Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf report TUI: Remove needless 'dummy' event from menu

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Jul 06 2020 - 07:55:18 EST


Em Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 10:44:28PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> Hi Arnaldo,
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 9:34 PM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Please Ack,
> >
> > - Arnaldo
> >
> > ----
> >
> > Fixing the common case of:
> >
> > perf record
> > perf report
> >
> > And getting just the cycles events.
> >
> > We now have a 'dummy' event to get perf metadata events that take place
> > while we synthesize metadata records for pre-existing processes by
> > traversing procfs, so we always have this extra 'dummy' evsel, but we
> > don't have to offer it as there will be no samples on it, remove this
> > distraction.
> >
> > Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> > index 4cd556c1276f..be9c4c0549bc 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> > @@ -3603,6 +3603,23 @@ static int __perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(struct evlist *evlist,
> > hbt, warn_lost_event);
> > }
> >
> > +static bool perf_evlist__single_entry(struct evlist *evlist)
> > +{
> > + int nr_entries = evlist->core.nr_entries;
> > +
> > + if (nr_entries == 1)
> > + return true;
> > +
> > + if (nr_entries == 2) {
> > + struct evsel *last = evlist__last(evlist);
> > +
> > + if (evsel__is_dummy_event(last))
> > + return true;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return false;
> > +}
> > +
> > int perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(struct evlist *evlist, const char *help,
> > struct hist_browser_timer *hbt,
> > float min_pcnt,
> > @@ -3613,7 +3630,7 @@ int perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(struct evlist *evlist, const char *help,
> > int nr_entries = evlist->core.nr_entries;
> >
> > single_entry:
> > - if (nr_entries == 1) {
> > + if (perf_evlist__single_entry(evlist)) {
>
> But I think it cannot cover the event group case below..

Right, we can fix that later, I think, my worry at this point was that
the simplest case, which is:

# perf record
^C
# perf report

Would get that annoyance :-)

- Arnaldo

> Thanks
> Namhyung
>
>
> > struct evsel *first = evlist__first(evlist);
> >
> > return perf_evsel__hists_browse(first, nr_entries, help,
> > --
> > 2.21.3
> >