-		/* remove the last quote */
-		i--;
-		goto out;
-
-	case EVENT_ERROR ... EVENT_SPACE:
-	case EVENT_ITEM:
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	while (get_type(__peek_char()) == type) {
-		if (i == (BUFSIZ - 1)) {
-			buf[i] = 0;
-			if (*tok) {
-				*tok = realloc(*tok, tok_size + BUFSIZ);
-				if (!*tok)
-					return EVENT_NONE;
-				strcat(*tok, buf);
-			} else
-				*tok = strdup(buf);
-
-			if (!*tok)
-				return EVENT_NONE;
-			tok_size += BUFSIZ;
-			i = 0;
-		}
-		ch = __read_char();
-		buf[i++] = ch;
-	}
-
- out:
-	buf[i] = 0;
-	if (*tok) {
-		*tok = realloc(*tok, tok_size + i);
-		if (!*tok)
-			return EVENT_NONE;
-		strcat(*tok, buf);
-	} else
-		*tok = strdup(buf);
-	if (!*tok)
-		return EVENT_NONE;
-
-	return type;
-}
-
-static void free_token(char *tok)
-{
-	if (tok)
-		free(tok);
-}
-
-static enum event_type read_token(char **tok)
-{
-	enum event_type type;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		type = __read_token(tok);
-		if (type != EVENT_SPACE)
-			return type;
-
-		free_token(*tok);
-	}
-
-	/* not reached */
-	return EVENT_NONE;
-}
-
-/* no newline */
-static enum event_type read_token_item(char **tok)
-{
-	enum event_type type;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		type = __read_token(tok);
-		if (type != EVENT_SPACE && type != EVENT_NEWLINE)
-			return type;
-
-		free_token(*tok);
-	}
-
-	/* not reached */
-	return EVENT_NONE;
-}
-
-static int test_type(enum event_type type, enum event_type expect)
-{
-	if (type != expect) {
-		warning("Error: expected type %d but read %d",
-		    expect, type);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
+	struct event_format *event;
+	struct format_field *field;
 
-static int __test_type_token(enum event_type type, char *token,
-			     enum event_type expect, const char *expect_tok,
-			     bool warn)
-{
-	if (type != expect) {
-		if (warn)
-			warning("Error: expected type %d but read %d",
-				expect, type);
-		return -1;
-	}
+	if (!*size) {
+		if (!pevent->events)
+			return 0;
 
-	if (strcmp(token, expect_tok) != 0) {
-		if (warn)
-			warning("Error: expected '%s' but read '%s'",
-				expect_tok, token);
-		return -1;
+		event = pevent->events[0];
+		field = pevent_find_common_field(event, type);
+		if (!field)
+			return 0;
+		*offset = field->offset;
+		*size = field->size;
 	}
-	return 0;
-}
 
-static int test_type_token(enum event_type type, char *token,
-			   enum event_type expect, const char *expect_tok)
-{
-	return __test_type_token(type, token, expect, expect_tok, true);
+	return pevent_read_number(pevent, context->event_data + *offset, *size);
 }
 
-static int __read_expect_type(enum event_type expect, char **tok, int newline_ok)
-{
-	enum event_type type;
-
-	if (newline_ok)
-		type = read_token(tok);
-	else
-		type = read_token_item(tok);
-	return test_type(type, expect);
-}
-
-static int read_expect_type(enum event_type expect, char **tok)
-{
-	return __read_expect_type(expect, tok, 1);
-}
-
-static int __read_expected(enum event_type expect, const char *str,
-			   int newline_ok, bool warn)
+int common_lock_depth(struct scripting_context *context)
 {
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
+	static int offset;
+	static int size;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (newline_ok)
-		type = read_token(&token);
-	else
-		type = read_token_item(&token);
-
-	ret = __test_type_token(type, token, expect, str, warn);
-
-	free_token(token);
+	ret = get_common_field(context, &size, &offset,
+			       "common_lock_depth");
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int read_expected(enum event_type expect, const char *str)
-{
-	return __read_expected(expect, str, 1, true);
-}
-
-static int read_expected_item(enum event_type expect, const char *str)
-{
-	return __read_expected(expect, str, 0, true);
-}
-
-static char *event_read_name(void)
-{
-	char *token;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "name") < 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
-		goto fail;
-
-	return token;
-
- fail:
-	free_token(token);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static int event_read_id(void)
+int common_flags(struct scripting_context *context)
 {
-	char *token;
-	int id = -1;
-
-	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "ID") < 0)
-		return -1;
+	static int offset;
+	static int size;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
+	ret = get_common_field(context, &size, &offset,
+			       "common_flags");
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
-		goto free;
-
-	id = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
-
- free:
-	free_token(token);
-	return id;
-}
-
-static int field_is_string(struct format_field *field)
-{
-	if ((field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY) &&
-	    (!strstr(field->type, "char") || !strstr(field->type, "u8") ||
-	     !strstr(field->type, "s8")))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int field_is_dynamic(struct format_field *field)
-{
-	if (!strncmp(field->type, "__data_loc", 10))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int event_read_fields(struct event *event, struct format_field **fields)
-{
-	struct format_field *field = NULL;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-	char *last_token;
-	int count = 0;
-
-	do {
-		type = read_token(&token);
-		if (type == EVENT_NEWLINE) {
-			free_token(token);
-			return count;
-		}
-
-		count++;
-
-		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_ITEM, "field"))
-			goto fail;
-		free_token(token);
-
-		type = read_token(&token);
-		/*
-		 * The ftrace fields may still use the "special" name.
-		 * Just ignore it.
-		 */
-		if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE &&
-		    type == EVENT_ITEM && strcmp(token, "special") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			type = read_token(&token);
-		}
-
-		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
-			goto fail;
-
-		last_token = token;
-
-		field = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*field));
-		memset(field, 0, sizeof(*field));
-
-		/* read the rest of the type */
-		for (;;) {
-			type = read_token(&token);
-			if (type == EVENT_ITEM ||
-			    (type == EVENT_OP && strcmp(token, "*") == 0) ||
-			    /*
-			     * Some of the ftrace fields are broken and have
-			     * an illegal "." in them.
-			     */
-			    (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE &&
-			     type == EVENT_OP && strcmp(token, ".") == 0)) {
-
-				if (strcmp(token, "*") == 0)
-					field->flags |= FIELD_IS_POINTER;
-
-				if (field->type) {
-					field->type = realloc(field->type,
-							      strlen(field->type) +
-							      strlen(last_token) + 2);
-					strcat(field->type, " ");
-					strcat(field->type, last_token);
-				} else
-					field->type = last_token;
-				last_token = token;
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (!field->type) {
-			die("no type found");
-			goto fail;
-		}
-		field->name = last_token;
-
-		if (test_type(type, EVENT_OP))
-			goto fail;
-
-		if (strcmp(token, "[") == 0) {
-			enum event_type last_type = type;
-			char *brackets = token;
-			int len;
-
-			field->flags |= FIELD_IS_ARRAY;
-
-			type = read_token(&token);
-		        while (strcmp(token, "]") != 0) {
-				if (last_type == EVENT_ITEM &&
-				    type == EVENT_ITEM)
-					len = 2;
-				else
-					len = 1;
-				last_type = type;
-
-				brackets = realloc(brackets,
-						   strlen(brackets) +
-						   strlen(token) + len);
-				if (len == 2)
-					strcat(brackets, " ");
-				strcat(brackets, token);
-				free_token(token);
-				type = read_token(&token);
-				if (type == EVENT_NONE) {
-					die("failed to find token");
-					goto fail;
-				}
-			}
-
-			free_token(token);
-
-			brackets = realloc(brackets, strlen(brackets) + 2);
-			strcat(brackets, "]");
-
-			/* add brackets to type */
-
-			type = read_token(&token);
-			/*
-			 * If the next token is not an OP, then it is of
-			 * the format: type [] item;
-			 */
-			if (type == EVENT_ITEM) {
-				field->type = realloc(field->type,
-						      strlen(field->type) +
-						      strlen(field->name) +
-						      strlen(brackets) + 2);
-				strcat(field->type, " ");
-				strcat(field->type, field->name);
-				free_token(field->name);
-				strcat(field->type, brackets);
-				field->name = token;
-				type = read_token(&token);
-			} else {
-				field->type = realloc(field->type,
-						      strlen(field->type) +
-						      strlen(brackets) + 1);
-				strcat(field->type, brackets);
-			}
-			free(brackets);
-		}
-
-		if (field_is_string(field)) {
-			field->flags |= FIELD_IS_STRING;
-			if (field_is_dynamic(field))
-				field->flags |= FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC;
-		}
-
-		if (test_type_token(type, token,  EVENT_OP, ";"))
-			goto fail;
-		free_token(token);
-
-		if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "offset") < 0)
-			goto fail_expect;
-
-		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-			goto fail_expect;
-
-		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
-			goto fail;
-		field->offset = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
-		free_token(token);
-
-		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
-			goto fail_expect;
-
-		if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "size") < 0)
-			goto fail_expect;
-
-		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-			goto fail_expect;
-
-		if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
-			goto fail;
-		field->size = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
-		free_token(token);
-
-		if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
-			goto fail_expect;
-
-		type = read_token(&token);
-		if (type != EVENT_NEWLINE) {
-			/* newer versions of the kernel have a "signed" type */
-			if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_ITEM, "signed"))
-				goto fail;
-
-			free_token(token);
-
-			if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-				goto fail_expect;
-
-			if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token))
-				goto fail;
-
-			if (strtoul(token, NULL, 0))
-				field->flags |= FIELD_IS_SIGNED;
-
-			free_token(token);
-			if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ";") < 0)
-				goto fail_expect;
-
-			if (read_expect_type(EVENT_NEWLINE, &token))
-				goto fail;
-		}
-
-		free_token(token);
-
-		*fields = field;
-		fields = &field->next;
-
-	} while (1);
-
-	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	free_token(token);
-fail_expect:
-	if (field)
-		free(field);
-	return -1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
-static int event_read_format(struct event *event)
+int common_pc(struct scripting_context *context)
 {
-	char *token;
+	static int offset;
+	static int size;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "format") < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_NEWLINE, &token))
-		goto fail;
-	free_token(token);
-
-	ret = event_read_fields(event, &event->format.common_fields);
+	ret = get_common_field(context, &size, &offset,
+			       "common_preempt_count");
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-	event->format.nr_common = ret;
-
-	ret = event_read_fields(event, &event->format.fields);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-	event->format.nr_fields = ret;
-
-	return 0;
-
- fail:
-	free_token(token);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-enum event_type
-process_arg_token(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg,
-		  char **tok, enum event_type type);
-
-static enum event_type
-process_arg(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
-{
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-
-	type = read_token(&token);
-	*tok = token;
+		return -1;
 
