[PATCH 5/6] perf-probe: Use hexadecimal type by default if possible

Masami Hiramatsu
2016-08-18T08:59:32Z

Use hexadecimal type by default if it is available on
current running kernel.
This keeps the default behavior of perf probe after
changing the output format of 'u8/16/32/64' to
unsigned decimal number.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index f18cd6b..ac4740f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
probe_type_is_available(PROBE_TYPE_X))
prefix = 'x';
else
- prefix = die_is_signed_type(&type) ? 's' : 'u';
+ prefix = die_is_signed_type(&type) ? 's' :
+ probe_type_is_available(PROBE_TYPE_X) ? 'x' : 'u';

ret = dwarf_bytesize(&type);
if (ret <= 0)