linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] perf script: enable printing of branch stack

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:08:01 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu, jolsa@...hat.com,
	namhyung@...nel.org, kan.liang@...el.com, dsahern@...il.com,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] perf script: enable printing of branch stack

Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> writes:

>>  $ perf script -F ip,brstack
>>   5d3000 0x401aa0/0x5d2000/M/-/-/-/0 ...
>> 
>>  $ perf script -F ip,brstacksym
>>   4011e0 noploop+0x0/noploop+0x0/P/-/-/0
>
> That's a weird format that's hard to parse with standard tools like
> awk, and also for humans. How about separating with spaces?

Also can you include the number of the LBR in the branch record?
That can be useful sometimes.

BTW I haven't checked, but it would be also good to make sure
the print order is the same as program order (perf stores
the LBRs reversed)

-Andi


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