Re: [PATCH] perf config: Add stat.big-num support

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 11:37:32 EST


Em Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:32:55AM -0500, Paul A. Clarke escreveu:
> From: "Paul A. Clarke" <pc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add support for new "stat.big-num" boolean option.
>
> This allows a user to set a default for "--no-big-num" for "perf stat"
> commands.

That is super cool, these polishing patches using infrastructure already
in place for configuring user preferences, great.

One thing you forgot was to change 'man perf-stat's entry for
--no-big-num to state that this is now possible, can you please do that
and send a v2?

- Arnaldo

> $ perf config stat.big-num
> $ perf stat --event cycles /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 803,684 cycles
> [...]
> $ perf config stat.big-num=0
> $ perf config stat.big-num
> stat.big-num=0
> $ perf stat --event cycles /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 790448 cycles
> [...]
>
> There is an interaction with "--field-separator" that must be
> accommodated, such that specifying "--big-num --field-separator={x}"
> still reports an invalid combination of options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul A. Clarke <pc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Testing results with a matrix of:
> - nothing in .perfconfig, stat.big-num=0, stat.big-num=1
> - --field-separator not set, --field-separator=:
> - no "--big-num", --big-num, --no-big-num
>
> $ perf config stat.big-num
> $ perf stat --event cycles /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 803,684 cycles
>
> 0.000592761 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000672000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --big-num /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 809,599 cycles
>
> 0.000576090 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000627000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --no-big-num /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 793870 cycles
>
> 0.000574928 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000625000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --field-separator=: /bin/true
> 790255::cycles:346960:100.00::
> $ perf stat --event cycles --big-num --field-separator=: /bin/true
> -B option not supported with -x
>
> Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]
>
> -B, --big-num print large numbers with thousands' separators
> -x, --field-separator <separator>
> print counts with custom separator
> $ perf stat --event cycles --no-big-num --field-separator=: /bin/true
> 764548::cycles:335938:100.00::
> $ perf config stat.big-num=0
> $ perf config stat.big-num
> stat.big-num=0
> $ perf stat --event cycles /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 790448 cycles
>
> 0.000567659 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000619000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --big-num /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 751,377 cycles
>
> 0.000534888 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000587000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --no-big-num /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 803738 cycles
>
> 0.000576151 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000657000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --field-separator=: /bin/true
> 774897::cycles:339986:100.00::
> $ perf stat --event cycles --big-num --field-separator=: /bin/true
> -B option not supported with -x
>
> Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]
>
> -B, --big-num print large numbers with thousands' separators
> -x, --field-separator <separator>
> print counts with custom separator
> $ perf stat --event cycles --no-big-num --field-separator=: /bin/true
> 814619::cycles:358260:100.00::
> $ perf config stat.big-num=1
> $ perf config stat.big-num
> stat.big-num=1
> $ perf stat --event cycles /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 787,680 cycles
>
> 0.000555401 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000623000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --big-num /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 783,287 cycles
>
> 0.000562255 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000636000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --no-big-num /bin/true
>
> Performance counter stats for '/bin/true':
>
> 748802 cycles
>
> 0.000525658 seconds time elapsed
>
> 0.000586000 seconds user
> 0.000000000 seconds sys
>
>
> $ perf stat --event cycles --field-separator=: /bin/true
> 785868::cycles:344508:100.00::
> $ perf stat --event cycles --big-num --field-separator=: /bin/true
> -B option not supported with -x
>
> Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]
>
> -B, --big-num print large numbers with thousands' separators
> -x, --field-separator <separator>
> print counts with custom separator
> $ perf stat --event cycles --no-big-num --field-separator=: /bin/true
> 794273::cycles:349600:100.00::
> $
> --
> tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 6 ++++++
> tools/perf/util/config.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> tools/perf/util/stat.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index e0c1ad23c768..c39305907940 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -821,10 +821,16 @@ static void sig_atexit(void)
> kill(getpid(), signr);
> }
>
> +void perf_stat__set_big_num(int set)
> +{
> + stat_config.big_num = (set != 0);
> +}
> +
> static int stat__set_big_num(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
> const char *s __maybe_unused, int unset)
> {
> big_num_opt = unset ? 0 : 1;
> + perf_stat__set_big_num(!unset);
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
> index ef38eba56ed0..8e65f1fa421f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
> #include "util/event.h" /* proc_map_timeout */
> #include "util/hist.h" /* perf_hist_config */
> #include "util/llvm-utils.h" /* perf_llvm_config */
> +#include "util/stat.h" /* perf_stat__set_big_num */
> #include "build-id.h"
> #include "debug.h"
> #include "config.h"
> @@ -452,6 +453,15 @@ static int perf_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int perf_stat_config(const char *var, const char *value)
> +{
> + if (!strcmp(var, "stat.big-num"))
> + perf_stat__set_big_num(perf_config_bool(var, value));
> +
> + /* Add other config variables here. */
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
> void *dummy __maybe_unused)
> {
> @@ -473,6 +483,9 @@ int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
> if (strstarts(var, "buildid."))
> return perf_buildid_config(var, value);
>
> + if (strstarts(var, "stat."))
> + return perf_stat_config(var, value);
> +
> /* Add other config variables here. */
> return 0;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
> index b4fdfaa7f2c0..4bd6dc6cb6aa 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
> @@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
> struct rblist metric_events;
> };
>
> +void perf_stat__set_big_num(int set);
> +
> void update_stats(struct stats *stats, u64 val);
> double avg_stats(struct stats *stats);
> double stddev_stats(struct stats *stats);
> --
> 2.18.2

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- Arnaldo