Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf tools: Introduce new -P/--parent-deep report option

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Jun 25 2013 - 22:53:36 EST


Hi Jiri,

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:54:12 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Introducing new -P/--parent-deep report option. It does the
> same as '-p' but it force the deep search of the callchain
> and looks for the deepest possible match.
>
> The -p option searches for the first match of the parent
> pattern in the callchain.
>
> $ perf report -i perf.data.delete -p perf_session__delete -s parent
>
> + 99.51% [other]
> + 0.46% perf_session__delete_dead_threads
> + 0.03% perf_session__delete
> + 0.00% perf_session__delete_threads
>
> so we got multiple 'different' matches instancies, while
> they all belong under perf_session__delete function:
>
> $ perf report -i perf.data.delete -P perf_session__delete -s parent
>
> + 99.51% [other]
> + 0.49% perf_session__delete
>
> NOTE the 'p' vs 'P' difference in above commands above.

I guess using --inverted (-G) option with -p does the job.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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