linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/21] perf hists: Accumulate hist entry stat based on the callchain

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Message-ID: <20140105171528.GA12744@krava.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 5 Jan 2014 18:15:28 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
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>,
	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@...g.com.ar>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/21] perf hists: Accumulate hist entry stat based on
 the callchain

On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 05:58:31PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 05:22:11PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
> > 
> > Call __hists__add_entry() for each callchain node to get an
> > accumulated stat for an entry.  Introduce new cumulative_iter ops to
> > process them properly.
> > 
> > Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
> > Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c  |   2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> > index 29fe19071d24..4fde0ab82498 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> > @@ -360,6 +360,97 @@ iter_finish_normal_entry(struct add_entry_iter *iter, struct addr_location *al)
> >  	return hist_entry__append_callchain(he, sample);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int
> > +iter_prepare_cumulative_entry(struct add_entry_iter *iter,
> > +			      struct machine *machine __maybe_unused,
> > +			      struct perf_evsel *evsel,
> > +			      struct addr_location *al __maybe_unused,
> > +			      struct perf_sample *sample)
> > +{
> > +	callchain_cursor_commit(&callchain_cursor);
> > +
> > +	iter->evsel = evsel;
> > +	iter->sample = sample;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int
> > +iter_add_single_cumulative_entry(struct add_entry_iter *iter,
> > +				 struct addr_location *al)
> > +{
> > +	struct perf_evsel *evsel = iter->evsel;
> > +	struct perf_sample *sample = iter->sample;
> > +	struct hist_entry *he;
> > +
> > +	he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, iter->parent, NULL, NULL,
> > +				sample->period, sample->weight,
> > +				sample->transaction, true);
> > +	if (he == NULL)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * This is for putting parents upward during output resort iff
> > +	 * only a child gets sampled.  See hist_entry__sort_on_period().
> > +	 */
> > +	he->callchain->max_depth = PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH + 1;
> 
> so you're using callchain struct to hold the entry's stack
> position for sorting.. I think we could store this info
> inside hist_entry itself, and omit 'struct callchain_root'
> size being allocated for hist_entry
> 
> I checked 'struct hist_entry' and the 'position' entry seems to
> be abandonned ;-)) or we could use some unused entry (mem_info?)
> and create some union.

also perhaps above 5 lines should be part of the later commit:
  perf hists: Sort hist entries by accumulated period

jirka
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