linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] perf stat: Support --all-kernel and --all-user

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Date:   Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:29:13 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, 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 v1 0/2] perf stat: Support --all-kernel and --all-user

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:02:16AM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> This patch series supports the new options "--all-kernel" and "--all-user"
> in perf-stat.
> 
> For example,
> 
> root@kbl:~# perf stat -e cycles,instructions --all-kernel --all-user -a -- sleep 1
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>         19,156,665      cycles:k
>          7,265,342      instructions:k            #    0.38  insn per cycle
>      4,511,186,293      cycles:u
>        121,881,436      instructions:u            #    0.03  insn per cycle

hi,
I think we should follow --all-kernel/--all-user behaviour from record
command, adding extra events seems like unnecesary complexity to me

jirka

> 
>        1.001153540 seconds time elapsed
> 
> 
>  root@kbl:~# perf stat -a --topdown --all-kernel -- sleep 1
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>                                   retiring:k    bad speculation:k     frontend bound:k      backend bound:k
> S0-D0-C0           2                 7.6%                 1.8%                40.5%                50.0%
> S0-D0-C1           2                15.4%                 3.4%                14.4%                66.8%
> S0-D0-C2           2                15.8%                 5.1%                26.9%                52.2%
> S0-D0-C3           2                 5.7%                 5.7%                46.2%                42.4%
> 
>        1.000771709 seconds time elapsed
> 
> More detail information are in the patch descriptions.
> 
> Jin Yao (2):
>   perf stat: Support --all-kernel and --all-user options
>   perf stat: Support topdown with --all-kernel/--all-user
> 
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |   3 +-
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt   |   7 +
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c                | 200 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c            | 167 ++++++++++++++-----
>  tools/perf/util/stat.h                   |  23 +++
>  5 files changed, 353 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>