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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: acme@kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] perf tools top: Add --weight option
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:10:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813211109.240689-3-ak@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813211109.240689-1-ak@linux.intel.com>

Add a -W/--weight option to perf top to collect weights too. Useful with
follow on patches.

Assisted-by: omp:GPT-5.6-Luna
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 6 ++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c              | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index af3e4230c72f..2da2a16bbf26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ OPTIONS
 --count=<count>::
 	Event period to sample.
 
+-W::
+--weight::
+Enable weighted sampling. One or more additional weights can be recorded per sample
+and can be displayed with the weight, weight2, weight3 and local_weight sort keys.
+Possible uses for weights are memory or instruction retirement latencies.
+
 -C <cpu-list>::
 --cpu=<cpu>::
 Monitor only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 570410599f1b..2888ac3b7b92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1493,6 +1493,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", &top.evlist, "filter",
 		     "event filter", parse_filter),
 	OPT_U64('c', "count", &opts->user_interval, "event period to sample"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('W', "weight", &opts->sample_weight,
+		    "sample by weight (on special events only)"),
 	OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &target->pid, "pid",
 		    "profile events on existing process id"),
 	OPT_STRING('t', "tid", &target->tid, "tid",
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-13 21:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-13 21:10 Updated patchkit to show weights in annotation Andi Kleen
2026-08-13 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] perf tools record: Modernize -W man page Andi Kleen
2026-08-13 21:10 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2026-08-13 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf tools: Add support for displaying weights in annotate Andi Kleen
2026-08-13 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] perf tools: Add test for weight annotation Andi Kleen

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