Re: [PATCH 5/7] perf, tools, stat: Implement --metric-only mode

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Mar 01 2016 - 09:53:47 EST


> >
> > % perf stat -a -I 1000 --metric-only
> > 1.001452803 frontend cycles idle insn per cycle stalled cycles per insn branch-misses of all branches
>
> where does 'frontend' collumn come from?
> can't see it in the code or get it in output..

It comes from the shadow stats. All the columns are collected from
there. Probably your CPU doesn't implement it. I try to hide
it when it's not supported.

-Andi