[PATCH v2 0/6] perf report/script: Support percent and multiple range in --time option

From: Jin Yao
Date: Mon Sep 25 2017 - 23:02:13 EST


v2:
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1. This patch creates a new header feature type HEADER_SAMPLE_TIME and related
ops. Save the first sample time and the last sample time to the feature
section in perf file header.

2. Add checking for last element in time range.

For example, select the first and second 10% time slices.
perf report --time 10%/1,10%/2

Note that now it includes the last element in [10%, 20%] but it
doesn't include the last element in [0, 10%). It's to avoid
the overlap.

Following patches are changed:

perf header: Record first sample time and last sample time in perf file header
perf record: Get the first sample time and last sample time
perf util: Create function to perform multiple time range checking

v1: initial post
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Current perf report/script/... have a --time option to limit the time
range of output. But it only supports the absolute time.

The patch series extend this option to let it support percent of time
and support the multiple time ranges.

For example:

1. Select the second 10% time slice
perf report --time 10%/2

2. Select from 0% to 10% time slice
perf report --time 0%-10%

It also support the multiple time ranges.

3. Select the first and second 10% time slices
perf report --time 10%/1,10%/2

4. Select from 0% to 10% and 30% to 40% slices
perf report --time 0%-10%,30%-40%

Jin Yao (6):
perf header: Record first sample time and last sample time in perf
file header
perf record: Get the first sample time and last sample time
perf util: Create function to parse time percent
perf util: Create function to perform multiple time range checking
perf report: support time percent and multiple time ranges
perf script: support time percent and multiple time ranges

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 16 ++
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 16 ++
tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 4 +
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 17 ++
tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 24 ++-
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 21 +-
tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 2 +
tools/perf/util/header.c | 49 +++++
tools/perf/util/header.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/session.h | 2 +
tools/perf/util/time-utils.c | 225 +++++++++++++++++++--
tools/perf/util/time-utils.h | 6 +
12 files changed, 366 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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