Re: [RFC] hotkey for disabling/enabling events in 'perf top' TUI was Re: [GIT PULL 0/8] perf/core improvements and fixes

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Jun 18 2015 - 17:40:08 EST


Em Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:58:13PM +0200, Ingo Molnar escreveu:
> * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Btw., it would be nice if the status line carried information about whether
> > > collection is 'frozen' or running, at a glance. A hint might also suggest how to
> > > unfreeze the session - in case someone pressed Ctrl-Z to suspend the perf top
> > > session ...
> >
> > Right, and I think we better find other hotkey and make Ctrl+Z work like
> > with other tools, i.e. suspend:
> >
> > [acme@zoo linux]$ mutt
> >
> > [1]+ Stopped mutt
> > [acme@zoo linux]$ vim
> >
> > [2]+ Stopped vim
> > [acme@zoo linux]$
> >
> > The perf TUI should work like that as well...
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > We already have:
> >
> > h/?/F1 Show this window
> > UP/DOWN/PGUP
<SNIP>
> > z Toggle zeroing of samples
> > / Filter symbol by name
>
> Is 'f' (for 'freeze') still available?

It is available in both the 'report'/'top' (aka the "hists" browser) and
in the annotate browser, so I'll go with it, and leave CTRL+z alone,
then make it it suspend.

- Arnaldo
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