Re: [PATCH 0/2] perf: add sort by inclusive time functionality (v2)

[Namhyung Kim]

Hi,

2012-03-08 7:41 AM, Arun Sharma wrote:
> This patch series refactors existing code a bit and adds sort by
> inclusive time (time spent in the function + callees).
>
> Sample command lines:
>
> # perf record -ag -- sleep 1
> # perf report -g graph,0.5,callee -n -s inclusive
>
> Known bugs:
>
> total_period computation is broken for order=callee

I'd like to add two more :).

* If perf record misses callchain info, perf report will get stuck.
* If it's used with "symbol" sort order, it'll get stuck too.


BTW, I don't like the name 'inclusive' as a sort key. If it cares about time, 
IMHO, the name should contain 'time' - something like 'itime' or 'inctime'?

Furthermore, I don't think it is a sort key. As it doesn't sort anything,  and 
only affects the way calculating symbol's period value, wouldn't it be better 
making it a separate switch rather than a sort key? Plus, checking whether it 
has callchain data and symbol sort key might be added also.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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