linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] perf tools: Try to show pretty printed output for dynamic sort keys

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:52:18 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] perf tools: Try to show pretty printed output for
 dynamic sort keys

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 09:42:31PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 01:24:26PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 09:13:20PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 07:36:37AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > > Em Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:03:29AM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:46:13AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > > > > Each tracepoint event has format string for print to improve
> > > > > > readability.  Try to parse the output and match the field name.  If it
> > > > > > finds one, use that for the result.  If not, fallbacks to the original
> > > > > > output.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > For example, sort on kmem:kmalloc.gfp_flags looks like below:
> > > > > > (Note: libtraceevent plugins are not installed on my system.  They might
> > > > > > affect the output below)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Before:
> > > > > >   # Overhead  Command   gfp_flags
> > > > > >   # ........  .......  ..........
> > > > > >   #
> > > > > >       99.89%  perf          32848
> > > > > >        0.06%  sleep           208
> > > > > >        0.03%  perf          32976
> > > > > >        0.01%  perf            208
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > After:
> > > > > >   # Overhead  Command            gfp_flags
> > > > > >   # ........  .......  ...................
> > > > > >   #
> > > > > >       99.89%  perf       GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO
> > > > > >        0.06%  sleep             GFP_KERNEL
> > > > > >        0.03%  perf     GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO
> > > > > >        0.01%  perf              GFP_KERNEL
> > > > > 
> > > > > hum, maybe we want some way to switch back to numbers?
> > > 
> > > OK.  Maybe something like 'kmem:kmalloc.gfp_flags/raw' ?
> > 
> > ok.. and some option that would make it happen globaly ;-)
> 
> How about '--raw-trace' then?

sounds good to me

thanks,
jirka
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