3 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 2d85c4482f5e..61bdda01a05a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1856,6 +1856,7 @@ int perf_pmu__for_each_event(struct perf_pmu *pmu, bool skip_duplicate_pmus,
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *event;
 	struct pmu_event_info info = {
 		.pmu = pmu,
+		.event_type_desc = "Kernel PMU event",
 	};
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct strbuf sb;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index d6f702e55a05..4397c48ad569 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ struct pmu_event_info {
 	const char *encoding_desc;
 	const char *topic;
 	const char *pmu_name;
+	const char *event_type_desc;
 	const char *str;
 	bool deprecated;
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
index 7e201e422812..52109af5f2f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ struct sevent {
 	const char *encoding_desc;
 	const char *topic;
 	const char *pmu_name;
+	const char *event_type_desc;
 	bool deprecated;
 };
 
@@ -444,6 +445,7 @@ static int perf_pmus__print_pmu_events__callback(void *vstate,
 	COPY_STR(encoding_desc);
 	COPY_STR(topic);
 	COPY_STR(pmu_name);
+	COPY_STR(event_type_desc);
 #undef COPY_STR
 	s->deprecated = info->deprecated;
 	state->index++;
@@ -498,7 +500,7 @@ void perf_pmus__print_pmu_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *p
 				aliases[j].alias,
 				aliases[j].scale_unit,
 				aliases[j].deprecated,
-				"Kernel PMU event",
+				aliases[j].event_type_desc,
 				aliases[j].desc,
 				aliases[j].long_desc,
 				aliases[j].encoding_desc);
@@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ free:
 		zfree(&aliases[j].encoding_desc);
 		zfree(&aliases[j].topic);
 		zfree(&aliases[j].pmu_name);
+		zfree(&aliases[j].event_type_desc);
 	}
 	if (printed && pager_in_use())
 		printf("\n");