Most uses of the evsel constructor are followed by a call to
perf_evlist__add with an idex of evlist->nr_entries, so make rename
the current constructor to perf_evsel__new_idx and remove the need
for passing the constructor for the common case.
We still need the new_idx variant because the way groups are handled,
with evsel->nr_members holding the number of entries in an evlist,
partitioning the evlist into sublists inside a single linked list.
This asks for a clarifying refactoring, but for now simplify the non
parser cases, so that tool writers don't have to bother with evsel idx
setting.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zy9tskx6jqm2rmw7468zze2a@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
        perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
 }
 
-static struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__syscall_newtp(const char *direction,
-                                                   void *handler, int idx)
+static struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__syscall_newtp(const char *direction, void *handler)
 {
-       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("raw_syscalls", direction, idx);
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("raw_syscalls", direction);
 
        if (evsel) {
                evsel->priv = malloc(sizeof(struct syscall_tp));
                                          void *sys_exit_handler)
 {
        int ret = -1;
-       int idx = evlist->nr_entries;
        struct perf_evsel *sys_enter, *sys_exit;
 
-       sys_enter = perf_evsel__syscall_newtp("sys_enter", sys_enter_handler, idx++);
+       sys_enter = perf_evsel__syscall_newtp("sys_enter", sys_enter_handler);
        if (sys_enter == NULL)
                goto out;
 
        if (perf_evsel__init_sc_tp_ptr_field(sys_enter, args))
                goto out_delete_sys_enter;
 
-       sys_exit = perf_evsel__syscall_newtp("sys_exit", sys_exit_handler, idx++);
+       sys_exit = perf_evsel__syscall_newtp("sys_exit", sys_exit_handler);
        if (sys_exit == NULL)
                goto out_delete_sys_enter;
 
 
 static void perf_evlist__add_vfs_getname(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("probe", "vfs_getname",
-                                                    evlist->nr_entries);
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("probe", "vfs_getname");
        if (evsel == NULL)
                return;
 
 
 
 int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(void)
 {
-       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_switch", 0);
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_switch");
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (evsel == NULL) {
 
        perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_wakeup", 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_wakeup");
 
        if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "comm", 16, true))
                ret = -1;
 
                char name[64];
 
                snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "sys_enter_%s", syscall_names[i]);
-               evsels[i] = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", name, i);
+               evsels[i] = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", name);
                if (evsels[i] == NULL) {
                        pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
                        goto out_free_evlist;
 
 
        CPU_ZERO(&cpu_set);
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open", 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open");
        if (evsel == NULL) {
                pr_debug("is debugfs mounted on /sys/kernel/debug?\n");
                goto out_thread_map_delete;
 
                goto out;
        }
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open", 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open");
        if (evsel == NULL) {
                pr_debug("%s: perf_evsel__newtp\n", __func__);
                goto out_delete_evlist;
 
                return -1;
        }
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open", 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open");
        if (evsel == NULL) {
                pr_debug("is debugfs mounted on /sys/kernel/debug?\n");
                goto out_thread_map_delete;
 
                return -1;
        }
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr, 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
        if (evsel == NULL) {
                pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
                goto out_free_evlist;
 
 void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *entry)
 {
        list_add_tail(&entry->node, &evlist->entries);
+       entry->idx = evlist->nr_entries;
+
        if (!evlist->nr_entries++)
                perf_evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
 }
 
        event_attr_init(&attr);
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr, 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
        if (evsel == NULL)
                goto error;
 
        size_t i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_attrs; i++) {
-               evsel = perf_evsel__new(attrs + i, evlist->nr_entries + i);
+               evsel = perf_evsel__new_idx(attrs + i, evlist->nr_entries + i);
                if (evsel == NULL)
                        goto out_delete_partial_list;
                list_add_tail(&evsel->node, &head);
 int perf_evlist__add_newtp(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
                           const char *sys, const char *name, void *handler)
 {
-       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp(sys, name);
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp(sys, name, evlist->nr_entries);
        if (evsel == NULL)
                return -1;
 
 
        perf_evsel__calc_id_pos(evsel);
 }
 
-struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx)
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx)
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel = zalloc(sizeof(*evsel));
 
        return format;
 }
 
-struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__newtp(const char *sys, const char *name, int idx)
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__newtp_idx(const char *sys, const char *name, int idx)
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel = zalloc(sizeof(*evsel));
 
 
 struct perf_evlist;
 struct perf_record_opts;
 
-struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx);
-struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__newtp(const char *sys, const char *name, int idx);
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx);
+
+static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
+{
+       return perf_evsel__new_idx(attr, 0);
+}
+
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__newtp_idx(const char *sys, const char *name, int idx);
+
+static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__newtp(const char *sys, const char *name)
+{
+       return perf_evsel__newtp_idx(sys, name, 0);
+}
 
 struct event_format *event_format__new(const char *sys, const char *name);
 
 
                        perf_event__attr_swap(&f_attr.attr);
 
                tmp = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-               evsel = perf_evsel__new(&f_attr.attr, i);
+               evsel = perf_evsel__new(&f_attr.attr);
 
                if (evsel == NULL)
                        goto out_delete_evlist;
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&event->attr.attr, evlist->nr_entries);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&event->attr.attr);
        if (evsel == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 
 
        event_attr_init(attr);
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__new(attr, (*idx)++);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__new_idx(attr, (*idx)++);
        if (!evsel)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp(sys_name, evt_name, (*idx)++);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__newtp_idx(sys_name, evt_name, (*idx)++);
        if (!evsel)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
                .threads = { 0 },
        };
 
-       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr, 0);
+       evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
        if (evsel) {
                ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
                perf_evsel__delete(evsel);