-	return process_arg_token(event, arg, tok, type);
+	return ret;
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_cond(struct event *event, struct print_arg *top, char **tok)
+unsigned long long
+raw_field_value(struct event_format *event, const char *name, void *data)
 {
-	struct print_arg *arg, *left, *right;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token = NULL;
-
-	arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
-
-	left = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*left));
-
-	right = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*right));
-
-	arg->type = PRINT_OP;
-	arg->op.left = left;
-	arg->op.right = right;
-
-	*tok = NULL;
-	type = process_arg(event, left, &token);
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, ":"))
-		goto out_free;
-
-	arg->op.op = token;
-
-	type = process_arg(event, right, &token);
+	struct format_field *field;
+	unsigned long long val;
 
-	top->op.right = arg;
+	field = pevent_find_any_field(event, name);
+	if (!field)
+		return 0ULL;
 
-	*tok = token;
-	return type;
+	pevent_read_number_field(field, data, &val);
 
-out_free:
-	free_token(*tok);
-	free(right);
-	free(left);
-	free_arg(arg);
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
+	return val;
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_array(struct event *event, struct print_arg *top, char **tok)
+void *raw_field_ptr(struct event_format *event, const char *name, void *data)
 {
-	struct print_arg *arg;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token = NULL;
-
-	arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
-
-	*tok = NULL;
-	type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "]"))
-		goto out_free;
-
-	top->op.right = arg;
-
-	free_token(token);
-	type = read_token_item(&token);
-	*tok = token;
-
-	return type;
+	struct format_field *field;
 
-out_free:
-	free_token(*tok);
-	free_arg(arg);
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
-}
+	field = pevent_find_any_field(event, name);
+	if (!field)
+		return NULL;
 
-static int get_op_prio(char *op)
-{
-	if (!op[1]) {
-		switch (op[0]) {
-		case '*':
-		case '/':
-		case '%':
-			return 6;
-		case '+':
-		case '-':
-			return 7;
-			/* '>>' and '<<' are 8 */
-		case '<':
-		case '>':
-			return 9;
-			/* '==' and '!=' are 10 */
-		case '&':
-			return 11;
-		case '^':
-			return 12;
-		case '|':
-			return 13;
-		case '?':
-			return 16;
-		default:
-			die("unknown op '%c'", op[0]);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (strcmp(op, "++") == 0 ||
-		    strcmp(op, "--") == 0) {
-			return 3;
-		} else if (strcmp(op, ">>") == 0 ||
-			   strcmp(op, "<<") == 0) {
-			return 8;
-		} else if (strcmp(op, ">=") == 0 ||
-			   strcmp(op, "<=") == 0) {
-			return 9;
-		} else if (strcmp(op, "==") == 0 ||
-			   strcmp(op, "!=") == 0) {
-			return 10;
-		} else if (strcmp(op, "&&") == 0) {
-			return 14;
-		} else if (strcmp(op, "||") == 0) {
-			return 15;
-		} else {
-			die("unknown op '%s'", op);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-}
+	if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
+		int offset;
 
-static void set_op_prio(struct print_arg *arg)
-{
+		offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);
+		offset &= 0xffff;
 
-	/* single ops are the greatest */
-	if (!arg->op.left || arg->op.left->type == PRINT_NULL) {
-		arg->op.prio = 0;
-		return;
+		return data + offset;
 	}
 
-	arg->op.prio = get_op_prio(arg->op.op);
+	return data + field->offset;
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_op(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+int trace_parse_common_type(void *data)
 {
-	struct print_arg *left, *right = NULL;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-
-	/* the op is passed in via tok */
-	token = *tok;
-
-	if (arg->type == PRINT_OP && !arg->op.left) {
-		/* handle single op */
-		if (token[1]) {
-			die("bad op token %s", token);
-			return EVENT_ERROR;
-		}
-		switch (token[0]) {
-		case '!':
-		case '+':
-		case '-':
-			break;
-		default:
-			die("bad op token %s", token);
-			return EVENT_ERROR;
-		}
-
-		/* make an empty left */
-		left = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*left));
-		left->type = PRINT_NULL;
-		arg->op.left = left;
-
-		right = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*right));
-		arg->op.right = right;
-
-		type = process_arg(event, right, tok);
-
-	} else if (strcmp(token, "?") == 0) {
-
-		left = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*left));
-		/* copy the top arg to the left */
-		*left = *arg;
-
-		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
-		arg->op.op = token;
-		arg->op.left = left;
-		arg->op.prio = 0;
-
-		type = process_cond(event, arg, tok);
-
-	} else if (strcmp(token, ">>") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "<<") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "&") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "|") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "&&") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "||") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "-") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "+") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "*") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "^") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "/") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "<") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, ">") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "==") == 0 ||
-		   strcmp(token, "!=") == 0) {
-
-		left = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*left));
-
-		/* copy the top arg to the left */
-		*left = *arg;
-
-		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
-		arg->op.op = token;
-		arg->op.left = left;
-
-		set_op_prio(arg);
-
-		right = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*right));
-
-		type = read_token_item(&token);
-		*tok = token;
-
-		/* could just be a type pointer */
-		if ((strcmp(arg->op.op, "*") == 0) &&
-		    type == EVENT_DELIM && (strcmp(token, ")") == 0)) {
-			if (left->type != PRINT_ATOM)
-				die("bad pointer type");
-			left->atom.atom = realloc(left->atom.atom,
-					    sizeof(left->atom.atom) + 3);
-			strcat(left->atom.atom, " *");
-			*arg = *left;
-			free(arg);
-
-			return type;
-		}
-
-		type = process_arg_token(event, right, tok, type);
-
-		arg->op.right = right;
-
-	} else if (strcmp(token, "[") == 0) {
-
-		left = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*left));
-		*left = *arg;
-
-		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
-		arg->op.op = token;
-		arg->op.left = left;
-
-		arg->op.prio = 0;
-		type = process_array(event, arg, tok);
-
-	} else {
-		warning("unknown op '%s'", token);
-		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
-		/* the arg is now the left side */
-		return EVENT_NONE;
-	}
-
-	if (type == EVENT_OP) {
-		int prio;
-
-		/* higher prios need to be closer to the root */
-		prio = get_op_prio(*tok);
-
-		if (prio > arg->op.prio)
-			return process_op(event, arg, tok);
+	struct pevent_record record;
 
-		return process_op(event, right, tok);
-	}
-
-	return type;
+	record.data = data;
+	return pevent_data_type(pevent, &record);
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_entry(struct event *event __unused, struct print_arg *arg,
-	      char **tok)
+int trace_parse_common_pid(void *data)
 {
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *field;
-	char *token;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, "->") < 0)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
-		goto fail;
-	field = token;
-
-	arg->type = PRINT_FIELD;
-	arg->field.name = field;
-
-	if (is_flag_field) {
-		arg->field.field = find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
-		arg->field.field->flags |= FIELD_IS_FLAG;
-		is_flag_field = 0;
-	} else if (is_symbolic_field) {
-		arg->field.field = find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
-		arg->field.field->flags |= FIELD_IS_SYMBOLIC;
-		is_symbolic_field = 0;
-	}
-
-	type = read_token(&token);
-	*tok = token;
+	struct pevent_record record;
 
-	return type;
-
-fail:
-	free_token(token);
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
+	record.data = data;
+	return pevent_data_pid(pevent, &record);
 }
 
