From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Alireza Haghdoost <haghdoost@uber.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Alessio Podda <aleph.pi.gh@gmail.com>,
Michael Liang <mliang@purestorage.com>,
Shimin Guo <shimin.guo@skydio.com>,
Tanushree Shah <tshah@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] perf hist: Do not delete cumulative caller entries before stat_acc decays
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:50:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <efe1d231090ef4dc43fe1f002a12c7c65c8ceda2.1792995775.git.irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1792995775.git.irogers@google.com>
When symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain is enabled (the default in
'perf top -g'), callchain parent/caller entries have he->stat.period == 0
and accumulate their period in he->stat_acc->period.
hists__decay_entry() decays both he->stat.period and he->stat_acc->period,
but only checks if he->stat.period == 0 as the return condition for
deleting the entry in hists__decay_entries(). As a result, every callchain
caller entry with 0 self-period is unconditionally deleted from the
histogram on the first decay pass, destroying its callchain tree while it
still has non-zero cumulative period.
Only mark an entry for deletion in hists__decay_entry() when both
he->stat.period == 0 and (when cumulate_callchain is active)
he->stat_acc->period == 0.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/util/hist.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 443694926f1a..e75a4fcce975 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -409,7 +409,8 @@ static bool hists__decay_entry(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *he)
u64 prev_period = he->stat.period;
u64 prev_latency = he->stat.latency;
- if (prev_period == 0)
+ if (prev_period == 0 &&
+ (!symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain || he->stat_acc->period == 0))
return true;
he_stat__decay(&he->stat);
@@ -442,7 +443,8 @@ static bool hists__decay_entry(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *he)
}
}
- return he->stat.period == 0 && he->stat.latency == 0;
+ return he->stat.period == 0 && he->stat.latency == 0 &&
+ (!symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain || he->stat_acc->period == 0);
}
static void hists__delete_entry(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *he)
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-26 6:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-26 6:50 [PATCH 0/3] perf: Fix libdw addr2line fallback, pr_debugN overhead, and cumulative hist decay Ian Rogers
2026-10-26 6:50 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf libdw: Optimize fallback logic for missing DWARF Ian Rogers
2026-10-26 6:50 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf debug: Avoid calling eprintf() in pr_debugN() when verbose < n Ian Rogers
2026-10-26 6:50 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-10-27 20:42 ` [PATCH 0/3] perf: Fix libdw addr2line fallback, pr_debugN overhead, and cumulative hist decay Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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