linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Separate progress bar update when processing events

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Message-ID: <5227641A.40500@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:47:22 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Separate progress bar update when processing
 events

On 9/4/13 10:27 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Currently when processing events in __perf_session__process_events
> function we we update progress based on the file_size. During the
> same processing we update progress bar from within flush_sample_queue
> which is based on number of samples count.
>
> Having 2 different based updates is causing the progress bar to
> jump heavily back and forth giving not much useful info.
>
> Fixing this by keeping only __perf_session__process_events
> based progress bar update. And turning on flush_sample_queue
> progress bar update only for final flushing.
>
> This reduces the number of times the progress bar update
> function is called and it significantly reduces the loading
> time for TUI, where the progress bar update takes quite a lot
> of time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> ---
>   tools/perf/util/session.c | 8 ++++----
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> index 1fc0c62..4df449c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int perf_session_deliver_event(struct perf_session *session,
>   				      u64 file_offset);
>
>   static int flush_sample_queue(struct perf_session *s,
> -		       struct perf_tool *tool)
> +		       struct perf_tool *tool, bool final)

Why not base it on next_flush = ULLONG_MAX? Then you don't need the 
extra arg.

David
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