linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf list: specify metrics are to be used with -M

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Message-ID: <20190919220615.GG8537@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:06:15 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Janakarajan Natarajan <Janakarajan.Natarajan@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Martin Liska <mliska@...e.cz>,
        Luke Mujica <lukemujica@...gle.com>,
        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf list: specify metrics are to be used with -M

> This misleads the uninitiated user to try:
> 
>   $ perf stat -e C2_Pkg_Residency

Actually I guess we could just fix -e to support metrics too.
Would probably not be that difficult.

-Andi