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Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2019 01:36:12 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, jolsa@...nel.org, acme@...hat.com,
        mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, wangnan0@...wei.com,
        adrian.hunter@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        lclaudio@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf trace: Filter out gnome-terminal* parent

Commit-ID:  ca2da70c411c4022a479d36063f0d0a862ea636e
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/ca2da70c411c4022a479d36063f0d0a862ea636e
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:51:49 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:18:04 -0300

perf trace: Filter out gnome-terminal* parent

Just like it does with 'sshd', to reduce the feedback loop when doing
system wide tracing on on a gnome GUI.

Need to figure out how to auto-filter the calls to other UI components
tho.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Luis Cláudio Gonçalves <lclaudio@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-rjopq5y92itgokppdhe8sc6z@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index a9b51f59ab54..68a01e624ad3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2771,7 +2771,8 @@ static int trace__set_filter_loop_pids(struct trace *trace)
 		if (parent == NULL)
 			break;
 
-		if (!strcmp(thread__comm_str(parent), "sshd")) {
+		if (!strcmp(thread__comm_str(parent), "sshd") ||
+		    strstarts(thread__comm_str(parent), "gnome-terminal")) {
 			pids[nr++] = parent->tid;
 			break;
 		}