-static char *arg_eval (struct print_arg *arg);
-
-static long long arg_num_eval(struct print_arg *arg)
+unsigned long long read_size(void *ptr, int size)
 {
-	long long left, right;
-	long long val = 0;
-
-	switch (arg->type) {
-	case PRINT_ATOM:
-		val = strtoll(arg->atom.atom, NULL, 0);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_TYPE:
-		val = arg_num_eval(arg->typecast.item);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_OP:
-		switch (arg->op.op[0]) {
-		case '|':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-			if (arg->op.op[1])
-				val = left || right;
-			else
-				val = left | right;
-			break;
-		case '&':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-			if (arg->op.op[1])
-				val = left && right;
-			else
-				val = left & right;
-			break;
-		case '<':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
-			case 0:
-				val = left < right;
-				break;
-			case '<':
-				val = left << right;
-				break;
-			case '=':
-				val = left <= right;
-				break;
-			default:
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-			}
-			break;
-		case '>':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
-			case 0:
-				val = left > right;
-				break;
-			case '>':
-				val = left >> right;
-				break;
-			case '=':
-				val = left >= right;
-				break;
-			default:
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-			}
-			break;
-		case '=':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-
-			if (arg->op.op[1] != '=')
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-
-			val = left == right;
-			break;
-		case '!':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-
-			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
-			case '=':
-				val = left != right;
-				break;
-			default:
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-			}
-			break;
-		case '+':
-			left = arg_num_eval(arg->op.left);
-			right = arg_num_eval(arg->op.right);
-			val = left + right;
-			break;
-		default:
-			die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-		}
-		break;
-
-	case PRINT_NULL:
-	case PRINT_FIELD ... PRINT_SYMBOL:
-	case PRINT_STRING:
-	default:
-		die("invalid eval type %d", arg->type);
-
-	}
-	return val;
+	return pevent_read_number(pevent, ptr, size);
 }
 
-static char *arg_eval (struct print_arg *arg)
+struct event_format *trace_find_event(int type)
 {
-	long long val;
-	static char buf[20];
-
-	switch (arg->type) {
-	case PRINT_ATOM:
-		return arg->atom.atom;
-	case PRINT_TYPE:
-		return arg_eval(arg->typecast.item);
-	case PRINT_OP:
-		val = arg_num_eval(arg);
-		sprintf(buf, "%lld", val);
-		return buf;
-
-	case PRINT_NULL:
-	case PRINT_FIELD ... PRINT_SYMBOL:
-	case PRINT_STRING:
-	default:
-		die("invalid eval type %d", arg->type);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
+	return pevent_find_event(pevent, type);
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_fields(struct event *event, struct print_flag_sym **list, char **tok)
-{
-	enum event_type type;
-	struct print_arg *arg = NULL;
-	struct print_flag_sym *field;
-	char *token = NULL;
-	char *value;
-
-	do {
-		free_token(token);
-		type = read_token_item(&token);
-		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "{"))
-			break;
-
-		arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-
-		free_token(token);
-		type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
-
-		if (type == EVENT_OP)
-			type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
-
-		if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
-			goto out_free;
-
-		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
-			goto out_free;
-
-		field = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*field));
-		memset(field, 0, sizeof(*field));
-
-		value = arg_eval(arg);
-		field->value = strdup(value);
-
-		free_token(token);
-		type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
-		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_OP, "}"))
-			goto out_free;
-
-		value = arg_eval(arg);
-		field->str = strdup(value);
-		free_arg(arg);
-		arg = NULL;
-
-		*list = field;
-		list = &field->next;
 
-		free_token(token);
-		type = read_token_item(&token);
-	} while (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, ",") == 0);
-
-	*tok = token;
-	return type;
-
-out_free:
-	free_arg(arg);
-	free_token(token);
-
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
-}
-
-static enum event_type
-process_flags(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+void print_trace_event(int cpu, void *data, int size)
 {
-	struct print_arg *field;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-
-	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
-	arg->type = PRINT_FLAGS;
-
-	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_DELIM, "(") < 0)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	field = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*field));
-
-	type = process_arg(event, field, &token);
-	while (type == EVENT_OP)
-		type = process_op(event, field, &token);
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
-		goto out_free;
+	struct event_format *event;
+	struct pevent_record record;
+	struct trace_seq s;
+	int type;
 
-	arg->flags.field = field;
+	type = trace_parse_common_type(data);
 
-	type = read_token_item(&token);
-	if (event_item_type(type)) {
-		arg->flags.delim = token;
-		type = read_token_item(&token);
+	event = trace_find_event(type);
+	if (!event) {
+		warning("ug! no event found for type %d", type);
+		return;
 	}
 
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
-		goto out_free;
-
-	type = process_fields(event, &arg->flags.flags, &token);
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ")"))
-		goto out_free;
+	memset(&record, 0, sizeof(record));
+	record.cpu = cpu;
+	record.size = size;
+	record.data = data;
 
-	free_token(token);
-	type = read_token_item(tok);
-	return type;
-
-out_free:
-	free_token(token);
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
+	trace_seq_init(&s);
+	pevent_print_event(pevent, &s, &record);
+	trace_seq_do_printf(&s);
+	printf("\n");
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_symbols(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+void print_event(int cpu, void *data, int size, unsigned long long nsecs,
+		  char *comm)
 {
-	struct print_arg *field;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-
-	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
-	arg->type = PRINT_SYMBOL;
-
-	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_DELIM, "(") < 0)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	field = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*field));
-
-	type = process_arg(event, field, &token);
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
-		goto out_free;
+	struct pevent_record record;
+	struct trace_seq s;
+	int pid;
 
-	arg->symbol.field = field;
+	pevent->latency_format = latency_format;
 
-	type = process_fields(event, &arg->symbol.symbols, &token);
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ")"))
-		goto out_free;
+	record.ts = nsecs;
+	record.cpu = cpu;
+	record.size = size;
+	record.data = data;
+	pid = pevent_data_pid(pevent, &record);
 
-	free_token(token);
-	type = read_token_item(tok);
-	return type;
+	if (!pevent_pid_is_registered(pevent, pid))
+		pevent_register_comm(pevent, comm, pid);
 
-out_free:
-	free_token(token);
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
+	trace_seq_init(&s);
+	pevent_print_event(pevent, &s, &record);
+	trace_seq_do_printf(&s);
+	printf("\n");
 }
 
-static enum event_type
-process_paren(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+void parse_proc_kallsyms(char *file, unsigned int size __unused)
 {
-	struct print_arg *item_arg;
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-
-	type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
-
-	if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	if (type == EVENT_OP)
-		type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
-
-	if (type == EVENT_ERROR)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ")")) {
-		free_token(token);
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-	}
-
-	free_token(token);
-	type = read_token_item(&token);
-
-	/*
-	 * If the next token is an item or another open paren, then
-	 * this was a typecast.
-	 */
-	if (event_item_type(type) ||
-	    (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, "(") == 0)) {
-
-		/* make this a typecast and contine */
+	unsigned long long addr;
+	char *func;
+	char *line;
+	char *next = NULL;
+	char *addr_str;
+	char *mod;
+	char ch;
 
-		/* prevous must be an atom */
-		if (arg->type != PRINT_ATOM)
-			die("previous needed to be PRINT_ATOM");
+	line = strtok_r(file, "\n", &next);
+	while (line) {
+		mod = NULL;
+		sscanf(line, "%as %c %as\t[%as",
+		       (float *)(void *)&addr_str, /* workaround gcc warning */
+		       &ch, (float *)(void *)&func, (float *)(void *)&mod);
+		addr = strtoull(addr_str, NULL, 16);
+		free(addr_str);
 
-		item_arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*item_arg));
+		/* truncate the extra ']' */
+		if (mod)
+			mod[strlen(mod) - 1] = 0;
 
-		arg->type = PRINT_TYPE;
-		arg->typecast.type = arg->atom.atom;
-		arg->typecast.item = item_arg;
-		type = process_arg_token(event, item_arg, &token, type);
+		pevent_register_function(pevent, func, addr, mod);
+		free(func);
+		free(mod);
 
+		line = strtok_r(NULL, "\n", &next);
 	}
-
-	*tok = token;
-	return type;
 }
 
-
-static enum event_type
-process_str(struct event *event __unused, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
+void parse_ftrace_printk(char *file, unsigned int size __unused)
 {
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_DELIM, "(") < 0)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
-		goto fail;
-
-	arg->type = PRINT_STRING;
-	arg->string.string = token;
-	arg->string.offset = -1;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_DELIM, ")") < 0)
-		return EVENT_ERROR;
-
-	type = read_token(&token);
-	*tok = token;
-
-	return type;
-fail:
-	free_token(token);
-	return EVENT_ERROR;
-}
+	unsigned long long addr;
+	char *printk;
+	char *line;
+	char *next = NULL;
+	char *addr_str;
+	char *fmt;
 
