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SubjectRe: [RFC] Add --show-total-period for perf annotate
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Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz> writes:

> I've been working on a new feature for perf annotate, which should be able to annotate
> instructions with total spent time (compared to percentage usage).
>
> Let's consider following use-case. You want to compare two different compilers
> on the same code base and let's assume 90% of wall-time is spent in a single function.
> Moreover, let's say that these compilers produce assembly of a totally different size.
>
> In such case, it's very useful to get an approximation of spent time on a bunch of instructions,
> which can be compared among other compilers. Otherwise, one has to somehow sum percentages and compare
> it to size of a function.

perf diff does not handle this? Especially with the differential
profiling options it should.

>> @@ -623,6 +624,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> if (!target__none(&opts->target) && !opts->initial_delay)
> perf_evlist__enable(rec->evlist);
>
> + t0 = rdclock();
> +
> /*
> * Let the child rip
> */
> @@ -692,6 +695,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> goto out_child;
> }
>
> + t1 = rdclock();
> + walltime_nsecs = t1 - t0;

The walltime can be later computed by the difference of the first and
the last time stamp after sorting the events. So you don't need the new header.

-Andi

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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


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