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    perf tools: Add strfilter for general purpose string filter · 68baa431
    Masami Hiramatsu authored
    Add strfilter for general purpose string filter.
    
    Every filter rules are descrived by glob matching pattern and '!' prefix
    which means Logical NOT.
    
    A strfilter consists of those filter rules connected with '&' and '|'.
    
    A set of rules can be folded by using '(' and ')'.
    
    It also accepts spaces around rules and those operators.
    
    Format:
    <rule> ::= <glob-exp> | "!" <rule> | <rule> <op> <rule> | "(" <rule> ")"
    <op> ::= "&" | "|"
    
    e.g.:
    
     "(add* | del*) & *timer" filter rules pass strings which start with add
     or del and end with timer.
    
    This will be used by perf probe --filter.
    
    Changes in V2:
     - Fix to check result of strdup() and strfilter__alloc().
     - Encapsulate and simplify interfaces as like regex(3).
    
    Cc: 2nddept-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp
    Cc: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    LKML-Reference: <20110120141530.25915.12673.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    68baa431
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