linux/tools/perf
Stephane Eranian e39622ceb1 perf tools: Fix broken number of samples for perf report -n
The perf report -n option was broken because it was not reporting the
correct number of samples depending on the sorting mode. By default,
samples are sorted by comm,dso,sym. That means that samples for the same
command (binary) get collapsed.

The hists__collapse_insert_entry() had a bug whereby it was aggregating
the number of events observed (periods) but not the number of samples.
Consequently, the number of samples reported could be below reality. The
percentage remained correct because based on the periods.

This patch fixes the problem by also aggregating the number of samples.
Here is an example:

$ perf report -n --stdio
    12.38%        842     pong  [kernel.kallsyms]     [k] __lock_acquire

Here pong (a ctxsw stress test), is the only program running
and thus it is the only one responsible for the lock_acquire samples.

If we change the sorting mode:

$ perf report -n --stdio --sort=sym
    12.38%       1732  [k] __lock_acquire

The actual number of samples is shown.

With the fix:

$ perf report -n --stdio
    12.38%       1732     pong  [kernel.kallsyms]     [k] __lock_acquire

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111003093815.GA6393@quad
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-10-07 17:00:31 -03:00
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arch ARM: fix perf build with uclibc toolchains 2011-08-12 15:40:20 +01:00
bench perf tool: Fix gcc 4.6.0 issues 2011-02-07 12:41:41 -02:00
config perf tools: git mv tools/perf/{features-tests.mak,config/} 2011-04-19 08:18:36 -03:00
Documentation perf top: Add callgraph support 2011-10-07 16:59:59 -03:00
python perf evlist: Store pointer to the cpu and thread maps 2011-01-31 12:40:52 -02:00
scripts perf script: Add drop monitor script 2011-09-29 16:41:37 -03:00
util perf tools: Fix broken number of samples for perf report -n 2011-10-07 17:00:31 -03:00
.gitignore perf tools: Makefile: Remove various and sundry cruft 2011-02-18 07:43:06 -02:00
builtin-annotate.c perf annotate browser: Allow navigation to called functions 2011-10-07 17:00:09 -03:00
builtin-bench.c perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants 2010-05-17 16:22:41 -03:00
builtin-buildid-cache.c perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir 2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
builtin-buildid-list.c perf buildid-list: Support showing the build id in an ELF file 2011-09-29 16:41:37 -03:00
builtin-diff.c perf hists: Allow limiting the number of rows and columns in fprintf 2011-10-07 12:11:49 -03:00
builtin-evlist.c perf evlist: New command to list the names of events present in a perf.data file 2011-03-15 11:10:48 -03:00
builtin-help.c perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants 2010-05-17 16:22:41 -03:00
builtin-inject.c perf session: Pass evsel in event_ops->sample() 2011-03-23 19:28:58 -03:00
builtin-kmem.c perf session: Pass evsel in event_ops->sample() 2011-03-23 19:28:58 -03:00
builtin-kvm.c perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants 2010-05-17 16:22:41 -03:00
builtin-list.c perf list: Allow filtering list of events 2011-02-17 15:38:58 -02:00
builtin-lock.c perf lock: Dropping unsupported ':r' modifier 2011-08-08 09:41:35 -03:00
builtin-probe.c perf probe: Warn when more than one line are given 2011-08-12 09:27:11 -03:00
builtin-record.c Merge commit 'v3.1-rc9' into perf/core 2011-10-06 12:49:21 +02:00
builtin-report.c perf browsers: Add live mode to the hists, annotate browsers 2011-10-07 12:12:51 -03:00
builtin-sched.c perf sched: Usage leftover from trace -> script rename 2011-08-09 13:32:12 -03:00
builtin-script.c perf report/annotate/script: Add option to specify a CPU range 2011-07-05 10:44:44 +02:00
builtin-stat.c perf tools: Make stat/record print fatal signals of the target program 2011-09-29 17:09:46 -03:00
builtin-test.c perf tool: Fix endianness handling of u32 data in samples 2011-09-23 14:37:27 -03:00
builtin-timechart.c perf session: Pass evsel in event_ops->sample() 2011-03-23 19:28:58 -03:00
builtin-top.c perf top: Use the TUI interface by default 2011-10-07 17:00:20 -03:00
builtin.h perf evlist: New command to list the names of events present in a perf.data file 2011-03-15 11:10:48 -03:00
command-list.txt perf evlist: New command to list the names of events present in a perf.data file 2011-03-15 11:10:48 -03:00
CREDITS perf_counter tools: Add CREDITS file for Git contributors 2009-06-24 19:54:29 +02:00
design.txt perf: Fix few typos + cosmetics 2010-01-13 17:39:44 +01:00
Makefile perf top: Reuse the 'report' hist_entry/hists classes 2011-10-07 16:56:44 -03:00
MANIFEST perf packaging: add memcpy to perf MANIFEST 2010-11-30 23:00:10 -02:00
perf-archive.sh perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir 2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
perf.c perf evlist: New command to list the names of events present in a perf.data file 2011-03-15 11:10:48 -03:00
perf.h perf record: Move perf_mmap__write_tail to perf.h 2011-01-22 19:56:29 -02:00