linux-kernel - Re: State of "perf: Add a new sort order: SORT

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Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:10:38 -0700
From:	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
CC:	Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@...g.com.ar>, <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	<fweisbec@...il.com>, Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: State of "perf: Add a new sort order: SORT_INCLUSIVE"

On 10/28/13 8:11 PM, Namhyung Kim wrote:

Hey Namhyung:

>>
>> Also, what's the reasoning for --cumulate not being an option under
>> perf record -g ..,<order>?
>
> Sorry, I cannot understand you.  The 'perf record' just saves sample
> data (and callchains) from the ring-buffer.  All the processing happens
> in 'perf report'.  I can't see what you expect from the 'perf record
> --cumulate'.  Am I missing something?

Yes - I meant to say perf report -g :)

 > -g [type,min[,limit],order]

Specifically, along with callee, caller, we could have a third option. 
Or we could have a new type (graph, fractal, cumulative).

>> Given that there are clear use cases in production involving complex
>> callgraphs, I'm for getting this support in first and then reconciling
>> the differences with perf record -b later.
>
> I think what Frederic said is that the code de-duplication of 'perf
> report' side.  The branch stack and --cumulate are different - branch
> stack concentrates on the branch itself but --cumulate uses callchains
> to find parents and give some credit to them as side information.

Me too. I brought it up with Stephane at some point in the last year or 
so and there wasn't an obvious way to de-duplicate because of these 
differences.

  -Arun
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