perf, tools: Refactor and support interval and CSV metrics v7

From	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	perf, tools: Refactor and support interval and CSV metrics v7
Date	2015-12-15 03:10 +0100
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Rebased tree and fixed Jiri's last feedback.

[v4: Addressed all review feedback.]
[v3: Addressed all review feedback. Update manpage for CSV. Various changes
(see individual patches). Remove some more redundant code
in printout callers.]
[v2: Addressed (near) all review feedback. No manpage updates so far.
Add support for --per-core metrics. Various cleanups.]
[v3: Everything compiles again. Some more cleanups.]
[v4: Split up abstract metrics patch into two. Fix bug with earlier
patch already enabling metrics for CSV/interval. Minor cleanups.
Man page is included]
[v5: Fix mainly bisect problems. No regressions introduced by one
patch and fixed again later. Some minor fixes in addition]
[v6: Fix running/noise printing patch.]
[v7: Reorder and merge two patches to avoid a bisect hole where unsupported was
printed as 0]

Currently perf stat does not support printing computed metrics for interval (-I xxx)
or CSV (-x,) mode. For example IPC or TSX metrics over time are quite useful to know.

This patch implements them. The main obstacle was that the
metrics printing was all open coded all over the metrics computation code.
The second patch refactors the metrics printing to work through call backs that
can be more easily changed. This also cleans up the metrics printing significantly.
The indentation is now handled through printf, no more need to manually count spaces.

Then based on that it implements metrics printing for CSV and interval mode.

Example output:

% perf stat -I1000 -a sleep 1
# time counts unit events metric multiplex
1.001301370 12020.049593 task-clock (msec) (100.00%)
1.001301370 3,952 context-switches # 0.329 K/sec (100.00%)
1.001301370 69 cpu-migrations # 0.006 K/sec (100.00%)
1.001301370 76 page-faults # 0.006 K/sec
1.001301370 386,582,789 cycles # 0.032 GHz (100.00%)
1.001301370 716,441,544 stalled-cycles-frontend # 185.33% frontend cycles idle (100.00%)
1.001301370 <not supported> stalled-cycles-backend
1.001301370 101,751,678 instructions # 0.26 insn per cycle
1.001301370 # 7.04 stalled cycles per insn (100.00%)
1.001301370 20,914,692 branches # 1.740 M/sec (100.00%)
1.001301370 1,943,630 branch-misses # 9.29% of all branches

CSV mode

% perf stat -x, -I1000 -a sleep 1
1.000852081,12016.143006,,task-clock
1.000852081,4457,,context-switches,12015168277,100.00,0.371,K/sec
1.000852081,50,,cpu-migrations,12014024424,100.00,0.004,K/sec
1.000852081,76,,page-faults,12013076716,100.00,0.006,K/sec
1.000852081,515854373,,cycles,12011235336,100.00,0.043,GHz
1.000852081,1030742150,,stalled-cycles-frontend,12010984057,100.00,199.81,frontend cycles idle
1.000852081,<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00
1.000852081,116782495,,instructions,12011130729,100.00,0.23,insn per cycle
1.000852081,,,,12011130729,100.00,8.83,stalled cycles per insn
1.000852081,23748237,,branches,12010745125,100.00,1.976,M/sec
1.000852081,1976560,,branch-misses,12010501884,100.00,8.32,of all branches

Available in
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc-2.6 perf/stat-metrics-11
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perf, tools: Refactor and support interval and CSV metrics v7 Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-15 03:10 +0100
  [PATCH 1/6] perf, tools, stat: Abstract stat metrics printing Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-15 03:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/6] perf, tools, stat: Abstract stat metrics printing Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-12-21 16:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/6] perf, tools, stat: Abstract stat metrics printing Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-22 02:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 1/6] perf, tools, stat: Abstract stat metrics printing Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-12-22 07:50 +0100
  [PATCH 2/6] perf, tools, stat: Add support for metrics in interval mode Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-15 03:10 +0100
  [PATCH 6/6] perf, tools, stat: Document CSV format in manpage Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-15 03:10 +0100
  [PATCH 4/6] perf, tools, stat: Implement CSV metrics output Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-15 03:10 +0100
  [PATCH 3/6] perf, tools, stat: Move noise/running printing into printout Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2015-12-15 03:10 +0100

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