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Re: [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option

From Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option
Date 2015-12-21 09:50 +0100
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On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 03:58:42PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:35:41AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > The --raw-trace option is to prevent pretty printing by event's
> > print_fmt or plugin.  Besides that, each dynamic sort key now receives
> > 'raw' suffix separated by '/' to apply the raw trace to a specific
> > field.
> > 
> >   $ perf report -s comm,kmem:kmalloc.gfp_flags
> >   ...
> >   # Overhead  Command            gfp_flags
> >   # ........  .......  ...................
> >   #
> >       99.89%  perf       GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO
> >        0.06%  sleep             GFP_KERNEL
> >        0.03%  perf     GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO
> >        0.01%  perf              GFP_KERNEL
> > 
> > Now
> > 
> >   $ perf report -s comm,kmem:kmalloc.gfp_flags --raw-trace
> > or
> >   $ perf report -s comm,kmem:kmalloc.gfp_flags/raw
> >   ...
> >   # Overhead  Command   gfp_flags
> >   # ........  .......  ..........
> >   #
> >       99.89%  perf          32848
> >        0.06%  sleep           208
> >        0.03%  perf          32976
> >        0.01%  perf            208
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> 
> I think the default is good with the 'trace' sort key as it is now:
> 
> 	$ ./perf report -s trace 
> 	  27.01%  offlineimap:17701 [120] S ==> swapper/1:0 [120]
> 	  27.00%  swapper/1:0 [120] R ==> offlineimap:17701 [120]
> 
> 
> But for '--raw-trace' option rather than displaying fields in the '=' notation:
> 
> 	$ ./perf report -s trace --raw-trace
> 	  27.01%   prev_comm=offlineimap prev_pid=17701 prev_prio=120 prev_state=1 next_comm=swapper/1 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
> 	  27.00%   prev_comm=swapper/1 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=0 next_comm=offlineimap next_pid=17701 next_prio=120
> 
> 
> it would be more readable to register all available columns as is possible to do now with:
> 
> 	$ ./perf report -s prev_comm,prev_pid,prev_prio,prev_state,next_comm,next_pid,next_prio
> 	Overhead         prev_comm    prev_pid   prev_prio          prev_state         next_comm    next_pid   next_prio
> 	  27.01%       offlineimap       17701         120                   1         swapper/1           0         120
> 	  27.00%         swapper/1           0         120                   0       offlineimap       17701         120
> 
> 
> it would be default output for 'perf report -s trace --raw-trace' command
> 
> how about that?


I agree with the latter is much more readable.  But the dynamic sort
keys are event specific while 'trace' is generic.  So if there are
more than one events, dynamic sort keys should be generated for each
event and they'll show "N/A" for other events.

Also I don't like the --raw-trace option affects number of sort keys.
Maybe it'd be better adding 'EVENT.*' dynamic sort key for your case?

Thanks,
Namhyung
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[PATCHSET 00/10] perf tools: Support dynamic sort keys for tracepoints (v2) Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  [PATCH 02/10] perf hist: Save raw_data/size for tracepoint events Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2.1] perf hist: Save raw_data/size for tracepoint events Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-17 09:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2.1] perf hist: Save raw_data/size for tracepoint events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-12-17 13:30 +0100
  [PATCH 01/10] perf hist: Pass struct sample to __hists__add_entry() Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  [PATCH 03/10] tools lib traceevent: Factor out and export print_event_field[s] Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  [PATCH 06/10] perf tools: Try to show pretty printed output for dynamic sort keys Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 06/10] perf tools: Try to show pretty printed output for  dynamic sort keys Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-12-20 15:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 06/10] perf tools: Try to show pretty printed output for  dynamic sort keys Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-21 09:40 +0100
  [PATCH 10/10] perf tools: Support shortcuts for events in dynamic sort keys Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  [PATCH 07/10] perf tools: Add 'trace' sort key Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-12-20 16:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-21 09:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-12-22 08:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 08/10] perf tools: Add --raw-trace option Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-22 17:30 +0100
  [PATCH 04/10] perf tools: Pass evlist to setup_sorting() Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  [PATCH 05/10] perf tools: Add dynamic sort key for tracepoint events Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 05/10] perf tools: Add dynamic sort key for tracepoint  events Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-12-20 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 05/10] perf tools: Add dynamic sort key for tracepoint  events Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-20 15:10 +0100
  [PATCH 09/10] perf tools: Make 'trace' sort key default for tracepoint events Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-15 16:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCHSET 00/10] perf tools: Support dynamic sort keys for  tracepoints (v2) Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-12-17 01:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCHSET 00/10] perf tools: Support dynamic sort keys for  tracepoints (v2) Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-12-17 09:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCHSET 00/10] perf tools: Support dynamic sort keys for  tracepoints (v2) Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-12-17 13:30 +0100

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