linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] perf, tools: Support handling complete branch stacks as histograms v4

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Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2014 16:54:08 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, mingo@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com,
	namhyung@...nel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] perf, tools: Support handling complete branch stacks
 as histograms v4

Em Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 04:51:00PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 02:19:49PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 08:22:26PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > +static void resolve_branch_ams(struct machine *machine, struct thread *thread,
> > > +			       u64 ip,
> > > +			       struct addr_location *al)

> > the function name is confusing.. there's no branch or ams
> > being dealt with in here

> yeah, it should be renamed, and all it does is to try to find something
> in all the possible cpu modes, so I think we should rename this to:

>   thread__find_cpumode_addr_location()

> And move it to right after thread__find_addr_location(), then use it
> here, doing that and combining the other patches, etc, should have it in
> a place for testing soon.
>  
> > maybe something like resolve_ip_al or resolve_ip ?

Humm, then it gets overly long and we have
PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, so I'll try making it so that if
cpumode is passed as PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN,
thread__find_addr_location() will try to figure it out.

- Arnaldo
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