[tip:perf/core] perf probe: Use hexadecimal type by default if possible

tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
2016-08-24T09:47:24Z

Commit-ID: 9880ce4a69ba5c66a5ffdd711fe446bd0226bd8c
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9880ce4a69ba5c66a5ffdd711fe446bd0226bd8c
Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:59:07 +0900
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:06:37 -0300

perf probe: Use hexadecimal type by default if possible

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>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@hgst.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147151074685.12957.16415861010796255514.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
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)