linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf tool: don't print bogus data on -e instructions

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Date:	Tue,  1 Oct 2013 14:06:44 +0530
From:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: [PATCH] perf tool: don't print bogus data on -e instructions

When only the instructions event is requested:

$ perf stat -e instructions git s
M  builtin-stat.c

 Performance counter stats for 'git s':

       917,453,420 instructions              #    0.00  insns per cycle

       0.213002926 seconds time elapsed

The 0.00 insns per cycle comment in the output is totally bogus and
misleading. It happens because update_shadow_stats() doesn't touch
runtime_cycles_stats when only the instructions event is requested. So,
omit printing the bogus data altogether.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index cc167ae..0b747a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -852,11 +852,10 @@ static void abs_printout(int cpu, int nr, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 
 	if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_INSTRUCTIONS)) {
 		total = avg_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats[cpu]);
-		if (total)
+		if (total) {
 			ratio = avg / total;
-
-		fprintf(output, " #   %5.2f  insns per cycle        ", ratio);
-
+			fprintf(output, " #   %5.2f  insns per cycle        ", ratio);
+		}
 		total = avg_stats(&runtime_stalled_cycles_front_stats[cpu]);
 		total = max(total, avg_stats(&runtime_stalled_cycles_back_stats[cpu]));
 
-- 
1.8.4.477.g5d89aa9

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