-enum event_type
-process_arg_token(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg,
-		  char **tok, enum event_type type)
-{
-	char *token;
-	char *atom;
-
-	token = *tok;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case EVENT_ITEM:
-		if (strcmp(token, "REC") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			type = process_entry(event, arg, &token);
-		} else if (strcmp(token, "__print_flags") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			is_flag_field = 1;
-			type = process_flags(event, arg, &token);
-		} else if (strcmp(token, "__print_symbolic") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			is_symbolic_field = 1;
-			type = process_symbols(event, arg, &token);
-		} else if (strcmp(token, "__get_str") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			type = process_str(event, arg, &token);
-		} else {
-			atom = token;
-			/* test the next token */
-			type = read_token_item(&token);
-
-			/* atoms can be more than one token long */
-			while (type == EVENT_ITEM) {
-				atom = realloc(atom, strlen(atom) + strlen(token) + 2);
-				strcat(atom, " ");
-				strcat(atom, token);
-				free_token(token);
-				type = read_token_item(&token);
-			}
-
-			/* todo, test for function */
-
-			arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
-			arg->atom.atom = atom;
-		}
-		break;
-	case EVENT_DQUOTE:
-	case EVENT_SQUOTE:
-		arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
-		arg->atom.atom = token;
-		type = read_token_item(&token);
-		break;
-	case EVENT_DELIM:
-		if (strcmp(token, "(") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			type = process_paren(event, arg, &token);
+	line = strtok_r(file, "\n", &next);
+	while (line) {
+		addr_str = strtok_r(line, ":", &fmt);
+		if (!addr_str) {
+			warning("printk format with empty entry");
 			break;
 		}
-	case EVENT_OP:
-		/* handle single ops */
-		arg->type = PRINT_OP;
-		arg->op.op = token;
-		arg->op.left = NULL;
-		type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
-
-		break;
-
-	case EVENT_ERROR ... EVENT_NEWLINE:
-	default:
-		die("unexpected type %d", type);
-	}
-	*tok = token;
-
-	return type;
-}
-
-static int event_read_print_args(struct event *event, struct print_arg **list)
-{
-	enum event_type type = EVENT_ERROR;
-	struct print_arg *arg;
-	char *token;
-	int args = 0;
-
-	do {
-		if (type == EVENT_NEWLINE) {
-			free_token(token);
-			type = read_token_item(&token);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-		memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
-
-		type = process_arg(event, arg, &token);
-
-		if (type == EVENT_ERROR) {
-			free_arg(arg);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		*list = arg;
-		args++;
-
-		if (type == EVENT_OP) {
-			type = process_op(event, arg, &token);
-			list = &arg->next;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (type == EVENT_DELIM && strcmp(token, ",") == 0) {
-			free_token(token);
-			*list = arg;
-			list = &arg->next;
-			continue;
-		}
-		break;
-	} while (type != EVENT_NONE);
-
-	if (type != EVENT_NONE)
-		free_token(token);
-
-	return args;
-}
-
-static int event_read_print(struct event *event)
-{
-	enum event_type type;
-	char *token;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "print") < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_ITEM, "fmt") < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read_expected(EVENT_OP, ":") < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_DQUOTE, &token) < 0)
-		goto fail;
-
- concat:
-	event->print_fmt.format = token;
-	event->print_fmt.args = NULL;
-
-	/* ok to have no arg */
-	type = read_token_item(&token);
-
-	if (type == EVENT_NONE)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Handle concatination of print lines */
-	if (type == EVENT_DQUOTE) {
-		char *cat;
-
-		cat = malloc_or_die(strlen(event->print_fmt.format) +
-				    strlen(token) + 1);
-		strcpy(cat, event->print_fmt.format);
-		strcat(cat, token);
-		free_token(token);
-		free_token(event->print_fmt.format);
-		event->print_fmt.format = NULL;
-		token = cat;
-		goto concat;
-	}
-
-	if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, ","))
-		goto fail;
-
-	free_token(token);
-
-	ret = event_read_print_args(event, &event->print_fmt.args);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	return ret;
-
- fail:
-	free_token(token);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static struct format_field *
-find_common_field(struct event *event, const char *name)
-{
-	struct format_field *format;
-
-	for (format = event->format.common_fields;
-	     format; format = format->next) {
-		if (strcmp(format->name, name) == 0)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	return format;
-}
-
-static struct format_field *
-find_field(struct event *event, const char *name)
-{
-	struct format_field *format;
-
-	for (format = event->format.fields;
-	     format; format = format->next) {
-		if (strcmp(format->name, name) == 0)
-			break;
+		addr = strtoull(addr_str, NULL, 16);
+		/* fmt still has a space, skip it */
+		printk = strdup(fmt+1);
+		line = strtok_r(NULL, "\n", &next);
+		pevent_register_print_string(pevent, printk, addr);
 	}
-
-	return format;
 }
 
-static struct format_field *
-find_any_field(struct event *event, const char *name)
+int parse_ftrace_file(char *buf, unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct format_field *format;
-
-	format = find_common_field(event, name);
-	if (format)
-		return format;
-	return find_field(event, name);
+	return pevent_parse_event(pevent, buf, size, "ftrace");
 }
 
-unsigned long long read_size(void *ptr, int size)
+int parse_event_file(char *buf, unsigned long size, char *sys)
 {
-	switch (size) {
-	case 1:
-		return *(unsigned char *)ptr;
-	case 2:
-		return data2host2(ptr);
-	case 4:
-		return data2host4(ptr);
-	case 8:
-		return data2host8(ptr);
-	default:
-		/* BUG! */
-		return 0;
-	}
+	return pevent_parse_event(pevent, buf, size, sys);
 }
 
-unsigned long long
-raw_field_value(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
+struct event_format *trace_find_next_event(struct event_format *event)
 {
-	struct format_field *field;
-
-	field = find_any_field(event, name);
-	if (!field)
-		return 0ULL;
+	static int idx;
 
-	return read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-}
-
-void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
-{
-	struct format_field *field;
-
-	field = find_any_field(event, name);
-	if (!field)
+	if (!pevent->events)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
-		int offset;
-
-		offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);
-		offset &= 0xffff;
-
-		return data + offset;
-	}
-
-	return data + field->offset;
-}
-
-static int get_common_info(const char *type, int *offset, int *size)
-{
-	struct event *event;
-	struct format_field *field;
-
-	/*
-	 * All events should have the same common elements.
-	 * Pick any event to find where the type is;
-	 */
-	if (!event_list)
-		die("no event_list!");
-
-	event = event_list;
-	field = find_common_field(event, type);
-	if (!field)
-		die("field '%s' not found", type);
-
-	*offset = field->offset;
-	*size = field->size;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int __parse_common(void *data, int *size, int *offset,
-			  const char *name)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!*size) {
-		ret = get_common_info(name, offset, size);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+	if (!event) {
+		idx = 0;
+		return pevent->events[0];
 	}
-	return read_size(data + *offset, *size);
-}
-
-int trace_parse_common_type(void *data)
-{
-	static int type_offset;
-	static int type_size;
-
-	return __parse_common(data, &type_size, &type_offset,
-			      "common_type");
-}
-
-int trace_parse_common_pid(void *data)
-{
-	static int pid_offset;
-	static int pid_size;
-
-	return __parse_common(data, &pid_size, &pid_offset,
-			      "common_pid");
-}
-
-int parse_common_pc(void *data)
-{
-	static int pc_offset;
-	static int pc_size;
-
-	return __parse_common(data, &pc_size, &pc_offset,
-			      "common_preempt_count");
-}
-
-int parse_common_flags(void *data)
-{
-	static int flags_offset;
-	static int flags_size;
-
-	return __parse_common(data, &flags_size, &flags_offset,
-			      "common_flags");
-}
-
-int parse_common_lock_depth(void *data)
-{
-	static int ld_offset;
-	static int ld_size;
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = __parse_common(data, &ld_size, &ld_offset,
-			     "common_lock_depth");
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-struct event *trace_find_event(int id)
-{
-	struct event *event;
-
-	for (event = event_list; event; event = event->next) {
-		if (event->id == id)
-			break;
+	if (idx < pevent->nr_events && event == pevent->events[idx]) {
+		idx++;
+		if (idx == pevent->nr_events)
+			return NULL;
+		return pevent->events[idx];
 	}
-	return event;
-}
-
-struct event *trace_find_next_event(struct event *event)
-{
-	if (!event)
-		return event_list;
-
-	return event->next;
-}
-
-static unsigned long long eval_num_arg(void *data, int size,
-				   struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg)
-{
-	unsigned long long val = 0;
-	unsigned long long left, right;
-	struct print_arg *larg;
 
