Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf tools: Introduce new -P/--parent-deep report option

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Jiri,

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:54:12 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Introducing new -P/--parent-deep report option. It does the
> same as '-p' but it force the deep search of the callchain
> and looks for the deepest possible match.
>
> The -p option searches for the first match of the parent
> pattern in the callchain.
>
>   $ perf report -i perf.data.delete -p perf_session__delete -s parent
>
>   +  99.51%  [other]
>   +   0.46%  perf_session__delete_dead_threads
>   +   0.03%  perf_session__delete
>   +   0.00%  perf_session__delete_threads
>
> so we got multiple 'different' matches instancies, while
> they all belong under perf_session__delete function:
>
>   $ perf report -i perf.data.delete -P perf_session__delete -s parent
>
>   +  99.51%  [other]
>   +   0.49%  perf_session__delete
>
> NOTE the 'p' vs 'P' difference in above commands above.

I guess using --inverted (-G) option with -p does the job.

Thanks,
Namhyung