Similar to the callstack frame matching, we also have to compare the symbol name when sorting hist entries. The reason is twofold: On one hand, multiple inlined functions will use the same symbol start/end values of the parent, non-inlined symbol. As such, all of these symbols often end up missing from top-level report, as they get merged with the non-inlined frame. On the other hand, multiple different functions may end up inlining the same function, and we need to aggregate these values properly.
Before: ~~~~~ perf report --stdio --inline -g none # Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ........ ............ ................ ................................... # 100.00% 39.69% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] main 100.00% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] _start 100.00% 0.00% cpp-inlining libc-2.25.so [.] __libc_start_main 97.03% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::norm<double> (inlined) 59.53% 4.26% cpp-inlining libm-2.25.so [.] hypot 55.21% 55.08% cpp-inlining libm-2.25.so [.] __hypot_finite 0.52% 0.52% cpp-inlining libm-2.25.so [.] cabs ~~~~~ After: ~~~~~ perf report --stdio --inline -g none # Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ........ ............ ................ ................................................................................................................................... # 100.00% 39.69% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] main 100.00% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] _start 100.00% 0.00% cpp-inlining libc-2.25.so [.] __libc_start_main 62.57% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::_Norm_helper<true>::_S_do_it<double> (inlined) 62.57% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::__complex_abs (inlined) 62.57% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::abs<double> (inlined) 62.57% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::norm<double> (inlined) 59.53% 4.26% cpp-inlining libm-2.25.so [.] hypot 55.21% 55.08% cpp-inlining libm-2.25.so [.] __hypot_finite 34.46% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::uniform_real_distribution<double>::operator()<std::linear_congruential_engine<unsigned long, 16807ul, 0ul, 2147483647ul> > (inlined) 32.39% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::__detail::_Adaptor<std::linear_congruential_engine<unsigned long, 16807ul, 0ul, 2147483647ul>, double>::operator() (inlined) 32.39% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::generate_canonical<double, 53ul, std::linear_congruential_engine<unsigned long, 16807ul, 0ul, 2147483647ul> > (inlined) 12.29% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::__detail::_Mod<unsigned long, 2147483647ul, 16807ul, 0ul, true, true>::__calc (inlined) 12.29% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::__detail::__mod<unsigned long, 2147483647ul, 16807ul, 0ul> (inlined) 12.29% 0.00% cpp-inlining cpp-inlining [.] std::linear_congruential_engine<unsigned long, 16807ul, 0ul, 2147483647ul>::operator() (inlined) 0.52% 0.52% cpp-inlining libm-2.25.so [.] cabs ~~~~~ Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijls...@chello.nl> Cc: Yao Jin <yao....@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Milian Wolff <milian.wo...@kdab.com> --- tools/perf/util/sort.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c index acb9210fd18a..006d10a0dc96 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c @@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ static int64_t _sort__sym_cmp(struct symbol *sym_l, struct symbol *sym_r) if (sym_l == sym_r) return 0; + if (sym_l->inlined || sym_r->inlined) + return strcmp(sym_l->name, sym_r->name); + if (sym_l->start != sym_r->start) return (int64_t)(sym_r->start - sym_l->start); -- 2.14.2