-	switch (arg->type) {
-	case PRINT_NULL:
-		/* ?? */
-		return 0;
-	case PRINT_ATOM:
-		return strtoull(arg->atom.atom, NULL, 0);
-	case PRINT_FIELD:
-		if (!arg->field.field) {
-			arg->field.field = find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
-			if (!arg->field.field)
-				die("field %s not found", arg->field.name);
-		}
-		/* must be a number */
-		val = read_size(data + arg->field.field->offset,
-				arg->field.field->size);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_FLAGS:
-	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
-		break;
-	case PRINT_TYPE:
-		return eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->typecast.item);
-	case PRINT_STRING:
-		return 0;
-		break;
-	case PRINT_OP:
-		if (strcmp(arg->op.op, "[") == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * Arrays are special, since we don't want
-			 * to read the arg as is.
-			 */
-			if (arg->op.left->type != PRINT_FIELD)
-				goto default_op; /* oops, all bets off */
-			larg = arg->op.left;
-			if (!larg->field.field) {
-				larg->field.field =
-					find_any_field(event, larg->field.name);
-				if (!larg->field.field)
-					die("field %s not found", larg->field.name);
-			}
-			right = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right);
-			val = read_size(data + larg->field.field->offset +
-					right * long_size, long_size);
-			break;
-		}
- default_op:
-		left = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.left);
-		right = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right);
-		switch (arg->op.op[0]) {
-		case '|':
-			if (arg->op.op[1])
-				val = left || right;
-			else
-				val = left | right;
-			break;
-		case '&':
-			if (arg->op.op[1])
-				val = left && right;
-			else
-				val = left & right;
-			break;
-		case '<':
-			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
-			case 0:
-				val = left < right;
-				break;
-			case '<':
-				val = left << right;
-				break;
-			case '=':
-				val = left <= right;
-				break;
-			default:
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-			}
-			break;
-		case '>':
-			switch (arg->op.op[1]) {
-			case 0:
-				val = left > right;
-				break;
-			case '>':
-				val = left >> right;
-				break;
-			case '=':
-				val = left >= right;
-				break;
-			default:
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-			}
-			break;
-		case '=':
-			if (arg->op.op[1] != '=')
-				die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-			val = left == right;
-			break;
-		case '-':
-			val = left - right;
-			break;
-		case '+':
-			val = left + right;
-			break;
-		default:
-			die("unknown op '%s'", arg->op.op);
-		}
-		break;
-	default: /* not sure what to do there */
-		return 0;
+	for (idx = 1; idx < pevent->nr_events; idx++) {
+		if (event == pevent->events[idx - 1])
+			return pevent->events[idx];
 	}
-	return val;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 struct flag {
@@ -2221,933 +357,3 @@ unsigned long long eval_flag(const char *flag)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static void print_str_arg(void *data, int size,
-			  struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg)
-{
-	struct print_flag_sym *flag;
-	unsigned long long val, fval;
-	char *str;
-	int print;
-
-	switch (arg->type) {
-	case PRINT_NULL:
-		/* ?? */
-		return;
-	case PRINT_ATOM:
-		printf("%s", arg->atom.atom);
-		return;
-	case PRINT_FIELD:
-		if (!arg->field.field) {
-			arg->field.field = find_any_field(event, arg->field.name);
-			if (!arg->field.field)
-				die("field %s not found", arg->field.name);
-		}
-		str = malloc_or_die(arg->field.field->size + 1);
-		memcpy(str, data + arg->field.field->offset,
-		       arg->field.field->size);
-		str[arg->field.field->size] = 0;
-		printf("%s", str);
-		free(str);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_FLAGS:
-		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->flags.field);
-		print = 0;
-		for (flag = arg->flags.flags; flag; flag = flag->next) {
-			fval = eval_flag(flag->value);
-			if (!val && !fval) {
-				printf("%s", flag->str);
-				break;
-			}
-			if (fval && (val & fval) == fval) {
-				if (print && arg->flags.delim)
-					printf("%s", arg->flags.delim);
-				printf("%s", flag->str);
-				print = 1;
-				val &= ~fval;
-			}
-		}
-		break;
-	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
-		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->symbol.field);
-		for (flag = arg->symbol.symbols; flag; flag = flag->next) {
-			fval = eval_flag(flag->value);
-			if (val == fval) {
-				printf("%s", flag->str);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		break;
-
-	case PRINT_TYPE:
-		break;
-	case PRINT_STRING: {
-		int str_offset;
-
-		if (arg->string.offset == -1) {
-			struct format_field *f;
-
-			f = find_any_field(event, arg->string.string);
-			arg->string.offset = f->offset;
-		}
-		str_offset = *(int *)(data + arg->string.offset);
-		str_offset &= 0xffff;
-		printf("%s", ((char *)data) + str_offset);
-		break;
-	}
-	case PRINT_OP:
-		/*
-		 * The only op for string should be ? :
-		 */
-		if (arg->op.op[0] != '?')
-			return;
-		val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.left);
-		if (val)
-			print_str_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right->op.left);
-		else
-			print_str_arg(data, size, event, arg->op.right->op.right);
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* well... */
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
-static struct print_arg *make_bprint_args(char *fmt, void *data, int size, struct event *event)
-{
-	static struct format_field *field, *ip_field;
-	struct print_arg *args, *arg, **next;
-	unsigned long long ip, val;
-	char *ptr;
-	void *bptr;
-
-	if (!field) {
-		field = find_field(event, "buf");
-		if (!field)
-			die("can't find buffer field for binary printk");
-		ip_field = find_field(event, "ip");
-		if (!ip_field)
-			die("can't find ip field for binary printk");
-	}
-
-	ip = read_size(data + ip_field->offset, ip_field->size);
-
-	/*
-	 * The first arg is the IP pointer.
-	 */
-	args = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*args));
-	arg = args;
-	arg->next = NULL;
-	next = &arg->next;
-
-	arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
-	arg->atom.atom = malloc_or_die(32);
-	sprintf(arg->atom.atom, "%lld", ip);
-
-	/* skip the first "%pf : " */
-	for (ptr = fmt + 6, bptr = data + field->offset;
-	     bptr < data + size && *ptr; ptr++) {
-		int ls = 0;
-
-		if (*ptr == '%') {
- process_again:
-			ptr++;
-			switch (*ptr) {
-			case '%':
-				break;
-			case 'l':
-				ls++;
-				goto process_again;
-			case 'L':
-				ls = 2;
-				goto process_again;
-			case '0' ... '9':
-				goto process_again;
-			case 'p':
-				ls = 1;
-				/* fall through */
-			case 'd':
-			case 'u':
-			case 'x':
-			case 'i':
-				/* the pointers are always 4 bytes aligned */
-				bptr = (void *)(((unsigned long)bptr + 3) &
-						~3);
-				switch (ls) {
-				case 0:
-				case 1:
-					ls = long_size;
-					break;
-				case 2:
-					ls = 8;
-				default:
-					break;
-				}
-				val = read_size(bptr, ls);
-				bptr += ls;
-				arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-				arg->next = NULL;
-				arg->type = PRINT_ATOM;
-				arg->atom.atom = malloc_or_die(32);
-				sprintf(arg->atom.atom, "%lld", val);
-				*next = arg;
-				next = &arg->next;
-				break;
-			case 's':
-				arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-				arg->next = NULL;
-				arg->type = PRINT_STRING;
-				arg->string.string = strdup(bptr);
-				bptr += strlen(bptr) + 1;
-				*next = arg;
-				next = &arg->next;
-			default:
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return args;
-}
-
-static void free_args(struct print_arg *args)
-{
-	struct print_arg *next;
-
-	while (args) {
-		next = args->next;
-
-		if (args->type == PRINT_ATOM)
-			free(args->atom.atom);
-		else
-			free(args->string.string);
-		free(args);
-		args = next;
-	}
-}
-
-static char *get_bprint_format(void *data, int size __unused, struct event *event)
-{
-	unsigned long long addr;
-	static struct format_field *field;
-	struct printk_map *printk;
-	char *format;
-	char *p;
-
-	if (!field) {
-		field = find_field(event, "fmt");
-		if (!field)
-			die("can't find format field for binary printk");
-		printf("field->offset = %d size=%d\n", field->offset, field->size);
-	}
-
-	addr = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	printk = find_printk(addr);
-	if (!printk) {
-		format = malloc_or_die(45);
-		sprintf(format, "%%pf : (NO FORMAT FOUND at %llx)\n",
-			addr);
-		return format;
-	}
-
-	p = printk->printk;
-	/* Remove any quotes. */
-	if (*p == '"')
-		p++;
-	format = malloc_or_die(strlen(p) + 10);
-	sprintf(format, "%s : %s", "%pf", p);
-	/* remove ending quotes and new line since we will add one too */
-	p = format + strlen(format) - 1;
-	if (*p == '"')
-		*p = 0;
-
-	p -= 2;
-	if (strcmp(p, "\\n") == 0)
-		*p = 0;
-
-	return format;
-}
-
-static void pretty_print(void *data, int size, struct event *event)
-{
-	struct print_fmt *print_fmt = &event->print_fmt;
-	struct print_arg *arg = print_fmt->args;
-	struct print_arg *args = NULL;
-	const char *ptr = print_fmt->format;
-	unsigned long long val;
-	struct func_map *func;
-	const char *saveptr;
-	char *bprint_fmt = NULL;
-	char format[32];
-	int show_func;
-	int len;
-	int ls;
-
-	if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFUNC)
-		ptr = " %pF <-- %pF";
-
-	if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT) {
-		bprint_fmt = get_bprint_format(data, size, event);
-		args = make_bprint_args(bprint_fmt, data, size, event);
-		arg = args;
-		ptr = bprint_fmt;
-	}
-
-	for (; *ptr; ptr++) {
-		ls = 0;
-		if (*ptr == '\\') {
-			ptr++;
-			switch (*ptr) {
-			case 'n':
-				printf("\n");
-				break;
-			case 't':
-				printf("\t");
-				break;
-			case 'r':
-				printf("\r");
-				break;
-			case '\\':
-				printf("\\");
-				break;
-			default:
-				printf("%c", *ptr);
-				break;
-			}
-
-		} else if (*ptr == '%') {
-			saveptr = ptr;
-			show_func = 0;
- cont_process:
-			ptr++;
-			switch (*ptr) {
-			case '%':
-				printf("%%");
-				break;
-			case 'l':
-				ls++;
-				goto cont_process;
-			case 'L':
-				ls = 2;
-				goto cont_process;
-			case 'z':
-			case 'Z':
-			case '0' ... '9':
-				goto cont_process;
-			case 'p':
-				if (long_size == 4)
-					ls = 1;
-				else
-					ls = 2;
-
-				if (*(ptr+1) == 'F' ||
-				    *(ptr+1) == 'f') {
-					ptr++;
-					show_func = *ptr;
-				}
-
-				/* fall through */
-			case 'd':
-			case 'i':
-			case 'x':
-			case 'X':
-			case 'u':
-				if (!arg)
-					die("no argument match");
-
-				len = ((unsigned long)ptr + 1) -
-					(unsigned long)saveptr;
-
-				/* should never happen */
-				if (len > 32)
-					die("bad format!");
-
-				memcpy(format, saveptr, len);
-				format[len] = 0;
-
-				val = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg);
-				arg = arg->next;
-
-				if (show_func) {
-					func = find_func(val);
-					if (func) {
-						printf("%s", func->func);
-						if (show_func == 'F')
-							printf("+0x%llx",
-							       val - func->addr);
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-				switch (ls) {
-				case 0:
-					printf(format, (int)val);
-					break;
-				case 1:
-					printf(format, (long)val);
-					break;
-				case 2:
-					printf(format, (long long)val);
-					break;
-				default:
-					die("bad count (%d)", ls);
-				}
-				break;
-			case 's':
-				if (!arg)
-					die("no matching argument");
-
-				print_str_arg(data, size, event, arg);
-				arg = arg->next;
-				break;
-			default:
-				printf(">%c<", *ptr);
-
-			}
-		} else
-			printf("%c", *ptr);
-	}
-
-	if (args) {
-		free_args(args);
-		free(bprint_fmt);
-	}
-}
-
-static inline int log10_cpu(int nb)
-{
-	if (nb / 100)
-		return 3;
-	if (nb / 10)
-		return 2;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static void print_lat_fmt(void *data, int size __unused)
-{
-	unsigned int lat_flags;
-	unsigned int pc;
-	int lock_depth;
-	int hardirq;
-	int softirq;
-
-	lat_flags = parse_common_flags(data);
-	pc = parse_common_pc(data);
-	lock_depth = parse_common_lock_depth(data);
-
-	hardirq = lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ;
-	softirq = lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ;
-
-	printf("%c%c%c",
-	       (lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF) ? 'd' :
-	       (lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT) ?
-	       'X' : '.',
-	       (lat_flags & TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED) ?
-	       'N' : '.',
-	       (hardirq && softirq) ? 'H' :
-	       hardirq ? 'h' : softirq ? 's' : '.');
-
-	if (pc)
-		printf("%x", pc);
