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From: tip-bot for Adrian Hunter <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jolsa@redhat.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com, mingo@kernel.org,
	acme@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf report: Amend documentation about max_stack and synthesized callchains
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 00:10:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-40862a7b793945c7080d1566ca3dc6249f3c6354@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <560A5155.4060105@intel.com>

Commit-ID:  40862a7b793945c7080d1566ca3dc6249f3c6354
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/40862a7b793945c7080d1566ca3dc6249f3c6354
Author:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:52:37 +0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:34:26 -0300

perf report: Amend documentation about max_stack and synthesized callchains

The --max_stack option was added as an optimization to reduce processing time,
so people specifying --max-stack might get a increased processing time if
combined with synthesized callchains, but otherwise no real harm.

A warning about setting both --max_stack and the synthesized callchains max
depth seems like overkill.  Amend the documentation.

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/560A5155.4060105@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index b941d5e..ce49903 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off
 	between information loss and faster processing especially for
 	workloads that can have a very long callchain stack.
+	Note that when using the --itrace option the synthesized callchain size
+	will override this value if the synthesized callchain size is bigger.
 
 	Default: 127
 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-10-01  7:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-25 13:15 [PATCH 00/25] perf tools: minor improvements to Intel PT related stuff Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 01/25] perf auxtrace: Fix 'instructions' period of zero Adrian Hunter
2015-09-28 14:12   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-28 14:16     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-29  8:41   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 02/25] perf report: Fix sample type validation for synthesized callchains Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:41   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 03/25] perf intel-pt: Fix potential loop forever Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:42   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 04/25] perf intel-pt: Make logging slightly more efficient Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:42   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 05/25] perf script: Allow time to be displayed in nanoseconds Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:42   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 06/25] perf tools: Warn when AUX data has been lost Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:43   ` [tip:perf/core] perf session: " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 07/25] perf tools: Add more documentation to export-to-postgresql.py script Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:43   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 08/25] perf auxtrace: Add option to synthesize branch stacks on samples Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:43   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 09/25] perf report: Adjust sample type validation for synthesized branch stacks Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:44   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 10/25] perf report: Also do default setup " Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:44   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 11/25] perf report: Skip events with null " Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:44   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 12/25] perf inject: Set branch stack feature flag when synthesizing " Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:45   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 13/25] perf intel-pt: Move branch filter logic Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:45   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 14/25] perf intel-pt: Support generating branch stack Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:45   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 15/25] perf report: Make max_stack value allow for synthesized callchains Adrian Hunter
2015-09-28 20:03   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-29  8:52     ` Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29 15:51       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30  8:43         ` Adrian Hunter
2015-09-30 13:17           ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-10-01  7:10       ` tip-bot for Adrian Hunter [this message]
2015-09-29  8:46   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 16/25] perf hists: Allow for max_stack greater than PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:46   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 17/25] perf callchain: " Adrian Hunter
2015-09-28 20:08   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-29  8:16     ` Adrian Hunter
2015-10-01 11:45       ` Adrian Hunter
2015-10-03  7:49   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 18/25] perf script: Add a setting for maximum stack depth Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:46   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 19/25] perf scripting python: Allow for max_stack greater than PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:47   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 20/25] perf script: Make scripting_max_stack value allow for synthesized callchains Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:47   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 21/25] perf tools: Add perf_evlist__id2evsel_strict() Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:47   ` [tip:perf/core] perf evlist: " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 22/25] perf tools: Add perf_evlist__del() Adrian Hunter
2015-09-28 13:33   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-28 20:14     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-29  8:48   ` [tip:perf/core] perf evlist: Add perf_evlist__remove() tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 23/25] perf inject: Remove more aux-related stuff when processing instruction traces Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:48   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 24/25] perf inject: Add --strip option to strip out non-synthesized events Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:49   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-25 13:15 ` [PATCH 25/25] perf intel-pt: Add mispred-all config option to aid use with autofdo Adrian Hunter
2015-09-29  8:49   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
2015-09-28 20:33 ` [PATCH 00/25] perf tools: minor improvements to Intel PT related stuff Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-29 11:13   ` Adrian Hunter

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