7 files changed, 17 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 2ddc81271855..236bdf25db6d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -252,42 +252,42 @@ static int perf_evsel__hw_cache_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t
 	return ret + perf_evsel__add_modifiers(evsel, bf + ret, size - ret);
 }
 
-static int perf_evsel__tracepoint_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size)
+const char *perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s", evsel->name ?: "unknown tracepoint");
-}
+	char bf[128];
 
-int perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size)
-{
-	int ret;
+	if (evsel->name)
+		return evsel->name;
 
 	switch (evsel->attr.type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
-		ret = scnprintf(bf, size, "raw 0x%" PRIx64, evsel->attr.config);
+		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "raw 0x%" PRIx64, evsel->attr.config);
 		break;
 
 	case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
-		ret = perf_evsel__hw_name(evsel, bf, size);
+		perf_evsel__hw_name(evsel, bf, sizeof(bf));
 		break;
 
 	case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
-		ret = perf_evsel__hw_cache_name(evsel, bf, size);
+		perf_evsel__hw_cache_name(evsel, bf, sizeof(bf));
 		break;
 
 	case PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE:
-		ret = perf_evsel__sw_name(evsel, bf, size);
+		perf_evsel__sw_name(evsel, bf, sizeof(bf));
 		break;
 
 	case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
-		ret = perf_evsel__tracepoint_name(evsel, bf, size);
+		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown tracepoint");
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		ret = scnprintf(bf, size, "%s", "unknown attr type");
+		scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown attr type");
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	evsel->name = strdup(bf);
+
+	return evsel->name ?: "unknown";
 }
 
 void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_record_opts *opts,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 9ae64d9622bc..c936feb4e0a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__hw_cache_name(u64 config, char *bf, size_t size);
 const char *__perf_evsel__hw_name(u64 config);
 const char *__perf_evsel__sw_name(u64 config);
 
-int perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size);
+const char *perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 
 int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 int perf_evsel__alloc_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 2dd5edf161b7..07c8f3792954 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static int write_event_desc(int fd, struct perf_header *h __used,
 		/*
 		 * write event string as passed on cmdline
 		 */
-		ret = do_write_string(fd, event_name(attr));
+		ret = do_write_string(fd, perf_evsel__name(attr));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d73690b11242..517e6473982c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -201,13 +201,6 @@ const char *event_type(int type)
 	return "unknown";
 }
 
-const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
-{
-	static char bf[128];
-	perf_evsel__name(evsel, bf, sizeof(bf));
-	return bf;
-}
-
 const char *__event_name(int type, u64 config)
 {
 	static char buf[32];
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 8cac57ab4ee6..d7eb070937c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ extern struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config);
 extern bool have_tracepoints(struct list_head *evlist);
 
 const char *event_type(int type);
-const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *event);
 extern const char *__event_name(int type, u64 config);
 
 extern int parse_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 2600916efa83..582ee38ed216 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ size_t perf_session__fprintf_nr_events(struct perf_session *session, FILE *fp)
 	ret += hists__fprintf_nr_events(&session->hists, fp);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &session->evlist->entries, node) {
-		ret += fprintf(fp, "%s stats:\n", event_name(pos));
+		ret += fprintf(fp, "%s stats:\n", perf_evsel__name(pos));
 		ret += hists__fprintf_nr_events(&pos->hists, fp);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.c b/tools/perf/util/top.c
index abe0e8e95068..7eeebcee291c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ size_t perf_top__header_snprintf(struct perf_top *top, char *bf, size_t size)
 				top->freq ? "Hz" : "");
 	}
 
-	ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, "%s", event_name(top->sym_evsel));
+	ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, "%s", perf_evsel__name(top->sym_evsel));
 
 	ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, "], ");