Re: [PATCH 14/23] perf ui/stdio: Implement hierarchy output mode

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Tue Feb 09 2016 - 17:01:29 EST


On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 10:01:46PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The hierarchy output mode is to group entries for each level so that
> user can see higher level picture more easily. It also helps to find
> out which component is most costly. The output will look like below:
>
> 15.11% swapper
> 14.97% [kernel.vmlinux]
> 0.09% [libahci]
> 0.05% [iwlwifi]
> 10.29% irq/33-iwlwifi
> 6.45% [kernel.vmlinux]
> 1.41% [mac80211]
> 1.15% [iwldvm]
> 1.14% [iwlwifi]
> 0.14% [cfg80211]
> 4.81% firefox
> 3.92% libxul.so
> 0.34% [kernel.vmlinux]
>
> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/ui/hist.c | 14 +++++++++
> tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/hist.h | 4 +++
> 3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
> index 1ba4117d9c2d..c398ce288615 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
> @@ -687,3 +687,17 @@ void perf_hpp__set_user_width(const char *width_list_str)
> break;
> }
> }
> +
> +int perf_hpp__count_sort_keys(void)
> +{
> + int nr_sort = 0;
> + struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
> +
> + perf_hpp_list__for_each_format(&perf_hpp_list, fmt) {
> + if (perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(fmt) ||
> + perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(fmt))
> + nr_sort++;
> + }
> +
> + return nr_sort;
> +}

hum, this seems expensive.. also we should do that
in generic way per perf_hpp_list struct

we could hold number of sort entries in struct perf_hpp_list
and count it in:
perf_hpp_list__register_sort_field

thanks,
jirka