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From: Jiebin Sun <jiebin.sun@intel.com>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jiebin Sun <jiebin.sun@intel.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
	Tianyou Li <tianyou.li@intel.com>,
	Wangyang Guo <wangyang.guo@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 14/14] perf c2c: document function view in perf-c2c man page
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:42:47 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710084247.3576706-15-jiebin.sun@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710084247.3576706-1-jiebin.sun@intel.com>

Describe the three-level function-view hierarchy (primary function,
sharing functions, shared cachelines) and the TAB/ESC/d/e key
bindings that drive it.

Signed-off-by: Jiebin Sun <jiebin.sun@intel.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tianyou Li <tianyou.li@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Wangyang Guo <wangyang.guo@intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
index e57a122b8719..43a3f195048a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
@@ -365,6 +365,39 @@ TUI OUTPUT
 The TUI output provides interactive interface to navigate
 through cachelines list and to display offset details.
 
+Pressing the 'TAB' key in the cacheline view switches to the function
+view.  The function view shows a three-level hierarchy of the same data,
+organized around functions rather than cachelines:
+
+  Level 1: primary functions, sorted by Cycles % (estimated load cycles:
+           HITM, peer-snoop and other-load cycles -- on systems whose
+           default display mode is peer, such as Arm64, the peer-snoop
+           component dominates)
+  Level 2: other functions that share cachelines with the level-1 function
+  Level 3: the specific shared cachelines for each function pair
+
+In the function view the 'd' key opens the detail view of the selected
+cacheline, 'e'/'+' expands or collapses the current entry, and 'TAB',
+'ESC' or 'q' returns to the cacheline view.
+
+For example, expanding a level-1 function reveals the functions it shares
+cachelines with, and expanding one of those reveals the specific shared
+cachelines:
+
+  Shared Data Functions Table   (27 entries, sorted on Cycles %)
+   Cycles  Store
+        %  count  Code address        Symbol           Cacheline
+  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  - 39.03%   541  - 0xffffffffa2fc5b08  - [k] cpupri_set
+             450  - 0xffffffffa2fa28a5  - [k] pull_rt_task
+             450                                      0xff2d0082809da080
+
+Here cpupri_set is the most contended function (39.03% of the estimated
+load cycles); it shares data with pull_rt_task (450 stores into the shared
+data); and the contention is on the single cacheline 0xff2d0082809da080.
+This is the false-sharing chain that the cacheline view otherwise leaves
+to be reconstructed by hand.
+
 For details please refer to the help window by pressing '?' key.
 
 CREDITS
-- 
2.52.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10  8:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-26  7:03 [PATCH 00/14] perf c2c: add a function view Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 01/14] perf c2c: extract shared data structures into c2c.h Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 02/14] perf c2c: add function view browser skeleton Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 03/14] perf c2c: add function view type definitions and helpers Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 04/14] perf c2c: add column format infrastructure for function view Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 05/14] perf c2c: add column entry functions " Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 06/14] perf c2c: add comparison functions for function view sorting Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 07/14] perf c2c: add dimension definitions and format creation Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 08/14] perf c2c: add HPP list parsing for function view histograms Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 09/14] perf c2c: add stats merging and memory management helpers Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 10/14] perf c2c: add hierarchy entry creation and lookup functions Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 11/14] perf c2c: add function view hierarchy builder Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 12/14] perf c2c: add function view browser UI Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 13/14] perf c2c: add TAB key to switch to function view Jiebin Sun
2026-06-26  7:03 ` [PATCH 14/14] perf c2c: document function view in perf-c2c man page Jiebin Sun
2026-07-07  0:41 ` [PATCH 00/14] perf c2c: add a function view Namhyung Kim
2026-07-10  8:49   ` Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42 ` [PATCH v2 " Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 01/14] perf c2c: extract shared data structures into c2c.h Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 02/14] perf c2c: add function view browser skeleton Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 03/14] perf c2c: add function view type definitions and helpers Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 04/14] perf c2c: add column format infrastructure for function view Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 05/14] perf c2c: add column entry functions " Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 06/14] perf c2c: add comparison functions for function view sorting Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 07/14] perf c2c: add dimension definitions and format creation Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 08/14] perf c2c: add HPP list parsing for function view histograms Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 09/14] perf c2c: add stats merging and memory management helpers Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 10/14] perf c2c: add hierarchy entry creation and lookup functions Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 11/14] perf c2c: add function view hierarchy builder Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 12/14] perf c2c: add function view browser UI Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` [PATCH v2 13/14] perf c2c: add TAB key to switch to function view Jiebin Sun
2026-07-10  8:42   ` Jiebin Sun [this message]

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