Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:06:11 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHSET 0/7] perf tools: A couple of TUI improvements (v2) |
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* Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:
> > - it would be nice to have a hotkey to start/stop data collection on > > demand, and another hotkey to reset the data. SysProf has this > > feature, and it's a convenient workflow to have a separate 'data > > collection' period (possibly done without any screen refresh, so > > that data collection does not disturb the measured workload), and > > a quiet 'look at all the data that is not being changed' period. > > Especially with fast changing workloads the latter can be useful. > > I'm not sure I understood correctly. So do you want start/stop the > 'record' part or 'report' part with hotkeys?
The 'record' part - a bit like SysProf.
> > - it would be nice if 'perf report' had a 'view raw trace' window as > > well, with filtering. That would be roughly equivalent to the 'perf > > report -D' output [but one line per trace entry, i.e. no hex dump > > shown by default], all available within the TUI. With filtering > > that would be a pretty good way to look at various details. > > Do you want something like 'perf script'? :)
Or perf trace, just in a TUI ;-)
Thanks,
Ingo
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