Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf annotate-data: Show offset and size in hex

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<arnaldo.melo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 8:36 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:
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>> It'd be better to have them in hex to check cacheline alignment.
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> Why is it better? To compare with the usual output of some other tool?
>
> Spelling out reasons helps reviewers/users.

Cache line sizes are power of 2 so it'd be natural to use hex and
check whether an offset is in the same boundary.  Also perf annotate
shows instruction offsets in hex.

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> Maybe this should be selectable?

I can add an option and/or a config if you want.

Thanks,
Namhyung

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>>  Percent     offset       size  field
>>   100.00          0      0x1c0  struct cfs_rq    {
>>     0.00          0       0x10      struct load_weight  load {
>>     0.00          0        0x8          long unsigned int       weight;
>>     0.00        0x8        0x4          u32     inv_weight;
>>                                     };
>>     0.00       0x10        0x4      unsigned int        nr_running;
>>    14.56       0x14        0x4      unsigned int        h_nr_running;
>>     0.00       0x18        0x4      unsigned int        idle_nr_running;
>>     0.00       0x1c        0x4      unsigned int        idle_h_nr_running;
>>   ...
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c | 4 ++--
>>  tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c        | 2 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/sort.c                 | 2 +-
>>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c
>> index f563a3bb072c..cd562a8822b7 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c
>> @@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ static void browser__write(struct ui_browser *uib, void *entry, int row)
>>
>>         /* print type info */
>>         if (be->indent == 0 && !member->var_name) {
>> -               ui_browser__printf(uib, " %10d %10d  %s%s",
>> +               ui_browser__printf(uib, " %#10x %#10x  %s%s",
>>                                    member->offset, member->size,
>>                                    member->type_name,
>>                                    list_empty(&member->children) || be->folded? ";" : " {");
>>         } else {
>> -               ui_browser__printf(uib, " %10d %10d  %*s%s\t%s%s",
>> +               ui_browser__printf(uib, " %#10x %#10x  %*s%s\t%s%s",
>>                                    member->offset, member->size,
>>                                    be->indent * 4, "", member->type_name,
>>                                    member->var_name ?: "",
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
>> index aa330c7d8edd..25105b3b9a13 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
>> @@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static void print_annotated_data_type(struct annotated_data_type *mem_type,
>>                 nr_events++;
>>         }
>>
>> -       printf(" %10d %10d  %*s%s\t%s",
>> +       printf(" %#10x %#10x  %*s%s\t%s",
>>                member->offset, member->size, indent, "", member->type_name,
>>                member->var_name ?: "");
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
>> index c4046d5d1749..d315308f9170 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
>> @@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ static int hist_entry__typeoff_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
>>                                  he->mem_type_off, true);
>>         buf[4095] = '\0';
>>
>> -       return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%s %+d (%s)", he_type->self.type_name,
>> +       return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%s +%#x (%s)", he_type->self.type_name,
>>                                he->mem_type_off, buf);
>>  }
>>
>> --
>> 2.46.0.184.g6999bdac58-goog
>>
>>