-	else
-		printf(".");
-
-	if (lock_depth < 0)
-		printf(". ");
-	else
-		printf("%d ", lock_depth);
-}
-
-#define TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT	2
-
-static struct record *
-get_return_for_leaf(int cpu, int cur_pid, unsigned long long cur_func,
-		    struct record *next)
-{
-	struct format_field *field;
-	struct event *event;
-	unsigned long val;
-	int type;
-	int pid;
-
-	type = trace_parse_common_type(next->data);
-	event = trace_find_event(type);
-	if (!event)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (!(event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET))
-		return NULL;
-
-	pid = trace_parse_common_pid(next->data);
-	field = find_field(event, "func");
-	if (!field)
-		die("function return does not have field func");
-
-	val = read_size(next->data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	if (cur_pid != pid || cur_func != val)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* this is a leaf, now advance the iterator */
-	return trace_read_data(cpu);
-}
-
-/* Signal a overhead of time execution to the output */
-static void print_graph_overhead(unsigned long long duration)
-{
-	/* Non nested entry or return */
-	if (duration == ~0ULL)
-		return (void)printf("  ");
-
-	/* Duration exceeded 100 msecs */
-	if (duration > 100000ULL)
-		return (void)printf("! ");
-
-	/* Duration exceeded 10 msecs */
-	if (duration > 10000ULL)
-		return (void)printf("+ ");
-
-	printf("  ");
-}
-
-static void print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration)
-{
-	unsigned long usecs = duration / 1000;
-	unsigned long nsecs_rem = duration % 1000;
-	/* log10(ULONG_MAX) + '\0' */
-	char msecs_str[21];
-	char nsecs_str[5];
-	int len;
-	int i;
-
-	sprintf(msecs_str, "%lu", usecs);
-
-	/* Print msecs */
-	len = printf("%lu", usecs);
-
-	/* Print nsecs (we don't want to exceed 7 numbers) */
-	if (len < 7) {
-		snprintf(nsecs_str, 8 - len, "%03lu", nsecs_rem);
-		len += printf(".%s", nsecs_str);
-	}
-
-	printf(" us ");
-
-	/* Print remaining spaces to fit the row's width */
-	for (i = len; i < 7; i++)
-		printf(" ");
-
-	printf("|  ");
-}
-
-static void
-print_graph_entry_leaf(struct event *event, void *data, struct record *ret_rec)
-{
-	unsigned long long rettime, calltime;
-	unsigned long long duration, depth;
-	unsigned long long val;
-	struct format_field *field;
-	struct func_map *func;
-	struct event *ret_event;
-	int type;
-	int i;
-
-	type = trace_parse_common_type(ret_rec->data);
-	ret_event = trace_find_event(type);
-
-	field = find_field(ret_event, "rettime");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find rettime in return graph");
-	rettime = read_size(ret_rec->data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	field = find_field(ret_event, "calltime");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find rettime in return graph");
-	calltime = read_size(ret_rec->data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	duration = rettime - calltime;
-
-	/* Overhead */
-	print_graph_overhead(duration);
-
-	/* Duration */
-	print_graph_duration(duration);
-
-	field = find_field(event, "depth");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find depth in entry graph");
-	depth = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	/* Function */
-	for (i = 0; i < (int)(depth * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT); i++)
-		printf(" ");
-
-	field = find_field(event, "func");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find func in entry graph");
-	val = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-	func = find_func(val);
-
-	if (func)
-		printf("%s();", func->func);
-	else
-		printf("%llx();", val);
-}
-
-static void print_graph_nested(struct event *event, void *data)
-{
-	struct format_field *field;
-	unsigned long long depth;
-	unsigned long long val;
-	struct func_map *func;
-	int i;
-
-	/* No overhead */
-	print_graph_overhead(-1);
-
-	/* No time */
-	printf("           |  ");
-
-	field = find_field(event, "depth");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find depth in entry graph");
-	depth = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	/* Function */
-	for (i = 0; i < (int)(depth * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT); i++)
-		printf(" ");
-
-	field = find_field(event, "func");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find func in entry graph");
-	val = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-	func = find_func(val);
-
-	if (func)
-		printf("%s() {", func->func);
-	else
-		printf("%llx() {", val);
-}
-
-static void
-pretty_print_func_ent(void *data, int size, struct event *event,
-		      int cpu, int pid)
-{
-	struct format_field *field;
-	struct record *rec;
-	void *copy_data;
-	unsigned long val;
-
-	if (latency_format) {
-		print_lat_fmt(data, size);
-		printf(" | ");
-	}
-
-	field = find_field(event, "func");
-	if (!field)
-		die("function entry does not have func field");
-
-	val = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	/*
-	 * peek_data may unmap the data pointer. Copy it first.
-	 */
-	copy_data = malloc_or_die(size);
-	memcpy(copy_data, data, size);
-	data = copy_data;
-
-	rec = trace_peek_data(cpu);
-	if (rec) {
-		rec = get_return_for_leaf(cpu, pid, val, rec);
-		if (rec) {
-			print_graph_entry_leaf(event, data, rec);
-			goto out_free;
-		}
-	}
-	print_graph_nested(event, data);
-out_free:
-	free(data);
-}
-
-static void
-pretty_print_func_ret(void *data, int size __unused, struct event *event)
-{
-	unsigned long long rettime, calltime;
-	unsigned long long duration, depth;
-	struct format_field *field;
-	int i;
-
-	if (latency_format) {
-		print_lat_fmt(data, size);
-		printf(" | ");
-	}
-
-	field = find_field(event, "rettime");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find rettime in return graph");
-	rettime = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	field = find_field(event, "calltime");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find calltime in return graph");
-	calltime = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	duration = rettime - calltime;
-
-	/* Overhead */
-	print_graph_overhead(duration);
-
-	/* Duration */
-	print_graph_duration(duration);
-
-	field = find_field(event, "depth");
-	if (!field)
-		die("can't find depth in entry graph");
-	depth = read_size(data + field->offset, field->size);
-
-	/* Function */
-	for (i = 0; i < (int)(depth * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT); i++)
-		printf(" ");
-
-	printf("}");
-}
-
-static void
-pretty_print_func_graph(void *data, int size, struct event *event,
-			int cpu, int pid)
-{
-	if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFUNCENT)
-		pretty_print_func_ent(data, size, event, cpu, pid);
-	else if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET)
-		pretty_print_func_ret(data, size, event);
-	printf("\n");
-}
-
-void print_trace_event(int cpu, void *data, int size)
-{
-	struct event *event;
-	int type;
-	int pid;
-
-	type = trace_parse_common_type(data);
-
-	event = trace_find_event(type);
-	if (!event) {
-		warning("ug! no event found for type %d", type);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	pid = trace_parse_common_pid(data);
-
-	if (event->flags & (EVENT_FL_ISFUNCENT | EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET))
-		return pretty_print_func_graph(data, size, event, cpu, pid);
-
-	if (latency_format)
-		print_lat_fmt(data, size);
-
-	if (event->flags & EVENT_FL_FAILED) {
-		printf("EVENT '%s' FAILED TO PARSE\n",
-		       event->name);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	pretty_print(data, size, event);
-}
-
-static void print_fields(struct print_flag_sym *field)
-{
-	printf("{ %s, %s }", field->value, field->str);
-	if (field->next) {
-		printf(", ");
-		print_fields(field->next);
-	}
-}
-
-static void print_args(struct print_arg *args)
-{
-	int print_paren = 1;
-
-	switch (args->type) {
-	case PRINT_NULL:
-		printf("null");
-		break;
-	case PRINT_ATOM:
-		printf("%s", args->atom.atom);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_FIELD:
-		printf("REC->%s", args->field.name);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_FLAGS:
-		printf("__print_flags(");
-		print_args(args->flags.field);
-		printf(", %s, ", args->flags.delim);
-		print_fields(args->flags.flags);
-		printf(")");
-		break;
-	case PRINT_SYMBOL:
-		printf("__print_symbolic(");
-		print_args(args->symbol.field);
-		printf(", ");
-		print_fields(args->symbol.symbols);
-		printf(")");
-		break;
-	case PRINT_STRING:
-		printf("__get_str(%s)", args->string.string);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_TYPE:
-		printf("(%s)", args->typecast.type);
-		print_args(args->typecast.item);
-		break;
-	case PRINT_OP:
-		if (strcmp(args->op.op, ":") == 0)
-			print_paren = 0;
-		if (print_paren)
-			printf("(");
-		print_args(args->op.left);
-		printf(" %s ", args->op.op);
-		print_args(args->op.right);
-		if (print_paren)
-			printf(")");
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* we should warn... */
-		return;
-	}
-	if (args->next) {
-		printf("\n");
-		print_args(args->next);
-	}
-}
-
-int parse_ftrace_file(char *buf, unsigned long size)
-{
-	struct format_field *field;
-	struct print_arg *arg, **list;
-	struct event *event;
-	int ret;
-
-	init_input_buf(buf, size);
-
-	event = alloc_event();
-	if (!event)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE;
-
-	event->name = event_read_name();
-	if (!event->name)
-		die("failed to read ftrace event name");
-
-	if (strcmp(event->name, "function") == 0)
-		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISFUNC;
-
-	else if (strcmp(event->name, "funcgraph_entry") == 0)
-		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISFUNCENT;
-
-	else if (strcmp(event->name, "funcgraph_exit") == 0)
-		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET;
-
-	else if (strcmp(event->name, "bprint") == 0)
-		event->flags |= EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT;
-
-	event->id = event_read_id();
-	if (event->id < 0)
-		die("failed to read ftrace event id");
-
-	add_event(event);
-
-	ret = event_read_format(event);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		die("failed to read ftrace event format");
-
-	ret = event_read_print(event);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		die("failed to read ftrace event print fmt");
-
-	/* New ftrace handles args */
-	if (ret > 0)
-		return 0;
-	/*
-	 * The arguments for ftrace files are parsed by the fields.
-	 * Set up the fields as their arguments.
-	 */
-	list = &event->print_fmt.args;
-	for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
-		arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
-		memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
-		*list = arg;
-		list = &arg->next;
-		arg->type = PRINT_FIELD;
-		arg->field.name = field->name;
-		arg->field.field = field;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int parse_event_file(char *buf, unsigned long size, char *sys)
-{
-	struct event *event;
-	int ret;
-
-	init_input_buf(buf, size);
-
-	event = alloc_event();
-	if (!event)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	event->name = event_read_name();
-	if (!event->name)
-		die("failed to read event name");
-
-	event->id = event_read_id();
-	if (event->id < 0)
-		die("failed to read event id");
-
-	ret = event_read_format(event);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		warning("failed to read event format for %s", event->name);
-		goto event_failed;
-	}
-
-	ret = event_read_print(event);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		warning("failed to read event print fmt for %s", event->name);
-		goto event_failed;
-	}
-
-	event->system = strdup(sys);
-
-#define PRINT_ARGS 0
-	if (PRINT_ARGS && event->print_fmt.args)
-		print_args(event->print_fmt.args);
-
-	add_event(event);
-	return 0;
-
- event_failed:
-	event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
-	/* still add it even if it failed */
-	add_event(event);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-void parse_set_info(int nr_cpus, int long_sz)
-{
-	cpus = nr_cpus;
-	long_size = long_sz;
-}
-
-int common_pc(struct scripting_context *context)
-{
-	return parse_common_pc(context->event_data);
-}
-
-int common_flags(struct scripting_context *context)
-{
-	return parse_common_flags(context->event_data);
-}
-
-int common_lock_depth(struct scripting_context *context)
-{
-	return parse_common_lock_depth(context->event_data);
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index b9592e0de8d7..f097e0dd6c5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ static unsigned long	page_size;
 static ssize_t calc_data_size;
 static bool repipe;
 
