On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 03:28:45PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:

SNIP

> +static int64_t
> +sort__sym_sort(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
> +{
> +     if (!left->ms.sym || !right->ms.sym)
> +             return cmp_null(left->ms.sym, right->ms.sym);
> +
> +     return strcmp(right->ms.sym->name, left->ms.sym->name);
> +}

why do we need just string comparison for sort?

> +
>  static int _hist_entry__sym_snprintf(struct map *map, struct symbol *sym,
>                                    u64 ip, char level, char *bf, size_t size,
>                                    unsigned int width)
> @@ -255,6 +271,7 @@ static int hist_entry__sym_snprintf(struct hist_entry 
> *he, char *bf,
>  struct sort_entry sort_sym = {
>       .se_header      = "Symbol",
>       .se_cmp         = sort__sym_cmp,
> +     .se_sort        = sort__sym_sort,
>       .se_snprintf    = hist_entry__sym_snprintf,
>       .se_width_idx   = HISTC_SYMBOL,

so when we insert entries into hists we use se_cmp to group them
via hist_entry__cmp

the we sort this hists based on output and use se_sort to group
them via __hists__insert_output_entry

why can't we use just cmp?

jirka
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