Re: [PATCHSET 00/10] perf tools: Apply percent-limit to callchains (v2)

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:40:47AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patchset tries to implement percent limit to callchains which was
> requested by Andi Kleen.  For some reason, limiting callchains by
> (overhead) percentage didn't work well.  This patch fixes it and make
> --percent-limit also works for callchains as well as hist entries.
> 
>  * Changes from v1)
>   - fix insertion path instead of changing all UI code
>   - show percent value even on single path (if needed)
>   - change default callchain percent limit
>   
> This is available on 'perf/callchain-limit-v2' branch in my tree:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/namhyung/linux-perf.git
> 
> Any comments are welcome,
> 
> Thanks,
> Namhyung
> *** BLURB HERE ***
> 
> Namhyung Kim (10):
>   perf hists: Fix min callchain hits calculation
>   perf hists: Update hists' total period when adding entries
>   perf report: Apply --percent-limit to callchains also
>   perf report: Get rid of hist_entry__callchain_fprintf()
>   perf tools: Pass parent_samples to __callchain__fprintf_graph()
>   perf report: Fix percent display in callchains on --stdio
>   perf hists browser: Fix dump to show correct callchain style
>   perf hists browser: Pass parent_total to callchain print functions
>   perf hists browser: Fix percent display in callchains
>   perf tools: Change default calchain percent limit to 0.005%

also I see extra fo entries with callchain filtered out in stdio mode

jirka


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