struct parse_events_error *err,
                       config_term_func_t config_term);
 
-int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx, const char *name,
-                          struct parse_events_error *err,
-                          struct list_head *head_config,
-                          struct parse_events_state *parse_state)
+/**
+ * parse_events__decode_legacy_cache - Search name for the legacy cache event
+ *                                     name composed of 1, 2 or 3 hyphen
+ *                                     separated sections. The first section is
+ *                                     the cache type while the others are the
+ *                                     optional op and optional result. To make
+ *                                     life hard the names in the table also
+ *                                     contain hyphens and the longest name
+ *                                     should always be selected.
+ */
+static int parse_events__decode_legacy_cache(const char *name, int pmu_type, __u64 *config)
 {
-       struct perf_event_attr attr;
-       LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
-       const char *config_name, *metric_id;
-       int cache_type = -1, cache_op = -1, cache_result = -1;
-       int ret, len;
+       int len, cache_type = -1, cache_op = -1, cache_result = -1;
        const char *name_end = &name[strlen(name) + 1];
-       bool hybrid;
        const char *str = name;
 
-       /*
-        * Search str for the legacy cache event name composed of 1, 2 or 3
-        * hyphen separated sections. The first section is the cache type while
-        * the others are the optional op and optional result. To make life hard
-        * the names in the table also contain hyphens and the longest name
-        * should always be selected.
-        */
        cache_type = parse_aliases(str, evsel__hw_cache, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX, &len);
        if (cache_type == -1)
                return -EINVAL;
        str += len + 1;
 
-       config_name = get_config_name(head_config);
        if (str < name_end) {
                cache_op = parse_aliases(str, evsel__hw_cache_op,
                                        PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX, &len);
        if (cache_result == -1)
                cache_result = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_ACCESS;
 
+       *config = ((__u64)pmu_type << PERF_PMU_TYPE_SHIFT) |
+               cache_type | (cache_op << 8) | (cache_result << 16);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx, const char *name,
+                          struct parse_events_error *err,
+                          struct list_head *head_config,
+                          struct parse_events_state *parse_state)
+{
+       struct perf_event_attr attr;
+       LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
+       const char *config_name, *metric_id;
+       int ret;
+       bool hybrid;
+
+
        memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
-       attr.config = cache_type | (cache_op << 8) | (cache_result << 16);
        attr.type = PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE;
+       ret = parse_events__decode_legacy_cache(name, /*pmu_type=*/0, &attr.config);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        if (head_config) {
                if (config_attr(&attr, head_config, err,
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
+       config_name = get_config_name(head_config);
        metric_id = get_config_metric_id(head_config);
        ret = parse_events__add_cache_hybrid(list, idx, &attr,
                                             config_name ? : name,
        [PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE]       = "aux-sample-size",
        [PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_METRIC_ID]             = "metric-id",
        [PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_RAW]                   = "raw",
+       [PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_LEGACY_CACHE]          = "legacy-cache",
 };
 
 static bool config_term_shrinked;
                           struct parse_events_term *term,
                           struct parse_events_error *err)
 {
+       if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_LEGACY_CACHE) {
+               const struct perf_pmu *pmu = perf_pmu__find_by_type(attr->type);
+
+               if (perf_pmu__supports_legacy_cache(pmu)) {
+                       attr->type = PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE;
+                       return parse_events__decode_legacy_cache(term->config, pmu->type,
+                                                                &attr->config);
+               } else
+                       term->type_term = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER;
+       }
        if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER ||
-           term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG)
+           term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG) {
                /*
                 * Always succeed for sysfs terms, as we dont know
                 * at this point what type they need to have.
                 */
                return 0;
-       else
-               return config_term_common(attr, term, err);
+       }
+       return config_term_common(attr, term, err);
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
                .evlist   = evlist,
                .stoken   = PE_START_EVENTS,
                .fake_pmu = fake_pmu,
+               .match_legacy_cache_terms = true,
        };
        int ret;