Re: [PATCH -tip v3 3/6] perf branch trace: print pid and command

From: Akihiro Nagai
Date: Mon Apr 04 2011 - 06:00:53 EST


(2011/04/02 0:13), Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:31:23AM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
On 03/28/11 04:34, Akihiro Nagai wrote:
from is sample->ip? to is sample->addr? In the above example
0x39d3015260 is the value from sample->addr, 1526f is sample->ip which
resolves to _dl_next_ld_env_entry from /lib64/ld-2.13.so.
Yes.
In this example, resolved address is only sample->ip (branch from).
We need the resolved address of sample->addr (branch to) too, because
both of them are addresses of execution code.

Ok, now I understand. In that case add conversion of sample->addr to
symbols to perf-script.

I agree that we should rather use perf script for branch dumps.
Sorry Akihiro, I think we suggested you to create this dedicated
perf branch by the past. But then perf script became the vanilla dump
tool in the middle and it seems more suitable today.

We can still create a perf branch later in order to produce some more
advanced post-processing tools. But for sample dumps perf script (which starts
to show itself as a misnomer BTW) seems to be the right place.
Finally, I would like to create coverage test tools using BTS on perf.
I'm working on the project "Btrax" that is a coverage test tool using BTS.
The URL is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/btrax/

And, I would like to implement other functions on perf-branch too.
For example, call graph, source code browser like perf-annotate which
can show executed codes.
So, I wolud like to continue to develop perf-branch.
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