From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751629AbdKTQDJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:03:09 -0500 Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.31]:4282 "EHLO mga06.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751364AbdKTQDI (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:03:08 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.44,427,1505804400"; d="scan'208";a="4443743" Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:03:06 -0800 From: Andi Kleen To: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen , acme@kernel.org, jolsa@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] perf, tools, script: Allow computing metrics in perf script Message-ID: <20171120160306.GG28112@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <20171117214300.32746-1-andi@firstfloor.org> <20171117214300.32746-4-andi@firstfloor.org> <20171120090419.GB5684@krava> <20171120153505.GJ2482@two.firstfloor.org> <20171120155345.GB13495@krava> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171120155345.GB13495@krava> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Yes it is. > > > > It's for the complete sampling period because it is computed > > over the delta from the last sample to the previous sample. > > > > There isn't really a metric at a point, it is always over a interval. > > agreed, it's the count we meassured from the last sample.. but the > 'averaged' word above implies to me we compute some average over the > 'sampling' period, which we dont do Do you have a better word in mind? AFAIK average is the right word for this because it's the summary for that time period. -Andi