linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] perf script: expose usage of the callchain db export via the python api

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Message-ID: <20160506122504.GA11069@kernel.org>
Date:	Fri, 6 May 2016 09:25:04 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:	Chris Phlipot <cphlipot0@...il.com>, jolsa@...nel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] perf script: expose usage of the callchain db export
 via the python api

Em Fri, May 06, 2016 at 02:28:14PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> On 28/04/16 11:19, Chris Phlipot wrote:
> > This change allows python scripts to be able to utilize the recent
> > changes to the db export api allowing the export of call_paths derived
> > from sampled callchains. These call paths are also now associated with
> > the samples from which they were derived.
> > 
> > -This feature is enabled by setting "perf_db_export_callchains" to true
> > 
> > -When enabled, samples that have callchain information will have the
> >     callchains exported via call_path_table
> > 
> > -The call_path_id field is added to sample_table to enable association of
> >     samples with the corresponding callchain stored in the call paths
> >     table. A call_path_id of 0 will be exported if there is no
> >     corresponding callchain.
> > 
> > -When "perf_db_export_callchains" and "perf_db_export_calls" are both
> >     set to True, the call path root data structure will be shared. This
> >     prevents duplicating of data and call path ids that would result from
> >     building two separate call path trees in memory.
> > 
> > -The call_return_processor structure definition was relocated to the header
> >     file to make its contents visible to db-export.c. This enables the
> >     sharing of call path trees between the two features, as mentioned
> >     above.
> > 
> > This change is visible to python scripts using the python db export api.
> > The change is backwards compatible with scripts written against the
> > previous API, assuming that the scripts model the sample_table function
> > after the one in export-to-postgresql.py script by allowing for additional
> > arguments to be added in the future. ie. using *x as the final argument of
> > the sample_table function.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Phlipot <cphlipot0@...il.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>

Applied.