Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/annotate: Fix missing branch counter column in TUI mode

["Falcon, Thomas" <thomas.falcon@intel.com>]

On Fri, 2026-04-10 at 20:01 +0000, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s):
> - [Medium] The branch counter column is now enabled in standard stdio
> mode where it cannot be populated, resulting in a useless empty
> column in the output.
> --
> 
> commit afd424a34255fcd5587246caa606560bc9b916c8
> Author: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
> 
> perf/annotate: Fix missing branch counter column in TUI mode
> 
> This commit moves the check for enabling the branch counter column
> into
> __cmd_annotate() so it occurs after events have been processed and
> the
> counter is updated.
> 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-
> > annotate.c
> > index 5e57b78548f42..7fe23b05306f8 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
> > @@ -563,6 +563,9 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(struct perf_annotate
> > *ann)
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		goto out;
> >  
> > +	if (session->evlist->nr_br_cntr > 0)
> > +		annotate_opts.show_br_cntr = true;
> > +
> 
> Will this cause an empty branch counter column to be displayed in
> standard
> stdio mode?

Oops, this was an older version, I'll resend with an updated one.

Thanks,
Tom

> 
> The original code restricted this check to TUI and stdio2 modes where
> use_browser == 1 or annotate.use_stdio2 is true. By moving the
> assignment
> here, it becomes unconditional.
> 
> In standard stdio mode, process_branch_callback() is skipped when
> adding
> samples, so branch stack data is not aggregated into the annotation
> notes.
> This leaves the counter data at 0 for all instructions. Could this
> result
> in the output rendering the column title but printing only empty
> spaces for
> all the rows?
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > @@ -928,8 +931,6 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv)
> >  	 */
> >  	if ((use_browser == 1 || annotate.use_stdio2) &&
> > annotate.has_br_stack) {
> >  		sort__mode = SORT_MODE__BRANCH;
> > -		if (annotate.session->evlist->nr_br_cntr > 0)
> > -			annotate_opts.show_br_cntr = true;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (setup_sorting(/*evlist=*/NULL,
> > perf_session__env(annotate.session)) < 0)
>