Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf top: Support call-graph display options also

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Thu Oct 22 2015 - 10:34:40 EST


On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Namhyung and Ingo
>
>> On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> * Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Currently 'perf top --call-graph' option is same as 'perf record'. But
>>>> 'perf top' also need to receive display options in 'perf report'. To do
>>>> that, change parse_callchain_report_opt() to allow record options too.
>>>>
>>>> Now perf top can receive display options like below:
>>>>
>>>> $ perf top --call-graph
>>>> Error: option `call-graph' requires a value
>>>>
>>>> Usage: perf top [<options>]
>>>>
>>>> --call-graph
>>>> <mode[,dump_size],output_type,min_percent[,print_limit],call_order[,branch]>
>>>> setup and enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace)
>>>> recording: fp dwarf lbr, output_type (graph, flat,
>>>> fractal, or none), min percent threshold, optional
>>>> print limit, callchain order, key (function or
>>>> address), add branches
>>>
>>> Yeah, so this fix is nice, and I think we should also do another patch to fix the
>>> help text output to be the following:
>>>
>>> --call-graph
>>> <record_mode[,record_size],print_style,limit[,print_limit],call_order[,sort_key]>
>>>
>>> Set up and enable call graph (call chain, stack backtrace) recording:
>>>
>>> record_mode: call graph recording mode (fp|dwarf|lbr)
>>> record_size: if rec_mode == dwarf, maximum depth of stack recording (bytes),
>>> default: 8192 bytes.
>>> print_style: call graph printing style (graph|flat|fractal|none)
>>> limit: minimum call graph inclusion threshold (percent)
>>> print_limit: printing threshold (percent)
>>> call_order: call graph order (caller|callee)
>>> sort_key: sorting key (function|address|branch)
>>>
>>> Default: fp,graph,0.5,0.0,caller,function
>>>
>>> Note that this text evolved a bit over what I sent in my previous mail.
>>
>> OK. I'll cook a patch to improve help message like this as well as man page.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Also note that I think we should sync up the perf config options to be the same as
>>> the option name shortcuts used in this help text.
>>
>> Ah, good idea.
>>
>>>
>>> Side note: to improve perf config usability, we should probably also recognize
>>> underscores in perf config entries, i.e. the following variants should both work:
>>>
>>> print_percent = 1
>>> print-percent = 1
>>>
>>> Right now only the second one will match.
>>
>> Taeung, could you consider fixing this in your config patchiest?
>>
>
> Sure, no problem.
>
> I thought as below.
> Even if one use a print_percent variable, it will be handled like print-percent.
>
> Also if a user change print_percent variable by perf-config command,
> print-percent variable will remain in perfconfig file.
> (Because perf-config command will rewrite perfconfig file.)
>
> Is anything wrong ?

Nop, looks good to me!

Thanks,
Namhyung
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