From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752732AbbFRU6c (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:58:32 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180]:35367 "EHLO mail-wi0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752494AbbFRU6T (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:58:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:58:13 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter , Borislav Petkov , David Ahern , Don Zickus , Frederic Weisbecker , He Kuang , Jiri Olsa , Li Zhang , Masami Hiramatsu , Namhyung Kim , Naohiro Aota , Peter Zijlstra , pi3orama@163.com, Stephane Eranian , Sukadev Bhattiprolu , Wang Nan , Zefan Li Subject: Re: [RFC] hotkey for disabling/enabling events in 'perf top' TUI was Re: [GIT PULL 0/8] perf/core improvements and fixes Message-ID: <20150618205813.GA476@gmail.com> References: <1434576155-30038-1-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org> <20150618074010.GA3194@gmail.com> <20150618201829.GF3079@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150618201829.GF3079@kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 09:40:10AM +0200, Ingo Molnar escreveu: > > * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > > User visible: > > > > - Allow disabling/enabling events dynamicly in 'perf top': > > > a 'perf top' session can instantly become a 'perf report' > > > one, i.e. going from dynamic analysis to a static one, > > > returning to a dynamic one is possible, to toogle the > > > modes, just press CTRL+z. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo) > > > Nice!! :-) > > > Btw., it would be nice if the status line carried information about whether > > collection is 'frozen' or running, at a glance. A hint might also suggest how to > > unfreeze the session - in case someone pressed Ctrl-Z to suspend the perf top > > session ... > > Right, and I think we better find other hotkey and make Ctrl+Z work like > with other tools, i.e. suspend: > > [acme@zoo linux]$ mutt > > [1]+ Stopped mutt > [acme@zoo linux]$ vim > > [2]+ Stopped vim > [acme@zoo linux]$ > > The perf TUI should work like that as well... > > Ideas? > > We already have: > > h/?/F1 Show this window > UP/DOWN/PGUP > PGDN/SPACE Navigate > q/ESC/CTRL+C Exit browser > > For multiple event sessions: > > TAB/UNTAB Switch events > > For symbolic views (--sort has sym): > > -> Zoom into DSO/Threads & Annotate current symbol > <- Zoom out > a Annotate current symbol > C Collapse all callchains > d Zoom into current DSO > D Show some developer debug info > E Expand all callchains > F Toggle percentage of filtered entries > H Display column headers > i Show header information > P Print histograms to perf.hist.N > r Run available scripts > s Switch to another data file in PWD > t Zoom into current Thread > V Verbose (DSO names in callchains, etc) > z Toggle zeroing of samples > / Filter symbol by name Is 'f' (for 'freeze') still available? Thanks, Ingo