linux/tools/perf/Documentation
Jin Yao 0bdad97801 perf stat: Align CSV output for summary mode
The 'perf stat' subcommand supports the request for a summary of the
interval counter readings.  But the summary lines break the CSV output
so it's hard for scripts to parse the result.

Before:

  # perf stat -x, -I1000 --interval-count 1 --summary
       1.001323097,8013.48,msec,cpu-clock,8013483384,100.00,8.013,CPUs utilized
       1.001323097,270,,context-switches,8013513297,100.00,0.034,K/sec
       1.001323097,13,,cpu-migrations,8013530032,100.00,0.002,K/sec
       1.001323097,184,,page-faults,8013546992,100.00,0.023,K/sec
       1.001323097,20574191,,cycles,8013551506,100.00,0.003,GHz
       1.001323097,10562267,,instructions,8013564958,100.00,0.51,insn per cycle
       1.001323097,2019244,,branches,8013575673,100.00,0.252,M/sec
       1.001323097,106152,,branch-misses,8013585776,100.00,5.26,of all branches
  8013.48,msec,cpu-clock,8013483384,100.00,7.984,CPUs utilized
  270,,context-switches,8013513297,100.00,0.034,K/sec
  13,,cpu-migrations,8013530032,100.00,0.002,K/sec
  184,,page-faults,8013546992,100.00,0.023,K/sec
  20574191,,cycles,8013551506,100.00,0.003,GHz
  10562267,,instructions,8013564958,100.00,0.51,insn per cycle
  2019244,,branches,8013575673,100.00,0.252,M/sec
  106152,,branch-misses,8013585776,100.00,5.26,of all branches

The summary line loses the timestamp column, which breaks the CSV
output.

We add a column at the original 'timestamp' position and it just says
'summary' for the summary line.

After:

  # perf stat -x, -I1000 --interval-count 1 --summary
       1.001196053,8012.72,msec,cpu-clock,8012722903,100.00,8.013,CPUs utilized
       1.001196053,218,,context-switches,8012753271,100.00,0.027,K/sec
       1.001196053,9,,cpu-migrations,8012769767,100.00,0.001,K/sec
       1.001196053,0,,page-faults,8012786257,100.00,0.000,K/sec
       1.001196053,15004518,,cycles,8012790637,100.00,0.002,GHz
       1.001196053,7954691,,instructions,8012804027,100.00,0.53,insn per cycle
       1.001196053,1590259,,branches,8012814766,100.00,0.198,M/sec
       1.001196053,82601,,branch-misses,8012824365,100.00,5.19,of all branches
           summary,8012.72,msec,cpu-clock,8012722903,100.00,7.986,CPUs utilized
           summary,218,,context-switches,8012753271,100.00,0.027,K/sec
           summary,9,,cpu-migrations,8012769767,100.00,0.001,K/sec
           summary,0,,page-faults,8012786257,100.00,0.000,K/sec
           summary,15004518,,cycles,8012790637,100.00,0.002,GHz
           summary,7954691,,instructions,8012804027,100.00,0.53,insn per cycle
           summary,1590259,,branches,8012814766,100.00,0.198,M/sec
           summary,82601,,branch-misses,8012824365,100.00,5.19,of all branches

Now it's easy for script to analyse the summary lines.

Of course, we also consider not to break possible existing scripts which
can continue to use the broken CSV format by using a new '--no-csv-summary.'
option.

