linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] JSON output for perf stat

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:40:19 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     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>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...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@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Claire Jensen <clairej735@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] JSON output for perf stat

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 3:45 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Parsing the CSV or text output of perf stat can be problematic when
> new output is added (columns in CSV format). JSON names values and
> simplifies the job of parsing. Add a JSON output option to perf-stat
> then add unit test that parses and validates the output.
>
> This is a resend of two v2 patches:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210813220754.2104922-1-cjense@google.com/
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210813220936.2105426-1-cjense@google.com/
> with a few formatting changes and improvements to the linter.

Still looking for reviews for these 2 changes. Thanks!
Ian

> v5. Drops the merged CSV check, fixes a json test issue found by
>     Arnaldo and a typo.
>
> v4. Does some minor fixes to the json linter.
>
> v3. There is some tidy up of CSV code including a potential memory
>     over run in the os.nfields set up caught by sanitizers. To
>     facilitate this an AGGR_MAX value is added. v3 also adds the CSV
>     testing.
>
> v2. Fixes the system wide no aggregation test to not run if the
>     paranoia is wrong. It also makes the counter-value check handle
>     the "<not counted>" and "<not supported>" cases.
>
> Claire Jensen (2):
>   perf stat: Add JSON output option
>   perf test: Json format checking
>
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt        |  21 +
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c                     |   6 +
>  .../tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py  |  95 +++++
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh    | 147 +++++++
>  tools/perf/util/stat-display.c                | 384 +++++++++++++-----
>  tools/perf/util/stat.c                        |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/stat.h                        |   2 +
>  7 files changed, 550 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
>  create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh
>
> --
> 2.36.1.124.g0e6072fb45-goog
>