[PATCH v2 1/2] perf top: Support --group-sort-idx to change the sort order

[Jin Yao]

perf report has supported the option --group-sort-idx, which
sorts the output by the event at the index n in event group.

For example,
perf record -e cycles,instructions,cache-misses
perf report --group --group-sort-idx 2 --stdio

The perf-report output is sorted by cache-misses.

This patch supports --group-sort-idx in perf-top.

For example,
perf top --group -e cycles,instructions,cache-misses --group-sort-idx 2

The perf-top output is sorted by cache-misses.

Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 5 +++++
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c              | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 324b6b53c86b..0e97dcef794d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 --group::
         Put the counters into a counter group.
 
+--group-sort-idx::
+	Sort the output by the event at the index n in group. If n is invalid,
+	sort by the first event. It can support multiple groups with different
+	amount of events. WARNING: This should be used on grouped events.
+
 -F <freq>::
 --freq=<freq>::
 	Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' to use the currently maximum
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index d2539b793f9d..494c7b9a1022 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,10 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 			"number of thread to run event synthesize"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "namespaces", &opts->record_namespaces,
 		    "Record namespaces events"),
+	OPT_INTEGER(0, "group-sort-idx", &symbol_conf.group_sort_idx,
+		    "Sort the output by the event at the index n in group. "
+		    "If n is invalid, sort by the first event. "
+		    "WARNING: should be used on grouped events."),
 	OPTS_EVSWITCH(&top.evswitch),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
-- 
2.17.1