Re: [PATCH] perf stat: Align CSV output for summary mode
From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Mar 16 2021 - 16:03:21 EST
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 04:05:13PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:34:21AM -0700, Andi Kleen escreveu:
> > > looks ok, but maybe make the option more related to CVS, like:
> > >
> > > --x-summary, --cvs-summary ...?
> >
> > Actually I don't think it should be a new option. I doubt
> > anyone could parse the previous mess. So just make it default
> > with -x
>
> In these cases I always fear that people are already parsing that mess
> by considering the summary lines to be the ones not starting with
> spaces, and now we go on and change it to be "better" by prefixing it
> with "summary" and... break existing scripts.
I think it was just one version or so?
FWIW perf has broken CSV output several times, I added workarounds
to toplev every time. Having a broken version for a short time
shouldn't be too bad.
I actually had a workaround for this one, but it can parse either way.
>
> Can we do this with a new option?
>
> I.e. like --cvs-summary?
If you do it I would add an option for the old broken format
--i-want-broken-csv. But not require the option forever
just to get sane output.
Or maybe only a perf config option.
-Andi