Re: [PATCH 18/52] perf report: Add 'type' sort key

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Nov 22 2023 - 14:54:19 EST


Em Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 10:49:13AM -0800, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 9:55 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ⬢[acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$ perf report -s type
> > perf: Segmentation fault
> > -------- backtrace --------
> > perf[0x69f743]
> > /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3dbb0)[0x7f89b4778bb0]
> > perf[0x505af6]
<SNIP>
> > perf[0x504f01]
> > /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x27b8a)[0x7f89b4762b8a]
> > /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x8b)[0x7f89b4762c4b]
> > perf[0x40ed65]
> > ⬢[acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$
>
> Right, the 'type' sort key was added here but unfortunately
> it's not ready for prime time yet. It also needs the next patch
> 19/52 ("perf report: Support data type profiling") to fully enable
> the feature. Do you think it's better to squash into here?

I haven't checked if squashing would be a good idea, but if you think
its the right granularity, then do it, as long as we can test features
in various ways as they are getting added, as I did, using a random
perf.data file.

- Arnaldo