Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Support spark lines in perf stat
> fput could go into print_stat_spark I wanted to keep the function generic, so that it can be easily used in other places. Adding the space is somewhat specific to stat. Also the rest of the stat code has the white space printing centralized in the caller too. I suppose makes it easier to change. > > + len = n; > > + if (len > NUM_SPARK_VALS) > > + len = NUM_SPARK_VALS; > > + if (all_the_same(stat->svals, len)) > > + return; > > + print_spark(f, stat->svals, len); > > + if (stat->n > NUM_SPARK_VALS) > > + fputs("..", f); > > +} > > whats the reason for 'n' in here? looks like you could do only with 'len' len is capped to NUM_SPARK_VALS, but the test needs to be on the uncapped value. Otherwise exactly NUM_SPARK_VALS entries would get a .. incorrectly. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Support spark lines in perf stat
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:31:39AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > SNIP > @@ -1176,6 +1176,9 @@ static void print_aggr(char *prefix) > if (run != ena) > fprintf(output, " (%.2f%%)", > 100.0 * run / ena); > + > + fputc(' ', output); > + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); > } > fputc('\n', output); > } > @@ -1224,6 +1227,9 @@ static void print_counter_aggr(struct perf_evsel > *counter, char *prefix) > > print_noise(counter, avg); > > + fputc(' ', output); > + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); > + > if (csv_output) { > fputc('\n', output); > return; > @@ -1295,6 +1301,9 @@ static void print_counter(struct perf_evsel *counter, > char *prefix) > if (run != ena) > fprintf(output, " (%.2f%%)", > 100.0 * run / ena); > + > + fputc(' ', output); > + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); > } > fputc('\n', output); > } > @@ -1355,6 +1364,9 @@ static void print_stat(int argc, const char **argv) > fprintf(output, " > "); > print_noise_pct(stddev_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats), > avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats)); > + > + fputc(' ', output); > + print_stat_spark(output, &walltime_nsecs_stats); Do we want to be that explicit about printing ' ' here? I dont see it elsewhere.. fput could go into print_stat_spark SNIP > +void print_stat_spark(FILE *f, struct stats *stat) > +{ > + int n = stat->n, len; > + > + if (n <= 1) > + return; > + len = n; > + if (len > NUM_SPARK_VALS) > + len = NUM_SPARK_VALS; > + if (all_the_same(stat->svals, len)) > + return; > + print_spark(f, stat->svals, len); > + if (stat->n > NUM_SPARK_VALS) > + fputs("..", f); > +} whats the reason for 'n' in here? looks like you could do only with 'len' thanks, jirka -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Support spark lines in perf stat
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:31:39AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > SNIP > index 65a151e..6bf7b6c 100644 > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c > @@ -1176,6 +1176,9 @@ static void print_aggr(char *prefix) > if (run != ena) > fprintf(output, " (%.2f%%)", > 100.0 * run / ena); > + > + fputc(' ', output); > + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); I dont think we want it in csv output [jolsa@krava perf]$ ./perf stat -r 20 -x , true 0.285896,,task-clock,2.39% █▃▃▂▂▁▁▁.. 0,,context-switches,0.00% 0,,cpu-migrations,100.00% 91,,page-faults,0.08% █▁██.. 165335,,cycles,30.69% █▇▇▁▇▁▁▁.. jirka -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Support spark lines in perf stat
From: Andi Kleen perf stat -rX prints the stddev for multiple measurements. Just looking at the stddev for judging the quality of the data is a bit dangerous The simplest sanity check is to just look at a simple plot. This patchs add a sparkline to the end of the measurements to make it simple to judge the data. The sparkline only uses UTF-8, so should be readable in all modern tools and terminals. The sparkline is between the minimum and maximum of the data, so it's mainly a indicator of variance. To keep the code simple and make the output not too wide only the first 8 values are printed. If more values are there it adds '..' The code is inspired by Zach Holman's spark shell script. Example output (view in non-proportial font): Performance counter stats for 'true' (10 runs): 0.175672 task-clock (msec) #0.555 CPUs utilized ( +- 1.77% ) █▄▁▁.. 0 context-switches #0.000 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations#0.000 K/sec 114 page-faults #0.647 M/sec ( +- 0.14% ) ▁█▁▁.. 520,798 cycles#2.965 GHz ( +- 1.75% ) █▄▁▁.. 433,525 instructions #0.83 insns per cycle ( +- 0.28% ) ▅▇▅▄▇█▁▆.. 83,012 branches # 472.537 M/sec ( +- 0.31% ) ▅▇▆▄▇█▁▆.. 3,157 branch-misses #3.80% of all branches ( +- 2.55% ) ▇█▃▅▁▃▁▂.. 0.000316660 seconds time elapsed ( +- 1.78% ) █▅▁▁.. As you can see even in the most simple run there are quite interesting patterns. The time sparkline suggests it would be also useful to have an option to throw the first measurement away. Known issues: - Makes the perf stat output wider. Could be adjust by shrinking some white space. Not done so far. - No output for -A/--per-socket/--per-core with -rX. This code is missing the basic noise detection code. Once it's added there sparklines could be shown too. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 1 + tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 12 tools/perf/util/spark.c | 45 + tools/perf/util/spark.h | 3 +++ tools/perf/util/stat.c| 33 + tools/perf/util/stat.h| 10 ++ 6 files changed, 104 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/spark.c create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/spark.h diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf index 7257e7e..432d099 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf @@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-scripting.o LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event.o LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/svghelper.o LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/sort.o +LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/spark.o LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/hist.o LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/probe-event.o LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/util.o diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c index 65a151e..6bf7b6c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c @@ -1176,6 +1176,9 @@ static void print_aggr(char *prefix) if (run != ena) fprintf(output, " (%.2f%%)", 100.0 * run / ena); + + fputc(' ', output); + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); } fputc('\n', output); } @@ -1224,6 +1227,9 @@ static void print_counter_aggr(struct perf_evsel *counter, char *prefix) print_noise(counter, avg); + fputc(' ', output); + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); + if (csv_output) { fputc('\n', output); return; @@ -1295,6 +1301,9 @@ static void print_counter(struct perf_evsel *counter, char *prefix) if (run != ena) fprintf(output, " (%.2f%%)", 100.0 * run / ena); + + fputc(' ', output); + print_stat_spark(output, counter->priv); } fputc('\n', output); } @@ -1355,6 +1364,9 @@ static void print_stat(int argc, const char **argv) fprintf(output, " "); print_noise_pct(stddev_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats), avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats)); + + fputc(' ', output); + print_stat_spark(output, &walltime_nsecs_stats); } fprintf(output, "\n\n"); } diff --git a/tools/perf/util/