Re: perf annotate with sample counts

[Paul Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com>]

On 07/16/2015 07:52 AM, Martin Liška wrote:
> On 07/16/2015 02:44 PM, Paul Clarke wrote:
>> On 07/16/2015 03:00 AM, Martin Liška wrote:
>>> On 07/16/2015 02:55 AM, Paul Clarke wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to get perf annotate to display sample counts instead of, or in addition to, percentages?
>>>>
>>>> The percentages seem relative to the function, which isn't as helpful in a global context.
>>
>>> I think you are exactly looking for: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/19/742, which
>>> I implemented couple of weeks ago :)
>>
>> Near-perfect timing, I guess!  Thanks, Martin!

>> Isn't this function analogous to perf report's "-n, --show-nr-samples" option?  For consistency and usability, would it not be better to use those options instead of "--show-total-period" ?

> Agree with you that it should be renamed to --show-nr-samples, I can come with a patch for that.

Could you include "-n" as a synonym, just like perf report?  That's 
exactly what I tried at first to see if it was supported with perf annotate.

Really appreciate it!

PC