linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] perf stat: Add JSON output option

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 31 May 2022 15:46:37 -0700
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Zhengjun Xing <zhengjun.xing@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>,
        Claire Jensen <cjense@...gle.com>, Alyssa Ross <hi@...ssa.is>,
        Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Florian Fischer <florian.fischer@...q.space>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-perf-users <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        Claire Jensen <clairej735@...il.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] perf stat: Add JSON output option

Hi Ian,

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 10:38 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> From: Claire Jensen <cjense@...gle.com>
>
> CSV output is tricky to format and column layout changes are susceptible
> to breaking parsers. New JSON-formatted output has variable names to
> identify fields that are consistent and informative, making
> the output parseable.
>
> CSV output example:
>
> 1.20,msec,task-clock:u,1204272,100.00,0.697,CPUs utilized
> 0,,context-switches:u,1204272,100.00,0.000,/sec
> 0,,cpu-migrations:u,1204272,100.00,0.000,/sec
> 70,,page-faults:u,1204272,100.00,58.126,K/sec
>
> JSON output example:
>
> {"counter-value" : "3805.723968", "unit" : "msec", "event" :
> "cpu-clock", "event-runtime" : 3805731510100.00, "pcnt-running"
> : 100.00, "metric-value" : 4.007571, "metric-unit" : "CPUs utilized"}
> {"counter-value" : "6166.000000", "unit" : "", "event" :
> "context-switches", "event-runtime" : 3805723045100.00, "pcnt-running"
> : 100.00, "metric-value" : 1.620191, "metric-unit" : "K/sec"}
> {"counter-value" : "466.000000", "unit" : "", "event" :
> "cpu-migrations", "event-runtime" : 3805727613100.00, "pcnt-running"
> : 100.00, "metric-value" : 122.447136, "metric-unit" : "/sec"}
> {"counter-value" : "208.000000", "unit" : "", "event" :
> "page-faults", "event-runtime" : 3805726799100.00, "pcnt-running"
> : 100.00, "metric-value" : 54.654516, "metric-unit" : "/sec"}
>
> Also added documentation for JSON option.
> There is some tidy up of CSV code including a potential memory over run
> in the os.nfields set up. To facilitate this an AGGR_MAX value is added.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claire Jensen <cjense@...gle.com>

Your sign-off as well?

Anyway, I think there are places to clean up this part of code
more but that's not a part of the work.  Maybe I need to find
some time to do that later.

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung