linux-kernel - Re: perf, tools: Refactor and support interval and CSV metrics v3

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Message-ID: <20150903131754.GI13114@krava.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:17:54 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: perf, tools: Refactor and support interval and CSV metrics v3

On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 04:35:45PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> [v3: Addressed all review feedback. Update manpage for CSV. Various changes
>      (see individual patches). Remove some more redundant code 
>      in printout callers.]
> [v2: Addressed (near) all review feedback. No manpage updates so far.
>      Add support for --per-core metrics. Various cleanups.]
> [v3: Everything compiles again. Some more cleanups.]
> 
> Currently perf stat does not support printing computed metrics for interval (-I xxx)
> or CSV (-x,) mode. For example IPC or TSX metrics over time are quite useful to know.
> 
> This patch implements them. The main obstacle was that the
> metrics printing was all open coded all over the metrics computation code.
> The second patch refactors the metrics printing to work through call backs that
> can be more easily changed. This also cleans up the metrics printing significantly.
> The indentation is now handled through printf, no more need to manually count spaces.
> 
> Then based on that it implements metrics printing for CSV and interval mode.
> 
> Example output:
> 
> % perf stat  -I1000 -a sleep 1
> #          time              counts unit events                    metric                              multiplex
>      1.001301370       12020.049593      task-clock (msec)                                             (100.00%)
>      1.001301370              3,952      context-switches          #    0.329 K/sec                    (100.00%)
>      1.001301370                 69      cpu-migrations            #    0.006 K/sec                    (100.00%)
>      1.001301370                 76      page-faults               #    0.006 K/sec                  
>      1.001301370        386,582,789      cycles                    #    0.032 GHz                      (100.00%)
>      1.001301370        716,441,544      stalled-cycles-frontend   #  185.33% frontend cycles idle     (100.00%)
>      1.001301370    <not supported>      stalled-cycles-backend   
>      1.001301370        101,751,678      instructions              #    0.26  insn per cycle         
>      1.001301370                                                   #    7.04  stalled cycles per insn  (100.00%)
>      1.001301370         20,914,692      branches                  #    1.740 M/sec                    (100.00%)
>      1.001301370          1,943,630      branch-misses             #    9.29% of all branches        
> 
> CSV mode
> 
> % perf stat  -x, -I1000 -a sleep 1
>      1.000852081,12016.143006,,task-clock
>      1.000852081,4457,,context-switches,12015168277,100.00,0.371,K/sec
>      1.000852081,50,,cpu-migrations,12014024424,100.00,0.004,K/sec
>      1.000852081,76,,page-faults,12013076716,100.00,0.006,K/sec
>      1.000852081,515854373,,cycles,12011235336,100.00,0.043,GHz
>      1.000852081,1030742150,,stalled-cycles-frontend,12010984057,100.00,199.81,frontend cycles idle
>      1.000852081,<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00
>      1.000852081,116782495,,instructions,12011130729,100.00,0.23,insn per cycle
>      1.000852081,,,,12011130729,100.00,8.83,stalled cycles per insn
>      1.000852081,23748237,,branches,12010745125,100.00,1.976,M/sec
>      1.000852081,1976560,,branch-misses,12010501884,100.00,8.32,of all branches
> 
> Available in
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc-2.6 perf/stat-metrics-5

can't see perf/stat-metrics-5 branch

[jolsa@...va perf]$ git remote update ak
Fetching ak
[jolsa@...va perf]$ git branch -r | grep perf/stat-metrics-
  ak/perf/stat-metrics-3
  ak/perf/stat-metrics-4
  ak/perf/stat-metrics-refactor-2
[jolsa@...va perf]$ 


jirka
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