Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:03:06 -0800 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] perf, tools, script: Allow computing metrics in perf script |
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> > Yes it is. > > > > It's for the complete sampling period because it is computed > > over the delta from the last sample to the previous sample. > > > > There isn't really a metric at a point, it is always over a interval. > > agreed, it's the count we meassured from the last sample.. but the > 'averaged' word above implies to me we compute some average over the > 'sampling' period, which we dont do
Do you have a better word in mind?
AFAIK average is the right word for this because it's the summary for that time period.
-Andi
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