Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf stat: Reset aggr stats for each run

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 12:32:10AM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> When it runs multiple times with -r option, it missed to reset the
> aggregation counters and the values were added up.  The aggregation
> count has the values to be printed in the end.  It should reset the
> counters at the beginning of each run.  But the current code does that
> only when -I/--interval-print option is given.
> 
> Fixes: 91f85f98da7a ("perf stat: Display event stats using aggr counts")
> Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index c87c6897edc9..e549862f90f0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
>  			all_counters_use_bpf = false;
>  	}
>  
> +	evlist__reset_aggr_stats(evsel_list);
> +

would it be better to call this below before read_counters call,
together with the other counts setup calls?

jirka

>  	evlist__for_each_cpu(evlist_cpu_itr, evsel_list, affinity) {
>  		counter = evlist_cpu_itr.evsel;
>  
> -- 
> 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
>