From be1ac0d81d0e3ab655f8c8ade31fb860ef6aa186 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 09:10:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf_counter tools: Also display time-normalized stat results Add new column that normalizes counter results by 'nanoseconds spent running' unit. Before: Performance counter stats for '/home/mingo/hackbench': 10469.403605 task clock ticks (msecs) 75502 context switches (events) 9501 CPU migrations (events) 36158 pagefaults (events) 31975676185 CPU cycles (events) 26257738659 instructions (events) 108740581 cache references (events) 54606088 cache misses (events) Wall-clock time elapsed: 810.514504 msecs After: Performance counter stats for '/home/mingo/hackbench': 10469.403605 task clock ticks (msecs) 75502 context switches # 0.007 M/sec 9501 CPU migrations # 0.001 M/sec 36158 pagefaults # 0.003 M/sec 31975676185 CPU cycles # 3054.202 M/sec 26257738659 instructions # 2508.045 M/sec 108740581 cache references # 10.387 M/sec 54606088 cache misses # 5.216 M/sec Wall-clock time elapsed: 810.514504 msecs The advantage of that column is that it is characteristic of the execution workflow, regardless of runtime. Hence 'hackbench 10' will look similar to 'hackbench 15' - while the absolute counter values are very different. Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: John Kacur LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Reading git-format-patch failed