perf, tools: Refactor and support interval and CSV metrics v3

[Andi Kleen]

[v2: Addressed (near) all review feedback. No manpage updates so far.
     Add support for --per-core metrics. Various cleanups.]
[v3: Everything compiles again. Some more cleanups. Updated to latest tip tree.]

Currently perf stat does not support printing computed metrics for interval (-I xxx)
or CSV (-x,) mode. For example IPC or TSX metrics over time are quite useful to know.

This patch implements them. The main obstacle was that the
metrics printing was all open coded all over the metrics computation code.
The second patch refactors the metrics printing to work through call backs that
can be more easily changed. This also cleans up the metrics printing significantly.
The indentation is now handled through printf, no more need to manually count spaces.

Then based on that it implements metrics printing for CSV and interval mode.

Example output:

% perf stat  -I1000 -a sleep 1
#          time              counts unit events                    metric                              multiplex
     1.001301370       12020.049593      task-clock (msec)                                             (100.00%)
     1.001301370              3,952      context-switches          #    0.329 K/sec                    (100.00%)
     1.001301370                 69      cpu-migrations            #    0.006 K/sec                    (100.00%)
     1.001301370                 76      page-faults               #    0.006 K/sec                  
     1.001301370        386,582,789      cycles                    #    0.032 GHz                      (100.00%)
     1.001301370        716,441,544      stalled-cycles-frontend   #  185.33% frontend cycles idle     (100.00%)
     1.001301370    <not supported>      stalled-cycles-backend   
     1.001301370        101,751,678      instructions              #    0.26  insn per cycle         
     1.001301370                                                   #    7.04  stalled cycles per insn  (100.00%)
     1.001301370         20,914,692      branches                  #    1.740 M/sec                    (100.00%)
     1.001301370          1,943,630      branch-misses             #    9.29% of all branches        

CSV mode

% perf stat  -x, -I1000 -a sleep 1
     1.000852081,12016.143006,,task-clock
     1.000852081,4457,,context-switches,12015168277,100.00,0.371,K/sec
     1.000852081,50,,cpu-migrations,12014024424,100.00,0.004,K/sec
     1.000852081,76,,page-faults,12013076716,100.00,0.006,K/sec
     1.000852081,515854373,,cycles,12011235336,100.00,0.043,GHz
     1.000852081,1030742150,,stalled-cycles-frontend,12010984057,100.00,199.81,frontend cycles idle
     1.000852081,<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00
     1.000852081,116782495,,instructions,12011130729,100.00,0.23,insn per cycle
     1.000852081,,,,12011130729,100.00,8.83,stalled cycles per insn
     1.000852081,23748237,,branches,12010745125,100.00,1.976,M/sec
     1.000852081,1976560,,branch-misses,12010501884,100.00,8.32,of all branches

Available in
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc-2.6 perf/stat-metrics-3

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