perf report: Add --multi-thread option and config item
The --multi-thread option is to enable parallel processing so user can
force serial processing even for multi-file data. It default to false
but users also can changes this by setting "report.multi_thread"
config option in ~/.perfconfig file.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index dd7cccd..e00077a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@
--header-only::
Show only perf.data header (forces --stdio).
+--multi-thread::
+ Speed up report by parallelizing sample processing using multi-thread.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-annotate[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 796db51..6e260ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
bool mem_mode;
bool header;
bool header_only;
+ bool multi_thread;
int max_stack;
struct perf_read_values show_threads_values;
const char *pretty_printing_style;
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@
rep->queue_size = perf_config_u64(var, value);
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "report.multi-thread")) {
+ rep->multi_thread = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+ return 0;
+ }
return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
}
@@ -527,7 +532,7 @@
if (ret)
return ret;
- if (file->is_multi) {
+ if (rep->multi_thread) {
rep->tool.sample = process_sample_event_multi;
ret = perf_session__process_events_mt(session, &rep->tool,
multi_report_init,
@@ -558,10 +563,10 @@
}
/*
- * For multi-file report, it already calls hists__multi_resort()
+ * For multi-thread report, it already calls hists__multi_resort()
* so no need to collapse here.
*/
- if (!file->is_multi)
+ if (!rep->multi_thread)
report__collapse_hists(rep);
if (session_done())
@@ -770,6 +775,8 @@
"Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
"how to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "multi-thread", &report.multi_thread,
+ "Speed up sample processing using multi-thead"),
OPT_END()
};
struct perf_data_file file = {
@@ -814,6 +821,11 @@
report.queue_size);
}
+ if (report.multi_thread && !file.is_multi) {
+ pr_debug("fallback to single thread for single data file.\n");
+ report.multi_thread = false;
+ }
+
report.session = session;
has_br_stack = perf_header__has_feat(&session->header,
