#ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
 static void tracepoint_error(struct parse_events_error *e, int err,
-                            const char *sys, const char *name)
+                            const char *sys, const char *name, int column)
 {
        const char *str;
        char help[BUFSIZ];
        }
 
        tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(err, help, sizeof(help), sys, name);
-       parse_events_error__handle(e, 0, strdup(str), strdup(help));
+       parse_events_error__handle(e, column, strdup(str), strdup(help));
 }
 
 static int add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                          const char *sys_name, const char *evt_name,
                          struct parse_events_error *err,
-                         struct list_head *head_config)
+                         struct list_head *head_config, void *loc_)
 {
+       YYLTYPE *loc = loc_;
        struct evsel *evsel = evsel__newtp_idx(sys_name, evt_name, (*idx)++);
 
        if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
-               tracepoint_error(err, PTR_ERR(evsel), sys_name, evt_name);
+               tracepoint_error(err, PTR_ERR(evsel), sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
                return PTR_ERR(evsel);
        }
 
 static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                                      const char *sys_name, const char *evt_name,
                                      struct parse_events_error *err,
-                                     struct list_head *head_config)
+                                     struct list_head *head_config, YYLTYPE *loc)
 {
        char *evt_path;
        struct dirent *evt_ent;
 
        evt_path = get_events_file(sys_name);
        if (!evt_path) {
-               tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name);
+               tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
                return -1;
        }
        evt_dir = opendir(evt_path);
        if (!evt_dir) {
                put_events_file(evt_path);
-               tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name);
+               tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
                return -1;
        }
 
                found++;
 
                ret = add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys_name, evt_ent->d_name,
-                                    err, head_config);
+                                    err, head_config, loc);
        }
 
        if (!found) {
-               tracepoint_error(err, ENOENT, sys_name, evt_name);
+               tracepoint_error(err, ENOENT, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
                ret = -1;
        }
 
 static int add_tracepoint_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                                const char *sys_name, const char *evt_name,
                                struct parse_events_error *err,
-                               struct list_head *head_config)
+                               struct list_head *head_config, YYLTYPE *loc)
 {
        return strpbrk(evt_name, "*?") ?
-              add_tracepoint_multi_event(list, idx, sys_name, evt_name,
-                                         err, head_config) :
-              add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys_name, evt_name,
-                             err, head_config);
+               add_tracepoint_multi_event(list, idx, sys_name, evt_name,
+                                          err, head_config, loc) :
+               add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys_name, evt_name,
+                              err, head_config, loc);
 }
 
 static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                                    const char *sys_name, const char *evt_name,
                                    struct parse_events_error *err,
-                                   struct list_head *head_config)
+                                   struct list_head *head_config, YYLTYPE *loc)
 {
        struct dirent *events_ent;
        DIR *events_dir;
 
        events_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
        if (!events_dir) {
-               tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name);
+               tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name, loc->first_column);
                return -1;
        }
 
                        continue;
 
                ret = add_tracepoint_event(list, idx, events_ent->d_name,
-                                          evt_name, err, head_config);
+                                          evt_name, err, head_config, loc);
        }
 
        closedir(events_dir);
        struct parse_events_state *parse_state;
        struct list_head *list;
        struct list_head *head_config;
+       YYLTYPE *loc;
 };
 
 static int add_bpf_event(const char *group, const char *event, int fd, struct bpf_object *obj,
 
        err = parse_events_add_tracepoint(&new_evsels, &parse_state->idx, group,
                                          event, parse_state->error,
-                                         param->head_config);
+                                         param->head_config, param->loc);
        if (err) {
                struct evsel *evsel, *tmp;
 
 int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
                              struct list_head *list,
                              struct bpf_object *obj,
-                             struct list_head *head_config)
+                             struct list_head *head_config,
+                             void *loc)
 {
        int err;
        char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
-       struct __add_bpf_event_param param = {parse_state, list, head_config};
+       struct __add_bpf_event_param param = {parse_state, list, head_config, loc};
        static bool registered_unprobe_atexit = false;
+       YYLTYPE test_loc = {.first_column = -1};
 
        if (IS_ERR(obj) || !obj) {
                snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
                goto errout;
        }
 
+       if (!param.loc)
+               param.loc = &test_loc;
+
        err = bpf__foreach_event(obj, add_bpf_event, ¶m);
        if (err) {
                snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
 
        return 0;
 errout:
-       parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, 0,
+       parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, param.loc->first_column,
                                strdup(errbuf), strdup("(add -v to see detail)"));
        return err;
 }
                          struct list_head *list,
                          char *bpf_file_name,
                          bool source,
-                         struct list_head *head_config)
+                         struct list_head *head_config,
+                         void *loc_)
 {
        int err;
        struct bpf_object *obj;
        LIST_HEAD(obj_head_config);
+       YYLTYPE *loc = loc_;
 
        if (head_config)
                split_bpf_config_terms(head_config, &obj_head_config);
                                                   -err, errbuf,
                                                   sizeof(errbuf));
 
-               parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, 0,
+               parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, loc->first_column,
                                        strdup(errbuf), strdup("(add -v to see detail)"));
                return err;
        }
 
-       err = parse_events_load_bpf_obj(parse_state, list, obj, head_config);
+       err = parse_events_load_bpf_obj(parse_state, list, obj, head_config, loc);
        if (err)
                return err;
        err = parse_events_config_bpf(parse_state, obj, &obj_head_config);
 int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
                              struct list_head *list __maybe_unused,
                              struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused,
-                             struct list_head *head_config __maybe_unused)
+                             struct list_head *head_config __maybe_unused,
+                             void *loc_)
 {
-       parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, 0,
+       YYLTYPE *loc = loc_;
+
+       parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, loc->first_column,
                                   strdup("BPF support is not compiled"),
                                   strdup("Make sure libbpf-devel is available at build time."));
        return -ENOTSUP;
                          struct list_head *list __maybe_unused,
                          char *bpf_file_name __maybe_unused,
                          bool source __maybe_unused,
-                         struct list_head *head_config __maybe_unused)
+                         struct list_head *head_config __maybe_unused,
+                         void *loc_)
 {
-       parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, 0,
+       YYLTYPE *loc = loc_;
+
+       parse_events_error__handle(parse_state->error, loc->first_column,
                                   strdup("BPF support is not compiled"),
                                   strdup("Make sure libbpf-devel is available at build time."));
        return -ENOTSUP;
 int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                                const char *sys, const char *event,
                                struct parse_events_error *err,
-                               struct list_head *head_config)
+                               struct list_head *head_config, void *loc_)
 {
+       YYLTYPE *loc = loc_;
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
        if (head_config) {
                struct perf_event_attr attr;
 
        if (strpbrk(sys, "*?"))
                return add_tracepoint_multi_sys(list, idx, sys, event,
-                                               err, head_config);
+                                               err, head_config, loc);
        else
                return add_tracepoint_event(list, idx, sys, event,
-                                           err, head_config);
+                                           err, head_config, loc);
 #else
        (void)list;
        (void)idx;
        (void)sys;
        (void)event;
        (void)head_config;
-       parse_events_error__handle(err, 0, strdup("unsupported tracepoint"),
+       parse_events_error__handle(err, loc->first_column, strdup("unsupported tracepoint"),
                                strdup("libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support"));
        return -1;
 #endif