synth_opts->initial_skip = 0;
 }
 
+static int get_flag(const char **ptr, unsigned int *flags)
+{
+       while (1) {
+               char c = **ptr;
+
+               if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') {
+                       *flags |= 1 << (c - 'a');
+                       ++*ptr;
+                       return 0;
+               } else if (c == ' ') {
+                       ++*ptr;
+                       continue;
+               } else {
+                       return -1;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+static int get_flags(const char **ptr, unsigned int *plus_flags, unsigned int *minus_flags)
+{
+       while (1) {
+               switch (**ptr) {
+               case '+':
+                       ++*ptr;
+                       if (get_flag(ptr, plus_flags))
+                               return -1;
+                       break;
+               case '-':
+                       ++*ptr;
+                       if (get_flag(ptr, minus_flags))
+                               return -1;
+                       break;
+               case ' ':
+                       ++*ptr;
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * Please check tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt for information
  * about the options parsed here, which is introduced after this cset,
                        break;
                case 'e':
                        synth_opts->errors = true;
+                       if (get_flags(&p, &synth_opts->error_plus_flags,
+                                     &synth_opts->error_minus_flags))
+                               goto out_err;
                        break;
                case 'd':
                        synth_opts->log = true;
 
        PERF_ITRACE_PERIOD_NANOSECS,
 };
 
+#define AUXTRACE_ERR_FLG_OVERFLOW      (1 << ('o' - 'a'))
+#define AUXTRACE_ERR_FLG_DATA_LOST     (1 << ('l' - 'a'))
+
 /**
  * struct itrace_synth_opts - AUX area tracing synthesis options.
  * @set: indicates whether or not options have been set
  * @cpu_bitmap: CPUs for which to synthesize events, or NULL for all
  * @ptime_range: time intervals to trace or NULL
  * @range_num: number of time intervals to trace
+ * @error_plus_flags: flags to affect what errors are reported
+ * @error_minus_flags: flags to affect what errors are reported
  */
 struct itrace_synth_opts {
        bool                    set;
        unsigned long           *cpu_bitmap;
        struct perf_time_interval *ptime_range;
        int                     range_num;
+       unsigned int            error_plus_flags;
+       unsigned int            error_minus_flags;
 };
 
 /**
 "                              p:                      synthesize power events\n"                      \
 "                              o:                      synthesize other events recorded due to the use\n" \
 "                                                      of aux-output (refer to perf record)\n" \
-"                              e:                      synthesize error events\n"                      \
+"                              e[flags]:               synthesize error events\n" \
+"                                                      each flag must be preceded by + or -\n" \
+"                                                      error flags are: o (overflow)\n" \
+"                                                                       l (data lost)\n" \
 "                              d:                      create a debug log\n"                   \
 "                              f:                      synthesize first level cache events\n" \
 "                              m:                      synthesize last level cache events\n" \