linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] perf, tools, stat: Implement CSV metrics output

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:13:17 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] perf, tools, stat: Implement CSV metrics output

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 04:42:53PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Now support CSV output for metrics. With the new output callbacks
> this is relatively straight forward by creating new callbacks.
> 
> The new line callback needs to know the number of fields to skip them
> correctly
> 
> Example output before:
> 
> % perf stat -x, true
> 0.200687,,task-clock,200687,100.00
> 0,,context-switches,200687,100.00
> 0,,cpu-migrations,200687,100.00
> 40,,page-faults,200687,100.00
> 730871,,cycles,203601,100.00
> 551056,,stalled-cycles-frontend,203601,100.00
> <not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00
> 385523,,instructions,203601,100.00
> 78028,,branches,203601,100.00
> 3946,,branch-misses,203601,100.00
> 
> After:
> 
> % perf stat -x, true
> 0.341119,,task-clock,0.461,CPUs utilized,0.00%,324342,100.00
> 0,,context-switches,0.000,K/sec,0.00%,324342,100.00
> 0,,cpu-migrations,0.000,K/sec,0.00%,324342,100.00
> 41,,page-faults,0.126,M/sec,0.00%,324342,100.00
> 674068,,cycles,2.078,GHz,0.00%,330887,100.00
> 508189,,stalled-cycles-frontend,82.31,frontend cycles idle,0.00%,330887,100.00
> <not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,,,0.00%,0,100.00
> 374932,,instructions,0.61,insn per cycle
> ,,,1.20,stalled cycles per insn,0.00%,330887,100.00
> 76540,,branches,235.985,M/sec,0.00%,330887,100.00
> 3091,,branch-misses,4.09,of all branches,0.00%,330887,100.00

I'm getting stalled metrics even if I don't meassure stalled counters:

[jolsa@...va perf]$ sudo ./perf stat -e cycles,instructions -x, true
657676,,cycles,,Ghz,216170,100.00
424595,,instructions,0.65,insn per cycle
,,,,stalled cycles per insn,216170,100.00

jirka