  # perf stat -x, -I1000 --interval-count 1 --summary --no-csv-summary
       1.001213261,8012.67,msec,cpu-clock,8012672327,100.00,8.013,CPUs utilized
       1.001213261,197,,context-switches,8012703742,100.00,24.586,/sec
       1.001213261,9,,cpu-migrations,8012720902,100.00,1.123,/sec
       1.001213261,644,,page-faults,8012738266,100.00,80.373,/sec
       1.001213261,18350698,,cycles,8012744109,100.00,0.002,GHz
       1.001213261,12745021,,instructions,8012759001,100.00,0.69,insn per cycle
       1.001213261,2458033,,branches,8012770864,100.00,306.768,K/sec
       1.001213261,102107,,branch-misses,8012781751,100.00,4.15,of all branches
  8012.67,msec,cpu-clock,8012672327,100.00,7.985,CPUs utilized
  197,,context-switches,8012703742,100.00,24.586,/sec
  9,,cpu-migrations,8012720902,100.00,1.123,/sec
  644,,page-faults,8012738266,100.00,80.373,/sec
  18350698,,cycles,8012744109,100.00,0.002,GHz
  12745021,,instructions,8012759001,100.00,0.69,insn per cycle
  2458033,,branches,8012770864,100.00,306.768,K/sec
  102107,,branch-misses,8012781751,100.00,4.15,of all branches

This option can be enabled in perf config by setting the variable
'stat.no-csv-summary'.

  # perf config stat.no-csv-summary=true

  # perf config -l
  stat.no-csv-summary=true

  # perf stat -x, -I1000 --interval-count 1 --summary
       1.001330198,8013.28,msec,cpu-clock,8013279201,100.00,8.013,CPUs utilized
       1.001330198,205,,context-switches,8013308394,100.00,25.583,/sec
       1.001330198,10,,cpu-migrations,8013324681,100.00,1.248,/sec
       1.001330198,0,,page-faults,8013340926,100.00,0.000,/sec
       1.001330198,8027742,,cycles,8013344503,100.00,0.001,GHz
       1.001330198,2871717,,instructions,8013356501,100.00,0.36,insn per cycle
       1.001330198,553564,,branches,8013366204,100.00,69.081,K/sec
       1.001330198,54021,,branch-misses,8013375952,100.00,9.76,of all branches
  8013.28,msec,cpu-clock,8013279201,100.00,7.985,CPUs utilized
  205,,context-switches,8013308394,100.00,25.583,/sec
  10,,cpu-migrations,8013324681,100.00,1.248,/sec
  0,,page-faults,8013340926,100.00,0.000,/sec
  8027742,,cycles,8013344503,100.00,0.001,GHz
  2871717,,instructions,8013356501,100.00,0.36,insn per cycle
  553564,,branches,8013366204,100.00,69.081,K/sec
  54021,,branch-misses,8013375952,100.00,9.76,of all branches

Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@intel.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210319070156.20394-1-yao.jin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-03-24 10:21:49 -03:00
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android.txt perf tools: Update android build documentation 2016-07-04 20:27:27 -03:00
asciidoc.conf perf docs: Allow man page date to be specified 2019-09-27 09:26:14 -03:00
asciidoctor-extensions.rb perf Documentation: Support for asciidoctor 2018-04-26 13:47:10 -03:00
build-xed.txt perf script: Add --insn-trace for instruction decoding 2018-10-24 15:29:50 -03:00
Build.txt perf tools: Add doc about how to build perf with Asan and UBSan 2019-03-19 16:52:04 -03:00
callchain-overhead-calculation.txt perf tools: Document --children option in more detail 2015-04-29 10:38:06 -03:00
db-export.txt perf db-export: Add brief documentation 2019-06-05 09:47:57 -03:00
examples.txt perf tools: Replace lkml.org links with lore 2021-02-11 12:54:27 -03:00
intel-bts.txt perf tools: Add Intel BTS support 2015-08-21 11:34:10 -03:00
intel-pt.txt perf intel-pt: Update intel-pt.txt file with new location of the documentation 2020-03-11 11:00:33 -03:00
itrace.txt perf intel-pt: Add PSB events 2021-02-18 16:04:10 -03:00
jit-interface.txt perf symbols: Add description of JIT interface 2012-08-13 14:55:02 -03:00
jitdump-specification.txt perf docs: Correct and clarify jitdump spec 2019-09-30 17:29:51 -03:00
Makefile perf doc: allow ASCIIDOC_EXTRA to be an argument 2020-04-18 09:05:00 -03:00
manpage-1.72.xsl
manpage-base.xsl
manpage-bold-literal.xsl
manpage-normal.xsl
manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
perf-annotate.txt perf tools: Support --prefix/--prefix-strip 2020-01-14 12:02:19 -03:00
perf-archive.txt perf archive: Remove duplicated 'runs' in man page 2013-12-09 15:21:45 -03:00
perf-bench.txt perf bench: Add basic syscall benchmark 2020-07-28 08:50:48 -03:00
perf-buildid-cache.txt perf tools: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 17:13:43 -03:00
perf-buildid-list.txt perf report: Accept fifos as input file 2011-12-23 17:01:03 -02:00
perf-c2c.txt perf c2c: Update documentation for metrics reorganization 2020-10-15 12:02:12 -03:00
perf-config.txt perf config: Add annotate.demangle{,_kernel} 2021-03-06 16:42:31 -03:00
perf-daemon.txt perf daemon: Add examples to man page 2021-02-11 10:19:52 -03:00
perf-data.txt perf data: Add support to store time of day in CTF data conversion 2020-08-06 09:43:37 -03:00
perf-diff.txt perf diff: Support hot streams comparison 2020-10-14 13:34:48 -03:00
perf-evlist.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-ftrace.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-help.txt
perf-inject.txt perf inject: Add --buildid-all option 2020-10-13 11:01:42 -03:00
perf-intel-pt.txt perf intel-pt: Add documentation for tracing virtual machines 2021-02-18 16:15:55 -03:00
perf-kallsyms.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-kmem.txt perf kmem: Document a missing option & an argument 2018-02-16 14:55:42 -03:00
perf-kvm.txt perf kvm: Clarify the 'perf kvm' -i and -o command line options 2019-12-02 15:38:59 -03:00
perf-list.txt perf tools: Add support for exclusive groups/events 2020-10-14 12:24:28 -03:00
perf-lock.txt perf lock: Document missing options 2017-11-16 14:50:04 -03:00
perf-mem.txt perf mem: Support data page size 2021-01-20 14:34:20 -03:00
perf-probe.txt perf-probe: Add user memory access attribute support 2019-05-25 23:04:42 -04:00
perf-record.txt perf tools: Add 'ping' control command 2021-01-20 14:34:21 -03:00
perf-report.txt perf tools: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 17:13:43 -03:00
perf-sched.txt perf sched timehist: Add support for filtering on CPU 2020-01-06 11:46:09 -03:00
perf-script-perl.txt perf tools: Correct title markers for asciidoctor 2018-03-07 10:26:32 -03:00
perf-script-python.txt perf script python: Add dict fields introduction to Documentation 2018-06-06 15:40:10 -03:00
perf-script.txt perf script: Support filtering by hex address 2021-02-08 17:09:11 -03:00
perf-stat.txt perf stat: Align CSV output for summary mode 2021-03-24 10:21:49 -03:00
perf-test.txt perf test: Add -F/--dont-fork option 2016-06-30 18:27:45 -03:00
perf-timechart.txt perf timechart: Document missing --force option 2017-11-16 14:50:06 -03:00
perf-top.txt perf tools: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 17:13:43 -03:00
perf-trace.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-version.txt perf version: Add man page 2018-04-02 13:52:23 -03:00
perf.data-directory-format.txt perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory 2019-11-06 15:43:05 -03:00
perf.data-file-format.txt perf header: Store clock references for -k/--clockid option 2020-08-06 09:35:06 -03:00
perf.txt perf docs: Add man pages to see also 2021-03-02 09:37:38 -03:00
perfconfig.example perf config: Show default report configuration in example and docs 2016-09-01 09:44:13 -03:00
security.txt perf docs: Introduce security.txt file to document related issues 2020-05-28 10:03:26 -03:00
tips.txt perf tools: Fix typos / broken sentences 2019-07-02 16:08:16 -03:00
topdown.txt perf tools: Update topdown documentation for Sapphire Rapids 2021-02-08 16:25:00 -03:00