Re: [PATCH 2/6] perf, tools, stat: Implement CSV metrics output

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 06:39:21PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Where before it wasn't there:
> > 
> > cat /tmp/before
> > 0.282628,,task-clock,282628,100.00
> > 1,,context-switches,282628,100.00
> > 0,,cpu-migrations,282628,100.00
> > 52,,page-faults,282628,100.00
> > 861213,,cycles,285354,100.00
> > <not supported>,,stalled-cycles-frontend,0,100.00
> > <not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00
> > 686082,,instructions,285354,100.00
> > 137846,,branches,285354,100.00
> > 7142,,branch-misses,285354,100.00
> 
> This is intentional. See the standard perf output:
> 
> 
>           521,232      instructions              #    0.63  insns per cycle        
>                                                  #    1.13  stalled cycles per insn
> 
> So this line has multiple metrics. In CSV this is expressed as a mostly empty line.

it's intentional if you have data from stalled cycles counter
on cpu where this one is non supported you get blank line:

0.186177,,task-clock,186177,100.00,0.448,CPUs utilized
0,,context-switches,186177,100.00,0.000,K/sec
0,,cpu-migrations,186177,100.00,0.000,K/sec
43,,page-faults,186177,100.00,0.231,M/sec
567286,,cycles,187628,100.00,3.047,GHz
<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-frontend,0,100.00,,,,
<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00,,,,
456664,,instructions,187628,100.00,0.80,insn per cycle
,,,,,,,,
89069,,branches,187628,100.00,478.410,M/sec
3360,,branch-misses,187628,100.00,3.77,of all branches


which I think is wrong and we should not print

jirka