Re: [PATCH] perf annotate: improve --stdio mode

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Apr 07 2021 - 15:29:10 EST


Em Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 10:38:26AM +0100, Martin Liška escreveu:
> PING

Can you please try to refresh the patch? It isn't applying, probably my
bad for not having processed it already :-\

- Arnaldo

> On 2/26/21 10:24 AM, Martin Liška wrote:
> > On 2/23/21 8:47 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Em Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 01:46:36PM +0100, Martin Liška escreveu:
> > > > The patch changes the output format in 2 ways:
> > > > - line number is displayed for all source lines (matching TUI mode)
> > >
> > > Are you aware of 'perf annotate --stdio2' ? If the goal is to make the
> > > stdio mode better, doing it in that mode would be best, as it was done
> > > to share as much code as possible, not just the looks, with the TUI
> > > mode.
> >
> > Yes, I'm aware of it. My motivation is to generate a HTML perf annotate report
> > and I see the following parts of --stdio2 not ideal:
> >
> > - coloring is not available (--stdio-color=always does not work)
> > - 'Sorted summary for file ' is missing so one can't easily search for
> >   hot spots in browser
> > - source line number are displayed, but not the source files
> > - there's a missing option for 'Toggle disassembler output/simplified view' which
> >   is available in TUI mode
> >
> > That said, the stdio2 annotation report is quite different and so handy for my use case.
> >
> > >
> > > I kept --stdio around because changing the output in that way could
> > > annoy people used to that format.
> >
> > Sure. But I think the current format provides quite broken visual layout:
> >
> >       0.00 :   405ef1: inc    %r15
> >       0.01 :   405ef4: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b3(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b0 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b0>
> >    eff.c:1811    0.67 :   405efd: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b2(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b8 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b8>
> >           :            TA + tmpsd * (TB +
> >
> > vs.
> >
> >       0.00 :   405ef1: inc    %r15
> >       0.01 :   405ef4: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b3(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b0 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b0>
> >       0.67 :   405efd: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b2(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b8 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b8> // eff.c:1811
> >            : 1810   TA + tmpsd * (TB +
> >
> > I bet also the current users of --stdio mode would benefit from it.
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Martin
> >
> > >
> > > Please take a look at 'man perf-config' and see what can be configured
> > > for both 'perf annotate --tui' and 'perf annotate --stdio2'.
> > >
> > > Perhaps we can do something like:
> > >
> > > perf config annotate.stdio=tui_like
> > >
> > > And, for completeness have:
> > >
> > > perf config annotate.stdio=classical
> > >
> > > wdyt?
> > >
> > > Looking at the other patches now.
> > >
> > > - Arnaldo
> > >
> > > > - source locations for the hottest lines are printed
> > > >    at the line end in order to preserve layout
> > > >
> > > > Before:
> > > >
> > > >      0.00 :   405ef1: inc    %r15
> > > >           :            tmpsd * (TD + tmpsd * TDD)));
> > > >      0.01 :   405ef4: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b3(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b0 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b0>
> > > >           :            tmpsd * (TC +
> > > >   eff.c:1811    0.67 :   405efd: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b2(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b8 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b8>
> > > >           :            TA + tmpsd * (TB +
> > > >      0.35 :   405f06: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b1(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318c0 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8c0>
> > > >           :            dumbo =
> > > >   eff.c:1809    1.41 :   405f0f: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b0(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318c8 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8c8>
> > > >           :            sumi -= sj * tmpsd * dij2i * dumbo;
> > > >   eff.c:1813    2.58 :   405f18: vmulsd %xmm3,%xmm0,%xmm0
> > > >      2.81 :   405f1c: vfnmadd213sd 0x30(%rsp),%xmm1,%xmm0
> > > >      3.78 :   405f23: vmovsd %xmm0,0x30(%rsp)
