Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] perf report: Check for fused instruction pair

["Jin, Yao" <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>]

On 6/17/2017 12:21 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:53:40AM +0800, Jin Yao escreveu:
>> Macro fusion merges two instructions to a single micro-op. Intel
>> core platform performs this hardware optimization under limited
>> circumstances. For example, CMP + JCC can be "fused" and executed
>> /retired together. While with sampling this can result in the
>> sample sometimes being on the JCC and sometimes on the CMP.
>> So for the fused instruction pair, they could be considered
>> together.
> doing it as a weak function that will be overriden by the host arch
> doesn't work, as we also support cross-annotation. So you have to take
> into account perf_evsel__env_arch(evsel), etc.
>
> Please search for perf_evsel__env_arch(evsel) in the annotation source
> files to see how it is used.
>
> - Arnaldo
>   
Hi Arnaldo,

Thanks so much for pointing out that the weak function doesn't work.

I have changed it to arch-specific function and just send out v2 series 
for reviewing.

Thanks
Jin Yao