+static void *malloc_or_die(int size)
+{
+	void *ret;
+
+	ret = malloc(size);
+	if (!ret)
+		die("malloc");
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int do_read(int fd, void *buf, int size)
 {
 	int rsize = size;
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ static unsigned int read4(void)
 	unsigned int data;
 
 	read_or_die(&data, 4);
-	return __data2host4(data);
+	return __data2host4(perf_pevent, data);
 }
 
 static unsigned long long read8(void)
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ static unsigned long long read8(void)
 	unsigned long long data;
 
 	read_or_die(&data, 8);
-	return __data2host8(data);
+	return __data2host8(perf_pevent, data);
 }
 
 static char *read_string(void)
@@ -282,7 +292,7 @@ struct cpu_data {
 	unsigned long long	offset;
 	unsigned long long	size;
 	unsigned long long	timestamp;
-	struct record		*next;
+	struct pevent_record	*next;
 	char			*page;
 	int			cpu;
 	int			index;
@@ -367,9 +377,9 @@ static int calc_index(void *ptr, int cpu)
 	return (unsigned long)ptr - (unsigned long)cpu_data[cpu].page;
 }
 
-struct record *trace_peek_data(int cpu)
+struct pevent_record *trace_peek_data(int cpu)
 {
-	struct record *data;
+	struct pevent_record *data;
 	void *page = cpu_data[cpu].page;
 	int idx = cpu_data[cpu].index;
 	void *ptr = page + idx;
@@ -389,15 +399,15 @@ struct record *trace_peek_data(int cpu)
 		/* FIXME: handle header page */
 		if (header_page_ts_size != 8)
 			die("expected a long long type for timestamp");
-		cpu_data[cpu].timestamp = data2host8(ptr);
+		cpu_data[cpu].timestamp = data2host8(perf_pevent, ptr);
 		ptr += 8;
 		switch (header_page_size_size) {
 		case 4:
-			cpu_data[cpu].page_size = data2host4(ptr);
+			cpu_data[cpu].page_size = data2host4(perf_pevent, ptr);
 			ptr += 4;
 			break;
 		case 8:
-			cpu_data[cpu].page_size = data2host8(ptr);
+			cpu_data[cpu].page_size = data2host8(perf_pevent, ptr);
 			ptr += 8;
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -414,7 +424,7 @@ read_again:
 		return trace_peek_data(cpu);
 	}
 
-	type_len_ts = data2host4(ptr);
+	type_len_ts = data2host4(perf_pevent, ptr);
 	ptr += 4;
 
 	type_len = type_len4host(type_len_ts);
@@ -424,14 +434,14 @@ read_again:
 	case RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING:
 		if (!delta)
 			die("error, hit unexpected end of page");
-		length = data2host4(ptr);
+		length = data2host4(perf_pevent, ptr);
 		ptr += 4;
 		length *= 4;
 		ptr += length;
 		goto read_again;
 
 	case RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
-		extend = data2host4(ptr);
+		extend = data2host4(perf_pevent, ptr);
 		ptr += 4;
 		extend <<= TS_SHIFT;
 		extend += delta;
@@ -442,7 +452,7 @@ read_again:
 		ptr += 12;
 		break;
 	case 0:
-		length = data2host4(ptr);
+		length = data2host4(perf_pevent, ptr);
 		ptr += 4;
 		die("here! length=%d", length);
 		break;
@@ -467,9 +477,9 @@ read_again:
 	return data;
 }
 
-struct record *trace_read_data(int cpu)
+struct pevent_record *trace_read_data(int cpu)
 {
-	struct record *data;
+	struct pevent_record *data;
 
 	data = trace_peek_data(cpu);
 	cpu_data[cpu].next = NULL;
@@ -509,6 +519,8 @@ ssize_t trace_report(int fd, bool __repipe)
 	file_bigendian = buf[0];
 	host_bigendian = bigendian();
 
