Re: [PATCH -tip v3 3/6] perf branch trace: print pid and command

[Akihiro Nagai <akihiro.nagai.hw@hitachi.com>]

(2011/04/02 0:13), Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:31:23AM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
>> On 03/28/11 04:34, Akihiro Nagai wrote:
>>>> from is sample->ip? to is sample->addr? In the above example
>>>> 0x39d3015260 is the value from sample->addr, 1526f is sample->ip which
>>>> resolves to _dl_next_ld_env_entry from /lib64/ld-2.13.so.
>>> Yes.
>>> In this example, resolved address is only sample->ip (branch from).
>>> We need the resolved address of sample->addr (branch to) too, because
>>> both of them are addresses of execution code.
>>
>> Ok, now I understand. In that case add conversion of sample->addr to
>> symbols to perf-script.
>
> I agree that we should rather use perf script for branch dumps.
> Sorry Akihiro, I think we suggested you to create this dedicated
> perf branch by the past. But then perf script became the vanilla dump
> tool in the middle and it seems more suitable today.
>
> We can still create a perf branch later in order to produce some more
> advanced post-processing tools. But for sample dumps perf script (which starts
> to show itself as a misnomer BTW) seems to be the right place.
Finally, I would like to create coverage test tools using BTS on perf.
I'm working on the project "Btrax" that is a coverage test tool using BTS.
The URL is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/btrax/

And, I would like to implement other functions on perf-branch too.
For example, call graph, source code browser like perf-annotate which
can show executed codes.
So, I wolud like to continue to develop perf-branch.