Re: [Patch v1 07/10] perf tools: add mem access sampling core support

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Wed Oct 31 2012 - 01:51:38 EST


On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:15:49 +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> This patch adds the sorting and histogram support
> functions to enable profiling of memory accesses.
>
> The following sorting orders are added:
> - symbol_daddr: data address symbol (or raw address)
> - dso_daddr: data address shared object
> - cost: access cost
> - locked: access uses locked transaction
> - tlb : TLB access
> - mem : memory level of the access (L1, L2, L3, RAM, ...)
> - snoop: access snoop mode
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
[snip]
> +/* --sort daddr_sym */
> +static int64_t
> +sort__daddr_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
> +{
> + struct addr_map_symbol *l = &left->mem_info->daddr;
> + struct addr_map_symbol *r = &right->mem_info->daddr;
> +
> + return (int64_t)(r->addr - l->addr);
> +}

Doesn't it need to compare symbol (start address) if any, before doing
it with raw addresses?

Thanks,
Namhyung
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