linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] perf report: Add -g cumulative option

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Date:	Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:44:58 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@...g.com.ar>,
	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] perf report: Add -g cumulative option

On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 14:17:34 +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 03:56:16PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
>> 
>> The -g cumulative option is for showing accumulated overhead (period)
>> value as well as self overhead.

[SNIP]

>> +static void
>> +sort_chain_cumulative(struct rb_root *rb_root __maybe_unused,
>> +		      struct callchain_root *chain_root __maybe_unused,
>> +		      u64 min_hit __maybe_unused,
>> +		      struct callchain_param *param __maybe_unused)
>> +{
>> +}
>
> maybe add some commentary explaning that it's intentionaly empty
>
> or maybe dont set it and do following check
> in __hists__insert_output_entry:
>
>         if (symbol_conf.use_callchain && callchain_param.sort)
>                 callchain_param.sort(&he->sorted_chain, he->callchain,
>                                       min_callchain_hits, &callchain_param);

Yeah, I'm fine with either way.

Hmm.. but now I think that checking existence of the sort function would
be better than having an empty function.  Will change in v3.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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