Re: [PATCHSET 00/18] perf tools: Add support for hierachy view (v7)

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:13:32AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> Hello,
> 
> This patchset implements a new feature that collects hist entries in a
> hierachical manner.  That means lower-level entries belong to an
> upper-level entry.  The entry hierachy is built on the sort keys
> given, so users can set it whatever they want.  It only shows
> top-level entries first, and user can expand/collapse it dynamically.
> 
>  * Changes from v6)
>   - pass srcline, srcfile and trace_output of hist entry properly  (Jiri)
>   - use hist_entry__snprintf_alignment()  (Jiri)

Suggestion for further improvement:

perf top --hierarchy -e sched:sched_switch -s prev_comm,prev_pid,next_comm,next_pid

Will have four levels, would be nice to have just two, perhaps expressed
via:

perf top --hierarchy -e sched:sched_switch -s prev_comm+prev_pid,next_comm+next_pid

Where '+' would work as sort order separator, just like ',' but would
have special meaning for --hierarchy.

What do you think?

- Arnaldo