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

[Namhyung Kim]

On January 28, 2016 5:14:39 PM GMT+09:00, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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%
>
>heya,
>do I get it right that:
>
>'perf report' display all entries, but only callchains above default
>limit
>
>'perf report --percent-limit X' display only entries above limit X plus
>only callchains above limit X
>
>
>thanks,
>jirka

Yes, actually there're two limits and they have different defaults. The --percent-limit sets both limits while -g only sets callchain limit.

Thanks
Namhyung
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