[PATCH 30/35] perf probe: Use hexadecimal type by default if possible

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Aug 23 2016 - 19:09:59 EST


From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Use hexadecimal type by default if it is available on current running
kernel.

This keeps the default behavior of perf probe after changing the output
format of 'u8/16/32/64' to unsigned decimal number.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: 147151074685.12957.16415861010796255514.stgit@devbox">http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147151074685.12957.16415861010796255514.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index f18cd6bbada9..ac4740f8ee3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
probe_type_is_available(PROBE_TYPE_X))
prefix = 'x';
else
- prefix = die_is_signed_type(&type) ? 's' : 'u';
+ prefix = die_is_signed_type(&type) ? 's' :
+ probe_type_is_available(PROBE_TYPE_X) ? 'x' : 'u';

ret = dwarf_bytesize(&type);
if (ret <= 0)
--
2.7.4