+	read_trace_init(file_bigendian, host_bigendian);
+
 	read_or_die(buf, 1);
 	long_size = buf[0];
 
@@ -526,11 +538,11 @@ ssize_t trace_report(int fd, bool __repipe)
 	repipe = false;
 
 	if (show_funcs) {
-		print_funcs();
+		pevent_print_funcs(perf_pevent);
 		return size;
 	}
 	if (show_printk) {
-		print_printk();
+		pevent_print_printk(perf_pevent);
 		return size;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 58ae14c5baac..639852ac1117 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-#ifndef __PERF_TRACE_EVENTS_H
-#define __PERF_TRACE_EVENTS_H
+#ifndef _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
+#define _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
 
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
+#include "event-parse.h"
+#include "session.h"
 
 struct machine;
 struct perf_sample;
 union perf_event;
 struct thread;
 
-#define __unused __attribute__((unused))
-
+extern int header_page_size_size;
+extern int header_page_ts_size;
+extern int header_page_data_offset;
 
-#ifndef PAGE_MASK
-#define PAGE_MASK (page_size - 1)
-#endif
+extern bool latency_format;
+extern struct pevent *perf_pevent;
 
 enum {
 	RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING		= 29,
@@ -26,246 +27,37 @@ enum {
 #define TS_SHIFT		27
 #endif
 
-#define NSECS_PER_SEC		1000000000ULL
-#define NSECS_PER_USEC		1000ULL
-
-enum format_flags {
-	FIELD_IS_ARRAY		= 1,
-	FIELD_IS_POINTER	= 2,
-	FIELD_IS_SIGNED		= 4,
-	FIELD_IS_STRING		= 8,
-	FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC	= 16,
-	FIELD_IS_FLAG		= 32,
-	FIELD_IS_SYMBOLIC	= 64,
-};
-
-struct format_field {
-	struct format_field	*next;
-	char			*type;
-	char			*name;
-	int			offset;
-	int			size;
-	unsigned long		flags;
-};
-
-struct format {
-	int			nr_common;
-	int			nr_fields;
-	struct format_field	*common_fields;
-	struct format_field	*fields;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_atom {
-	char			*atom;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_string {
-	char			*string;
-	int			offset;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_field {
-	char			*name;
-	struct format_field	*field;
-};
-
-struct print_flag_sym {
-	struct print_flag_sym	*next;
-	char			*value;
-	char			*str;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_typecast {
-	char 			*type;
-	struct print_arg	*item;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_flags {
-	struct print_arg	*field;
-	char			*delim;
-	struct print_flag_sym	*flags;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_symbol {
-	struct print_arg	*field;
-	struct print_flag_sym	*symbols;
-};
-
-struct print_arg;
-
-struct print_arg_op {
-	char			*op;
-	int			prio;
-	struct print_arg	*left;
-	struct print_arg	*right;
-};
-
-struct print_arg_func {
-	char			*name;
-	struct print_arg	*args;
-};
-
-enum print_arg_type {
-	PRINT_NULL,
-	PRINT_ATOM,
-	PRINT_FIELD,
-	PRINT_FLAGS,
-	PRINT_SYMBOL,
-	PRINT_TYPE,
-	PRINT_STRING,
-	PRINT_OP,
-};
-
-struct print_arg {
-	struct print_arg		*next;
-	enum print_arg_type		type;
-	union {
-		struct print_arg_atom		atom;
-		struct print_arg_field		field;
-		struct print_arg_typecast	typecast;
-		struct print_arg_flags		flags;
-		struct print_arg_symbol		symbol;
-		struct print_arg_func		func;
-		struct print_arg_string		string;
-		struct print_arg_op		op;
-	};
-};
-
-struct print_fmt {
-	char			*format;
-	struct print_arg	*args;
-};
-
-struct event {
-	struct event		*next;
-	char			*name;
-	int			id;
-	int			flags;
-	struct format		format;
-	struct print_fmt	print_fmt;
-	char			*system;
-};
-
-enum {
-	EVENT_FL_ISFTRACE	= 0x01,
-	EVENT_FL_ISPRINT	= 0x02,
-	EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT	= 0x04,
-	EVENT_FL_ISFUNC		= 0x08,
-	EVENT_FL_ISFUNCENT	= 0x10,
-	EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET	= 0x20,
-
-	EVENT_FL_FAILED		= 0x80000000
-};
-
-struct record {
-	unsigned long long ts;
-	int size;
-	void *data;
-};
-
-struct record *trace_peek_data(int cpu);
-struct record *trace_read_data(int cpu);
-
-void parse_set_info(int nr_cpus, int long_sz);
-
-ssize_t trace_report(int fd, bool repipe);
-
-void *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size);
+int bigendian(void);
 
-void parse_cmdlines(char *file, int size);
-void parse_proc_kallsyms(char *file, unsigned int size);
-void parse_ftrace_printk(char *file, unsigned int size);
+int read_trace_init(int file_bigendian, int host_bigendian);
+void print_trace_event(int cpu, void *data, int size);
 
-void print_funcs(void);
-void print_printk(void);
+void print_event(int cpu, void *data, int size, unsigned long long nsecs,
+		  char *comm);
 
 int parse_ftrace_file(char *buf, unsigned long size);
 int parse_event_file(char *buf, unsigned long size, char *sys);
-void print_trace_event(int cpu, void *data, int size);
-
-extern int file_bigendian;
-extern int host_bigendian;
-
-int bigendian(void);
-
-static inline unsigned short __data2host2(unsigned short data)
-{
-	unsigned short swap;
-
-	if (host_bigendian == file_bigendian)
-		return data;
 
-	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 8) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) >> 8);
+struct pevent_record *trace_peek_data(int cpu);
+struct event_format *trace_find_event(int type);
 
-	return swap;
-}
-
-static inline unsigned int __data2host4(unsigned int data)
-{
-	unsigned int swap;
-
-	if (host_bigendian == file_bigendian)
-		return data;
-
-	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 24) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) << 8) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 16)) >> 8) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 24)) >> 24);
-
-	return swap;
-}
-
-static inline unsigned long long __data2host8(unsigned long long data)
-{
-	unsigned long long swap;
-
-	if (host_bigendian == file_bigendian)
-		return data;
-
-	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 56) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) << 40) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 16)) << 24) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 24)) << 8) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 32)) >> 8) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 40)) >> 24) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 48)) >> 40) |
-		((data & (0xffULL << 56)) >> 56);
-
-	return swap;
-}
+unsigned long long
+raw_field_value(struct event_format *event, const char *name, void *data);
+void *raw_field_ptr(struct event_format *event, const char *name, void *data);
 
-#define data2host2(ptr)		__data2host2(*(unsigned short *)ptr)
-#define data2host4(ptr)		__data2host4(*(unsigned int *)ptr)
-#define data2host8(ptr)		({				\
-	unsigned long long __val;				\
-								\
-	memcpy(&__val, (ptr), sizeof(unsigned long long));	\
-	__data2host8(__val);					\
-})
+void parse_proc_kallsyms(char *file, unsigned int size __unused);
+void parse_ftrace_printk(char *file, unsigned int size __unused);
 
-extern int header_page_ts_offset;
-extern int header_page_ts_size;
-extern int header_page_size_offset;
-extern int header_page_size_size;
-extern int header_page_data_offset;
-extern int header_page_data_size;
-
-extern bool latency_format;
+ssize_t trace_report(int fd, bool repipe);
 
 int trace_parse_common_type(void *data);
 int trace_parse_common_pid(void *data);
-int parse_common_pc(void *data);
-int parse_common_flags(void *data);
-int parse_common_lock_depth(void *data);
-struct event *trace_find_event(int id);
-struct event *trace_find_next_event(struct event *event);
+
+struct event_format *trace_find_next_event(struct event_format *event);
 unsigned long long read_size(void *ptr, int size);
-unsigned long long
-raw_field_value(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data);
-void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data);
 unsigned long long eval_flag(const char *flag);
 
+struct pevent_record *trace_read_data(int cpu);
 int read_tracing_data(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs);
 
 struct tracing_data {
@@ -280,15 +72,6 @@ struct tracing_data *tracing_data_get(struct list_head *pattrs,
 void tracing_data_put(struct tracing_data *tdata);
 
 
-/* taken from kernel/trace/trace.h */
-enum trace_flag_type {
-	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF		= 0x01,
-	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT	= 0x02,
-	TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED		= 0x04,
-	TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ		= 0x08,
-	TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ		= 0x10,
-};
-
 struct scripting_ops {
 	const char *name;
 	int (*start_script) (const char *script, int argc, const char **argv);
@@ -314,4 +97,4 @@ int common_pc(struct scripting_context *context);
 int common_flags(struct scripting_context *context);
 int common_lock_depth(struct scripting_context *context);
 
-#endif /* __PERF_TRACE_EVENTS_H */
+#endif /* _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index 87b55a729a5f..bde8521d56bb 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
 	OUTPUT := $(O)/
+	COMMAND_O := O=$(O)
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)