linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/28] perf top: Add --children option

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Date:	Wed,  8 Jan 2014 17:46:31 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	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>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@...g.com.ar>
Subject: [PATCH 26/28] perf top: Add --children option

The --children option is for showing accumulated overhead (period)
value as well as self overhead.  It should be used with one of -g or
--call-graph option.

Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 6 ++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c              | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index cdd8d4946dba..01b6fd1a4428 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 	Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording,
 	implies -g.
 
+--children::
+	Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can
+	show up in the output.  The output will have a new "Children" column
+	and will be sorted on the data.  It requires -g/--call-graph option
+	enabled.
+
 --max-stack::
 	Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
 	beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index cf330c66bed7..fa34bcbca587 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "call-graph", &top.record_opts,
 		     "mode[,dump_size]", record_callchain_help,
 		     &parse_callchain_opt),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "children", &symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain,
+		    "Accumulate callchains of children and show total overhead as well"),
 	OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-stack", &top.max_stack,
 		    "Set the maximum stack depth when parsing the callchain. "
 		    "Default: " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
@@ -1177,6 +1179,11 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	top.sym_evsel = perf_evlist__first(top.evlist);
 
+	if (!symbol_conf.use_callchain) {
+		symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain = false;
+		perf_hpp__cancel_cumulate();
+	}
+
 	symbol_conf.priv_size = sizeof(struct annotation);
 
 	symbol_conf.try_vmlinux_path = (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name == NULL);
-- 
1.7.11.7

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