> > > >           :            for (k = 0; k < lpears[i] + upears[i]; k++) {
> > > >   eff.c:1761    0.90 :   405f29: cmp    %r15d,%r12d
> > > >
> > > > After:
> > > >
> > > >      0.00 :   405ef1: inc    %r15
> > > >           : 1812   tmpsd * (TD + tmpsd * TDD)));
> > > >      0.01 :   405ef4: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b3(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b0 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b0>
> > > >           : 1811   tmpsd * (TC +
> > > >      0.67 :   405efd: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b2(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318b8 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8b8> // eff.c:1811
> > > >           : 1810   TA + tmpsd * (TB +
> > > >      0.35 :   405f06: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b1(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318c0 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8c0>
> > > >           : 1809   dumbo =
> > > >      1.41 :   405f0f: vfmadd213sd 0x2b9b0(%rip),%xmm0,%xmm3        # 4318c8 <_IO_stdin_used+0x8c8> // eff.c:1809
> > > >           : 1813   sumi -= sj * tmpsd * dij2i * dumbo;
> > > >      2.58 :   405f18: vmulsd %xmm3,%xmm0,%xmm0 // eff.c:1813
> > > >      2.81 :   405f1c: vfnmadd213sd 0x30(%rsp),%xmm1,%xmm0
> > > >      3.78 :   405f23: vmovsd %xmm0,0x30(%rsp)
> > > >           : 1761   for (k = 0; k < lpears[i] + upears[i]; k++) {
> > > >
> > > > Where e.g. '// eff.c:1811' shares the same color as the percentantage
> > > > at the line beginning.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Martin Liška <mliska@xxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >   tools/perf/util/annotate.c | 30 ++++++++++++++----------------
> > > >   1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
> > > > index e60841b86d27..80542012ec1b 100644
> > > > --- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
> > > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
> > > > @@ -1366,7 +1366,6 @@ annotation_line__print(struct annotation_line *al, struct symbol *sym, u64 start
> > > >   {
> > > >       struct disasm_line *dl = container_of(al, struct disasm_line, al);
> > > >       static const char *prev_line;
> > > > -    static const char *prev_color;
> > > >       if (al->offset != -1) {
> > > >           double max_percent = 0.0;
> > > > @@ -1405,20 +1404,6 @@ annotation_line__print(struct annotation_line *al, struct symbol *sym, u64 start
> > > >           color = get_percent_color(max_percent);
> > > > -        /*
> > > > -         * Also color the filename and line if needed, with
> > > > -         * the same color than the percentage. Don't print it
> > > > -         * twice for close colored addr with the same filename:line
> > > > -         */
> > > > -        if (al->path) {
> > > > -            if (!prev_line || strcmp(prev_line, al->path)
> > > > -                       || color != prev_color) {
> > > > -                color_fprintf(stdout, color, " %s", al->path);
> > > > -                prev_line = al->path;
> > > > -                prev_color = color;
> > > > -            }
> > > > -        }
> > > > -
> > > >           for (i = 0; i < nr_percent; i++) {
> > > >               struct annotation_data *data = &al->data[i];
> > > >               double percent;
> > > > @@ -1439,6 +1424,19 @@ annotation_line__print(struct annotation_line *al, struct symbol *sym, u64 start
> > > >           printf(" : ");
> > > >           disasm_line__print(dl, start, addr_fmt_width);
> > > > +
> > > > +        /*
> > > > +         * Also color the filename and line if needed, with
> > > > +         * the same color than the percentage. Don't print it
> > > > +         * twice for close colored addr with the same filename:line
> > > > +         */
> > > > +        if (al->path) {
> > > > +            if (!prev_line || strcmp(prev_line, al->path)) {
> > > > +                color_fprintf(stdout, color, " // %s", al->path);
> > > > +                prev_line = al->path;
> > > > +            }
> > > > +        }
> > > > +
> > > >           printf("\n");
> > > >       } else if (max_lines && printed >= max_lines)
> > > >           return 1;
> > > > @@ -1454,7 +1452,7 @@ annotation_line__print(struct annotation_line *al, struct symbol *sym, u64 start
> > > >           if (!*al->line)
> > > >               printf(" %*s:\n", width, " ");
> > > >           else
> > > > -            printf(" %*s:     %*s %s\n", width, " ", addr_fmt_width, " ", al->line);
> > > > +            printf(" %*s: %-*d %s\n", width, " ", addr_fmt_width, al->line_nr, al->line);
> > > >       }
> > > >       return 0;
> > > > --
> > > > 2.30.1
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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- Arnaldo