linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] perf report: Implement visual marker for macro fusion in annotate

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:13:30 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mingo@...radead.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, kan.liang@...el.com, yao.jin@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] perf report: Implement visual marker for macro
 fusion in annotate

Em Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 02:35:29PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:55:58AM +0800, Jin Yao escreveu:
> 
> Marker always there, not just when we have the cursor on top of one of
> those lines remains to be coded.
> 
> But you state:
> 
>  ------------
>     Macro fusion merges two instructions to a single micro-op. Intel core
>     platform performs this hardware optimization under limited
>     circumstances.
>  ------------
> 
> "Intel core", what about older arches, etc, don't you have to look at:
> 
> # cpudesc : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5600U CPU @ 2.60GHz
> # cpuid : GenuineIntel,6,61,4
> 
> present in the perf.data header (or in the running system, for things
> like 'perf top') to make sure that this is a machine where such "macro
> fusion" takes place?

Ok, I have the patches that need this discussion to get to a conclusion
on a separate patch, tmp.perf/annotate, the first patch, the one that
returns the 'struct arch' for the browser to use arch specific stuff is
in perf/core and can go to Ingo now.

- Arnaldo