linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix bug for perf kvm report without guestmount.

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Date:	Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:44:20 -0500
From:	Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
CC:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix bug for perf kvm report without guestmount.


>> When more than 1 VM, the cases you provided is all about 
>> record-report the symbols from __all__ guests. How about I want to 
>> record-report one of them?
>> Example:
>>     There are 2 guests are running different kernels, I want to 
>> record-report VM1.
>>
>> Currently, we can use --guestmount to get the symbols of VM1, but we 
>> can not remove the symbols of VM2 from report. It means the 
>> percentage of each symbol is not  the symbol only in this VM1.
>>
>> What I want with introducing guestpid is to record-report the symbols 
>> only from VM1, and ignore VM2.
>>
>
> Besides, as we provide two usages of perf-kvm in manpage, 
> guestmount-way and guest{kallsyms,modules}-way, but the 
> guest{kallsyms, modules} is not used 
s/not/only. Sorry for the typo :(
> when
> there is only one guest is running, the guestmount is used in all 
> situations, it seems not reasonable. I think we can provide a guestpid 
> to make the guestkallsyms-way can be used in any situation.
>
> This way, user can understand and choose the usage easily.
>
> 1. one or more guests you want to record-report, --guestmount-way. It 
> provides the full functionality of perf kvm.
>
> 2. only one guest you want to record-report, --guestmount is also 
> available, and there is another usage for this most used case as a 
> shortcut , --guest{kallsyms, modules, pid}.
>
> Then the relationship between the two kinds of usage is more clear, 
> right? And in this way, we can make the result of perf-kvm more 
> foreseeable to user.
>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>
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