Re: [PATCHSET 00/27] perf tools: Add support to accumulate hist periods (v11)

[Namhyung Kim]

On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:59:00 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:58:03PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> This is a new attempt to implement cumulative hist period report.
>> This work begins from Arun's SORT_INCLUSIVE patch [1] but I completely
>> rewrote it from scratch.
>> 
>> This patchset basically adds period in a sample to every node in the
>> callchain.  A hist_entry now has an additional fields to keep the
>> cumulative period if --children option is given on perf report.
>> 
>> I changed the option as a separate --children and added a new
>> "Children" column (and renamed the default "Overhead" column into
>> "Self").  The output will be sorted by children (cumulative) overhead
>> for now.  It also adds 'overhead_children' field to -F/--fields option
>> to be selected by user and it'll show you "N/A" if the cumulation is
>> not supported (due to missing callchain).
>> 
>> I added Tested-by from Rodrigo Campos since this version is basically
>> rebase of previous series + bugfix.  But it still needs to be tested
>> more intensively IMHO.  Also note that, this will change default
>> behavior of perf report/top if callchain is recorded, so might confuse
>> old users.  Let's see how many of them come to shout. :)  I think we
>> need to merge Jiri's TUI column header patch at least.
>> 
>> 
>>  * changes in v11:
>>   - factor out hists__inc_nr_samples  (Jiri)
>>   - remove unrelated change  (Jiri)
>>   - disable accumulation on branch or mem mode
>>   - slightly refactor hist_iter code
>
> apart from that comment I sent, I think it's ready to go in

Thanks!  As I said, I've pushed v12 to korg with change you commented.

And I also found that the overhead in perf_hpp__should_skip() is
strangely high.. will check your patch.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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