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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf list: Hide deprecated events by default
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On 10/16/2019 3:27 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 08:59:13AM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2019 5:14 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:53:57AM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
>>>> There are some deprecated events listed by perf list. But we can't remove
>>>> them from perf list with ease because some old scripts may use them.
>>>>
>>>> Deprecated events are old names of renamed events. When an event gets
>>>> renamed the old name is kept around for some time and marked with
>>>> Deprecated. The newer Intel event lists in the tree already have these
>>>> headers.
>>>>
>>>> So we need to keep them in the event list, but provide a new option to
>>>> show them. The new option is "--deprecated".
>>>>
>>>> With this patch, the deprecated events are hidden by default but they can
>>>> be displayed when option "--deprecated" is enabled.
>>>
>>> not sure it's wise to hide them, because people will not read man page
>>> to find --deprecated option, they will rather complain right away ;-)
>>>
>>> how about to display them as another topic, like:
>>>
>>> pipeline:
>>> ...
>>> uncore:
>>> ...
>>> deprecated:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> jirka
>>>
>>
>> Hi Jiri,
>>
>> I don't know if we add a new topic "deprecated" in perf list output, does
>> the old script need to be modified as well?
>>
>> Say the events are moved to the "deprecated" section, I just guess the
>> script needs the modification.
>>
>> That's just my personal guess. :)
>
> i did not mean adding new topic all the way down,
> just to display the deprecated events like that
>
> jirka
>

Sorry, maybe I misunderstood what you suggested. Correct me if my
understanding is wrong.

Now the perf list output is like:

pipeline:
event1
event2
uncore:
event3
event4

My understanding for your suggestion is, we need to add "deprecated",
for example:

pipeline:
event1
event2
uncore:
event4
deprecated:
event3

In above example, I assume the event3 is deprecated.

So my worry is, the user's old script may not find the event3 if we move
it from "uncore" to "deprecated". Maybe I'm worried a lot. :(

Thanks
Jin Yao

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