linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf, tools: Add perf stat --transaction v3

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Date:	Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:18:19 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, acme@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf, tools: Add perf stat --transaction v3

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:34:27AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Add support to perf stat to print the basic transactional execution statistics:
> Total cycles, Cycles in Transaction, Cycles in aborted transsactions
> using the in_tx and in_tx_checkpoint qualifiers.
> Transaction Starts and Elision Starts, to compute the average transaction length.
> 
> This is a reasonable overview over the success of the transactions.
> 
> Enable with a new --transaction / -T option.
> 
> This requires measuring these events in a group, since they depend on each
> other.
> 
> This is implemented by using TM sysfs events exported by the kernel
> 
> v2: Only print the extended statistics when the option is enabled.
> This avoids negative output when the user specifies the -T events
> in separate groups.
> v3: Port to latest tree
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt |   5 ++
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.h                |   6 ++
>  tools/perf/util/pmu.c                  |  16 ++++
>  tools/perf/util/pmu.h                  |   1 +
>  5 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Arnaldo, ACK on this?
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