Re: [PATCH 11/19] perf, c2c: Add in sort on physid

From: Don Zickus
Date: Fri Feb 28 2014 - 14:44:42 EST


On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:59:18AM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * must pass period=weight in order to get the correct
> > + * sorting from hists__collapse_resort() which is solely
> > + * based on periods. We want sorting be done on nr_events * weight
> > + * and this is indirectly achieved by passing period=weight here
> > + * and the he_stat__add_period() function.
> > + */
>
> sort.c really must be fixed to support multiple sort keys properly.
> Lots of other code has workarounds for this too (e.g. it is a bit
> problem for TSX abort weights)
>
> I would suggest to fix that instead of hacking around it.

I don't think I understand the problem enough to know what to fix. I just
copied this piece of code from builtin-report.c and things seemed to work.

Mind giving me some details and I can look at fixing it. :-)

Cheers,
Don
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