static void print_aggr(char *prefix);
 
 /* Default events used for perf stat -T */
-static const char * const transaction_attrs[] = {
-       "task-clock",
+static const char *transaction_attrs = {
+       "task-clock,"
        "{"
        "instructions,"
        "cycles,"
 };
 
 /* More limited version when the CPU does not have all events. */
-static const char * const transaction_limited_attrs[] = {
-       "task-clock",
+static const char * transaction_limited_attrs = {
+       "task-clock,"
        "{"
        "instructions,"
        "cycles,"
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int setup_events(const char * const *attrs, unsigned len)
-{
-       unsigned i;
-
-       for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-               if (parse_events(evsel_list, attrs[i], NULL))
-                       return -1;
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Add default attributes, if there were no attributes specified or
  * if -d/--detailed, -d -d or -d -d -d is used:
                int err;
                if (pmu_have_event("cpu", "cycles-ct") &&
                    pmu_have_event("cpu", "el-start"))
-                       err = setup_events(transaction_attrs,
-                                       ARRAY_SIZE(transaction_attrs));
+                       err = parse_events(evsel_list, transaction_attrs, NULL);
                else
-                       err = setup_events(transaction_limited_attrs,
-                                ARRAY_SIZE(transaction_limited_attrs));
-               if (err < 0) {
+                       err = parse_events(evsel_list, transaction_limited_attrs, NULL);
+               if (err) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot set up transaction events\n");
                        return -1;
                }