Re: [PATCH 11/13] perf: add code to support PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK (v3)

[Arun Sharma <asharma@fb.com>]

On 1/9/12 8:49 AM, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> From: Roberto Agostino Vitillo<ravitillo@lbl.gov>
>
> This patch adds:
> - ability to parse samples with PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
> - sort on branches
> - build histograms on branches
>
[..]
>   static struct sort_dimension sort_dimensions[] = {
> -	{ .name = "pid",	.entry =&sort_thread,	},
> -	{ .name = "comm",	.entry =&sort_comm,	},
> -	{ .name = "dso",	.entry =&sort_dso,	},
> -	{ .name = "symbol",	.entry =&sort_sym,	},
> -	{ .name = "parent",	.entry =&sort_parent,	},
> -	{ .name = "cpu",	.entry =&sort_cpu,	},
> +	{ .name = "pid",	.entry =&sort_thread,			},
> +	{ .name = "comm",	.entry =&sort_comm,			},
> +	{ .name = "dso",	.entry =&sort_dso,			},
> +	{ .name = "dso_from",	.entry =&sort_dso_from,.taken = true	},
> +	{ .name = "dso_to",	.entry =&sort_dso_to,	.taken = true	},
> +	{ .name = "symbol",	.entry =&sort_sym,			},
> +	{ .name = "symbol_from",.entry =&sort_sym_from,.taken = true	},
> +	{ .name = "symbol_to",	.entry =&sort_sym_to,	.taken = true	},
> +	{ .name = "parent",	.entry =&sort_parent,			},
> +	{ .name = "cpu",	.entry =&sort_cpu,			},
> +	{ .name = "mispredict", .entry =&sort_mispredict, },
>   };

The new sort dimensions don't seem to show up in perf report -h. Could 
you please update the help text?

Also:

# perf script -h

     -f, --fields <str>    comma separated output fields prepend with 
'type:'. Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw. Fields: 
comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,addr

You probably want to add a field here, so I could:

perf record -b any_call,u -e cycles:u
perf script -f event,branch_stack

and examine raw (symbolized) samples like I can with

perf record -g
perf script -f event,ip,sym

  -Arun