[PATCH v6 0/7] perf report: Show branch type

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 08:07:48PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> v6:
>    Update according to the review comments from
>    Jiri Olsa <jolsa at redhat.com>. Major modifications are: 
> 
>    1. Move that multiline conditional code inside {} brackets.
> 
>    2. Move branch_type_stat_display() from builtin-report.c to
>       branch.c. Move branch_type_str() from callchain.c to
>       branch.c.
> 
>    3. Keep the original branch info display order, that is:
>       predicted, abort, cycles, iterations

Peter,
are you ok with the kernel side of this?

thanks,
jirka

> 
> v5:
> ---
>    Mainly the v5 patch series are updated according to
>    comments from Jiri Olsa <jolsa at redhat.com>.
> 
>    The kernel part doesn't have functional change. It just
>    solve the merge issue.
> 
>    In userspace, the functions of branch type counting and
>    branch type name resolving are moved to the new files: 
>    util/branch.c, util/branch.h.
> 
>    And refactor the branch info printing code for better
>    maintenance.
> 
> Not changed (or just fix merge issue):
>   perf/core: Define the common branch type classification
>   perf/x86/intel: Record branch type
>   perf record: Create a new option save_type in --branch-filter
> 
> New patches:
>   perf report: Refactor the branch info printing code
>   perf util: Create branch.c/.h for common branch functions
> 
> Changed:
>   perf report: Show branch type statistics for stdio mode
>   perf report: Show branch type in callchain entry
> 
> v4:
> ---
> 1. Describe the major changes in patch description.
>    Thanks for Peter Zijlstra's reminding. 
> 
> 2. Initialize branch type to 0 in intel_pmu_lbr_read_32 and
>    intel_pmu_lbr_read_64. Remove the invalid else code in
>    intel_pmu_lbr_filter. 
> 
> v3:
> ---
> 1. Move the JCC forward/backward and cross page computing from
>    kernel to userspace.
> 
> 2. Use lookup table to replace original switch/case processing.
> 
> Changed:
>   perf/core: Define the common branch type classification
>   perf/x86/intel: Record branch type
>   perf report: Show branch type statistics for stdio mode
>   perf report: Show branch type in callchain entry
> 
> Not changed:
>   perf record: Create a new option save_type in --branch-filter
> 
> v2:
> ---
> 1. Use 4 bits in perf_branch_entry to record branch type.
> 
> 2. Pull out some common branch types from FAR_BRANCH. Now the branch
>    types defined in perf_event.h:
> 
> Jin Yao (7):
>   perf/core: Define the common branch type classification
>   perf/x86/intel: Record branch type
>   perf record: Create a new option save_type in --branch-filter
>   perf report: Refactor the branch info printing code
>   perf util: Create branch.c/.h for common branch functions
>   perf report: Show branch type statistics for stdio mode
>   perf report: Show branch type in callchain entry
> 
>  arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c              |  53 +++++++++-
>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h          |  29 +++++-
>  tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h    |  29 +++++-
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |   1 +
>  tools/perf/builtin-report.c              |  25 +++++
>  tools/perf/util/Build                    |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/branch.c                 | 168 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/branch.h                 |  25 +++++
>  tools/perf/util/callchain.c              | 140 ++++++++++++++------------
>  tools/perf/util/callchain.h              |   5 +-
>  tools/perf/util/event.h                  |   3 +-
>  tools/perf/util/hist.c                   |   5 +-
>  tools/perf/util/machine.c                |  26 +++--
>  tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c   |   1 +
>  14 files changed, 427 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/branch.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/branch.h
> 
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> 2.7.4
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