Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] perf, tools, script: Allow computing metrics in perf script

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 08:03:06AM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Yes it is.
> > > 
> > > It's for the complete sampling period because it is computed
> > > over the delta from the last sample to the previous sample.
> > > 
> > > There isn't really a metric at a point, it is always over a interval.
> > 
> > agreed, it's the count we meassured from the last sample.. but the
> > 'averaged' word above implies to me we compute some average over the
> > 'sampling' period, which we dont do
> 
> Do you have a better word in mind?
> 
> AFAIK average is the right word for this because it's the summary
> for that time period.

the way I understand it is that we take the values from the current
sample and count the metric value.. so the phrase:

.. the metric computed is averaged over the whole sampling period,
not just for the sample point ...

does not make sense to me.. because we take the value of that
single 'sample point'.. I dont see any average sum in there

but my english might be borken and you mean that in a different way

jirka