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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v11 08/24] perf config: Document 'hist.percentage' variable in man page
    On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 10:53:28PM +0900, Taeung Song wrote:
    > Explain 'hist.percentage' variable.
    >
    > Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>

    Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

    One nitpick below..


    > ---
    > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
    > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
    >
    > diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
    > index 88e9b88..b166b81 100644
    > --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
    > +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
    > @@ -263,6 +263,23 @@ help.*::
    > <perf sub-command> can be record, script, report or inject
    > or: perf-with-kcore fix_buildid_cache_permissions
    >
    > +hist.*::
    > + hist.percentage::
    > + This option control a way to calcurate overhead of filtered entries -

    s/control a way/controls the way/, s/calcurate/calculate/

    Thanks,
    Namhyung


    > + that means the value of this option is effective only if there's a
    > + filter (by comm, dso or symbol name). Suppose a following example:
    > +
    > + Overhead Symbols
    > + ........ .......
    > + 33.33% foo
    > + 33.33% bar
    > + 33.33% baz
    > +
    > + This is an original overhead and we'll filter out the first 'foo'
    > + entry. The value of 'relative' would increase the overhead of 'bar'
    > + and 'baz' to 50.00% for each, while 'absolute' would show their
    > + current overhead (33.33%).
    > +
    > SEE ALSO
    > --------
    > linkperf:perf[1]
    > --
    > 1.9.1
    >


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