parse_aliases(9)

💖 parse_aliases(9) 💖

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for parse_aliases(9) — group-chat recap below, but every single deet stays intact. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

parse_aliases searches names for entries beginning or equalling str, ignoring case. If mutliple entries in names match str, then the longest one is chosen. longest wins, periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int parse_aliases (const char *str , const char *const names[][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] , int size , int *longest );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — the needle to look for. 🪡
• names — the haystack to search. 🌾
• size — the size of the haystack. 📏
• longest — Out argument giving the length of the matching entry. 📝

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

Kernel file ./tools/perf/util/parse-events.c 💖 — also peep fix_raw(9), parse_events__decode_legacy_cache(9), and parse_events__filter_pmu(9).

mwah 💋 this page’s source/version is ./tools/perf/util, its date is October 2026, and it’s still parse_aliases(9) — bye bestie! 🫶