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

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 07:16:43PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 5:16 PM, 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%
> >>
> >> also I see extra fo entries with callchain filtered out in stdio mode
> >>
> >> jirka
> >>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>      8.41%  yes      libc-2.21.so      [.] fputs_unlocked
> >>             |
> >>             ---fputs_unlocked
> >>                |
> >>                |--5.67%--0x757074756f206472
> >>                |
> >>                 --2.74%--0x3ba8e0
> >>                           0x21e000
> >>
> >>      2.47%  yes      yes               [.] fputs_unlocked@plt
> >>             |
> >>             ---fputs_unlocked@plt
> >>                0x3ba8e0
> >>                0x21e000
> >>
> >>      0.12%  yes      [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] vfs_write
> >>
> >>      0.09%  yes      libc-2.21.so      [.] _IO_do_write@@GLIBC_2.2.5
> >>
> >>      0.08%  yes      [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] entry_SYSCALL_64
> >>
> >>      0.07%  yes      [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] fsnotify
> >>
> >>      0.06%  yes      [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] sys_write
> >>
> >
> > I guess it's same for other UI outputs too.
> >
> > The default limit of hist entries is 0 so it basically shows all
> > entries.  But default callchain limit is 0.5% so hist entries under
> > 0.5% won't show callchains.
> 
> Btw, I changed it to 0.005% in this patchset.  Did you apply all the
> patches and run 'perf report' with default value?

yep, I had it and then reverted ;-) but I made typo
in the previous email.. what I meant was:

also I see extra LINE for entries...  ;-)

thanks,
jirka