Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] perf top: support hotkey to change sort order

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Mar 30 2020 - 11:26:45 EST


Em Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 08:43:47AM +0800, Jin, Yao escreveu:
> Hi Arnaldo,
>
> The v2 patch zeros the history when pressing the hotkey. Is it OK?

Yeah, I've applied it to my perf/core branch.

Thanks,

- Arnaldo

> Thanks
> Jin Yao
>
> On 3/25/2020 6:07 AM, Jin Yao wrote:
> > It would be nice if we can use a hotkey in perf top browser to
> > select a event for sorting.
> >
> > For example,
> > perf top --group -e cycles,instructions,cache-misses
> >
> > Samples
> > Overhead Shared Object Symbol
> > 40.03% 45.71% 0.03% div [.] main
> > 20.46% 14.67% 0.21% libc-2.27.so [.] __random_r
> > 20.01% 19.54% 0.02% libc-2.27.so [.] __random
> > 9.68% 10.68% 0.00% div [.] compute_flag
> > 4.32% 4.70% 0.00% libc-2.27.so [.] rand
> > 3.84% 3.43% 0.00% div [.] rand@plt
> > 0.05% 0.05% 2.33% libc-2.27.so [.] __strcmp_sse2_unaligned
> > 0.04% 0.08% 2.43% perf [.] perf_hpp__is_dynamic_en
> > 0.04% 0.02% 6.64% perf [.] rb_next
> > 0.04% 0.01% 3.87% perf [.] dso__find_symbol
> > 0.04% 0.04% 1.77% perf [.] sort__dso_cmp
> >
> > When user press hotkey '2' (event index, starting from 0), it indicates
> > to sort output by the third event in group (cache-misses).
> >
> > Samples
> > Overhead Shared Object Symbol
> > 4.07% 1.28% 6.68% perf [.] rb_next
> > 3.57% 3.98% 4.11% perf [.] __hists__insert_output
> > 3.67% 11.24% 3.60% perf [.] perf_hpp__is_dynamic_e
> > 3.67% 3.20% 3.20% perf [.] hpp__sort_overhead
> > 0.81% 0.06% 3.01% perf [.] dso__find_symbol
> > 1.62% 5.47% 2.51% perf [.] hists__match
> > 2.70% 1.86% 2.47% libc-2.27.so [.] _int_malloc
> > 0.19% 0.00% 2.29% [kernel] [k] copy_page
> > 0.41% 0.32% 1.98% perf [.] hists__decay_entries
> > 1.84% 3.67% 1.68% perf [.] sort__dso_cmp
> > 0.16% 0.00% 1.63% [kernel] [k] clear_page_erms
> >
> > Now the output is sorted by cache-misses.
> >
> > v2:
> > ---
> > Zero the history if hotkey is pressed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 11 +++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
> > index 494c7b9a1022..29ddae7e1805 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
> > @@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ static void *display_thread_tui(void *arg)
> > .arg = top,
> > .refresh = top->delay_secs,
> > };
> > + int ret;
> > /* In order to read symbols from other namespaces perf to needs to call
> > * setns(2). This isn't permitted if the struct_fs has multiple users.
> > @@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ static void *display_thread_tui(void *arg)
> > prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "perf-top-UI", 0, 0, 0);
> > +repeat:
> > perf_top__sort_new_samples(top);
> > /*
> > @@ -638,13 +640,18 @@ static void *display_thread_tui(void *arg)
> > hists->uid_filter_str = top->record_opts.target.uid_str;
> > }
> > - perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(top->evlist, help, &hbt,
> > + ret = perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(top->evlist, help, &hbt,
> > top->min_percent,
> > &top->session->header.env,
> > !top->record_opts.overwrite,
> > &top->annotation_opts);
> > - stop_top();
> > + if (ret == K_RELOAD) {
> > + top->zero = true;
> > + goto repeat;
> > + } else
> > + stop_top();
> > +
> > return NULL;
> > }
> >

--

- Arnaldo