Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] perf: Fix missing branch counter information in script and annotate

From: Falcon, Thomas

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 14:22:23 EST


On Wed, 2026-04-29 at 10:29 -0500, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This series fixes two issues related to branch counter (br_cntr)
> display in perf.
>
> The first patch fixes a missing '+' indicator in 'perf script'
> output.
> The '+' suffix is used to signal that event occurrences may have been
> lost due to branch counter overflow.
>
> The second patch fixes a regression in 'perf annotate' TUI mode where
> the Branch Count column was never displayed. The check for whether to
> enable branch counter display was performed before events were
> processed
> and the counter data was populated, so the condition was never
> satisfied.
> Moving the check to after event processing resolves this.

Ping.

Thanks,
Tom
>
> v2: Added a cover letter and expanded commit message for patch 1/2.
>     Patch 2/2 was missing some conditional checks to enable branch
> counter
>     display, which have been added back.
>    
>
> Dapeng Mi (1):
>   perf script: Fix missing '+' indicator when branch counter reaches
>     upper limit
>
> Thomas Falcon (1):
>   perf annotate: Fix missing branch counter column in TUI mode
>
>  tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c | 9 +++++----
>  tools/perf/builtin-script.c   | 8 ++++++--
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>