[tip:perf/core] perf trace: Filter out gnome-terminal* parent

From: tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Feb 15 2019 - 04:36:32 EST


Commit-ID: ca2da70c411c4022a479d36063f0d0a862ea636e
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ca2da70c411c4022a479d36063f0d0a862ea636e
Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:51:49 -0300
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luis ClÃudio GonÃalves <lclaudio@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-rjopq5y92itgokppdhe8sc6z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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;
}