linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] perf, tools: Add --branch-history option to report

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Message-ID: <87389itk0y.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:31:57 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	jolsa@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] perf, tools: Add --branch-history option to report

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:05:05 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> And please also add a new CCKEY_SRCLINE if you print srcline with the
>> callchains so that users can give "-g srcline" if they want (regardless
>> of the branch history feature).
>
> That would be largely identical to CCKEY_ADDRESS 
> except for the case of two calls to the same function from
> the same line. Probably not worth adding?

For sorting, yes, it'd be almost identical.  But what I'm saying is for
printing - IOW print callchain entries with symbol and srcline (for
normal perf report too).

Anyway, I think it'd be a separate patch(set).

Thanks,
Namhyung
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