On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 09:50:29PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The __hpp__sort_acc() sorts entries using callchain depth in order to
> put callers above in children mode.  But it assumed the callchain order
> was callee-first.  Now default (for children) is caller-first so the
> order of entries is reverted.
> 
> For example, consider following case.
> 
>   $ perf report --no-children
>   ..l
>   # Overhead  Command  Shared Object        Symbol
>   # ........  .......  ...................  ..........................
>   #
>       99.44%  a.out    a.out                [.] main
>               |
>               ---main
>                  __libc_start_main
>                  _start
> 
> Then children mode should show 'start' above '__libc_start_main' since
> it's the caller (parent) of the __libc_start_main.  But it's reversed:
> 
>   # Children      Self  Command  Shared Object    Symbol
>   # ........  ........  .......  ...............  .....................
>   #
>       99.61%     0.00%  a.out    libc-2.25.so     [.] __libc_start_main
>       99.61%     0.00%  a.out    a.out            [.] _start
>       99.54%    99.44%  a.out    a.out            [.] main
> 
> This patch fixes it.
> 
>   # Children      Self  Command  Shared Object    Symbol
>   # ........  ........  .......  ...............  .....................
>   #
>       99.61%     0.00%  a.out    a.out            [.] _start
>       99.61%     0.00%  a.out    libc-2.25.so     [.] __libc_start_main
>       99.54%    99.44%  a.out    a.out            [.] main
> 
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
> Cc: Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>

thanks,
jirka

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