Re: [PATCH 6/6] perf: Add dcacheline sort

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 04:09:59PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
> > index 635cd8f..0e91ba9 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> > +#include <sys/mman.h>
> >  #include "sort.h"
> >  #include "hist.h"
> >  #include "comm.h"
> > @@ -764,6 +765,102 @@ static int hist_entry__snoop_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
> >         return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-*s", width, out);
> >  }
> >
> > +#define CACHE_LINESIZE       64
> I had something similar to your patch here in my original series for
> perf mem, but I never pushed it.
> I think this is a useful feature to have.
> However, I don't think you can hardcode the cache line size to 64.
> This is generic
> code. There may be architectures where the line size is different from 64.
> So I think you should add an option to change the default line size or provide
> an arch-specific definition.

I agree.  I'll dig up a way to do that.  Thanks!

Cheers,
Don