Re: [PATCH 07/10] perf, tools: Collapse identically named events in perf stat

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:15:29PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:

SNIP

>  --------
>  
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 688dea7cb08f..76304f27c090 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ static unsigned int		unit_width			= 4; /* strlen("unit") */
>  static bool			forever				= false;
>  static bool			metric_only			= false;
>  static bool			force_metric_only		= false;
> +static bool			no_merge			= false;
>  static struct timespec		ref_time;
>  static struct cpu_map		*aggr_map;
>  static aggr_get_id_t		aggr_get_id;
> @@ -1178,11 +1179,59 @@ static void aggr_update_shadow(void)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static void collect_aliases(struct perf_evsel *counter,
> +			    void (*cb)(struct perf_evsel *counter, void *data,
> +				       bool first),
> +			    void *data)

merges_stats might be better name

> +{
> +	struct perf_evsel *alias;
> +
> +	alias = list_prepare_entry(counter, &(evsel_list->entries), node);
> +	cb(counter, data, true);
> +	if (no_merge)
> +		return;

please put this decision (no_merge) outside this function,
so the normal path is straight

this leads to my next question: why this merging should be default?

it seems to make sense just for uncore events

thanks,
jirka