[PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Update on filtered entries' percentage output (v5)

[PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Update on filtered entries' percentage output (v5)

[Namhyung Kim]

Hello,

I added --percentage option to perf report to control display of
percentage of filtered entries.

 usage: perf report [<options>]

        --percentage <relative|absolute>
                          how to display percentage of filtered entries

"relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
sum of shown entries will be always 100%.  "absolute" means it retains
original value before and after the filter applied.  In patch 8/8, I
made the "absolute" as default since it makes more sense IMHO.
    
      $ perf report -s comm
      # Overhead       Command
      # ........  ............
      #
          74.19%           cc1
           7.61%           gcc
           6.11%            as
           4.35%            sh
           4.14%          make
           1.13%        fixdep
      ...
    
      $ perf report -s comm -c cc1,gcc --percentage absolute
      # Overhead       Command
      # ........  ............
      #
          74.19%           cc1
           7.61%           gcc
    
      $ perf report -s comm -c cc1,gcc --percentage relative
      # Overhead       Command
      # ........  ............
      #
          90.69%           cc1
           9.31%           gcc
    
Note that it has zero effect if no filter was applied.

 * changes in v5:
  - fix 0 samples in relative percent output (Jiri)
  - factor hists__total_period function (Jiri)
  - share config parsing code with option parser (Jiri)

 * changes in v4:
  - support perf top and perf diff also  (Jiri)
  - add HIST_FILTER__HOST/GUEST  (Jiri)
  - retain both of filtered and total stats  (Arnaldo)
  - add 'F' hotkey on TUI  (Jiri)
  - rename config variable to have "hist." prefix


You can get this on the 'perf/percentage-v5' branch in my tree

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/namhyung/linux-perf.git

Any comments are welcome, thanks
Namhyung


Namhyung Kim (8):
  perf tools: Count periods of filtered entries separately
  perf hists: Add support for showing relative percentage
  perf report: Add --percentage option
  perf top: Add --percentage option
  perf diff: Add --percentage option
  perf tools: Add hist.percentage config option
  perf ui/tui: Add 'F' hotkey to toggle percentage output
  perf tools: Show absolute percentage by default

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt   | 21 +++++++++--
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 24 +++++++++---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt    | 18 +++++++--
 tools/perf/builtin-diff.c                | 35 ++++++++++++++---
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c              | 24 ++++++++++--
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c                 |  2 +
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c           | 47 +++++++++++++++++------
 tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c                | 19 +++++-----
 tools/perf/ui/hist.c                     |  8 ++--
 tools/perf/util/config.c                 |  4 ++
 tools/perf/util/event.c                  | 22 +++++------
 tools/perf/util/hist.c                   | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 tools/perf/util/hist.h                   | 19 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h                 |  5 ++-
 14 files changed, 233 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 1/8] perf tools: Count periods of filtered entries separately

[Namhyung Kim]

Currently if a sample was filtered by command line option, it just
dropped.  But this affects final output in that the percentage can be
different since the filtered entries were not included to the total.

But user might want to see the original percentages when filter
applied so add new total_filtered_period filed to hists->stats in
order to be controlled by user later.  It doesn't change the current
behavior yet.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/event.c     | 22 ++++++++++------------
 tools/perf/util/hist.c      | 10 ++--------
 tools/perf/util/hist.h      | 10 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h    |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index d882b6f96411..5f7f1a332186 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (al.filtered || (rep->hide_unresolved && al.sym == NULL))
+	if (rep->hide_unresolved && al.sym == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (rep->cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, rep->cpu_bitmap))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index b0f3ca850e9e..21aa8c6248ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "sort.h"
+#include "hist.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -661,7 +662,7 @@ void thread__find_addr_map(struct thread *thread,
 	al->thread = thread;
 	al->addr = addr;
 	al->cpumode = cpumode;
-	al->filtered = false;
+	al->filtered = 0;
 
 	if (machine == NULL) {
 		al->map = NULL;
@@ -687,11 +688,11 @@ void thread__find_addr_map(struct thread *thread,
 		if ((cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER ||
 			cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL) &&
 			!perf_guest)
-			al->filtered = true;
+			al->filtered |= (1 << HIST_FILTER__GUEST);
 		if ((cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER ||
 			cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) &&
 			!perf_host)
-			al->filtered = true;
+			al->filtered |= (1 << HIST_FILTER__HOST);
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -748,9 +749,6 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
 	if (thread == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (thread__is_filtered(thread))
-		goto out_filtered;
-
 	dump_printf(" ... thread: %s:%d\n", thread__comm_str(thread), thread->tid);
 	/*
 	 * Have we already created the kernel maps for this machine?
@@ -765,6 +763,10 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
 
 	thread__find_addr_map(thread, machine, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION,
 			      sample->ip, al);
+
+	if (thread__is_filtered(thread))
+		al->filtered |= (1 << HIST_FILTER__THREAD);
+
 	dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n",
 		    al->map ? al->map->dso->long_name :
 			al->level == 'H' ? "[hypervisor]" : "<not found>");
@@ -780,7 +782,7 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
 			       (dso->short_name != dso->long_name &&
 				strlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.dso_list,
 						   dso->long_name)))))
-			goto out_filtered;
+			al->filtered |= (1 << HIST_FILTER__DSO);
 
 		al->sym = map__find_symbol(al->map, al->addr,
 					   machine->symbol_filter);
@@ -789,11 +791,7 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
 	if (symbol_conf.sym_list &&
 		(!al->sym || !strlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.sym_list,
 						al->sym->name)))
-		goto out_filtered;
-
-	return 0;
+		al->filtered |= (1 << HIST_FILTER__SYMBOL);
 
-out_filtered:
-	al->filtered = true;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 0466efa71140..d0c40897c955 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ static bool hists__filter_entry_by_thread(struct hists *hists,
 static bool hists__filter_entry_by_symbol(struct hists *hists,
 					  struct hist_entry *he);
 
-enum hist_filter {
-	HIST_FILTER__DSO,
-	HIST_FILTER__THREAD,
-	HIST_FILTER__PARENT,
-	HIST_FILTER__SYMBOL,
-};
-
 struct callchain_param	callchain_param = {
 	.mode	= CHAIN_GRAPH_REL,
 	.min_percent = 0.5,
@@ -330,6 +323,7 @@ void hists__inc_nr_entries(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 		hists__calc_col_len(hists, h);
 		++hists->nr_entries;
 		hists->stats.total_period += h->stat.period;
+		hists->stats.total_filtered_period += h->stat.period;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -429,7 +423,7 @@ struct hist_entry *__hists__add_entry(struct hists *hists,
 			.weight = weight,
 		},
 		.parent = sym_parent,
-		.filtered = symbol__parent_filter(sym_parent),
+		.filtered = symbol__parent_filter(sym_parent) | al->filtered,
 		.hists	= hists,
 		.branch_info = bi,
 		.mem_info = mi,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index a59743fa3ef7..bdfd821e2435 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ struct hist_entry;
 struct addr_location;
 struct symbol;
 
+enum hist_filter {
+	HIST_FILTER__DSO,
+	HIST_FILTER__THREAD,
+	HIST_FILTER__PARENT,
+	HIST_FILTER__SYMBOL,
+	HIST_FILTER__GUEST,
+	HIST_FILTER__HOST,
+};
+
 /*
  * The kernel collects the number of events it couldn't send in a stretch and
  * when possible sends this number in a PERF_RECORD_LOST event. The number of
@@ -28,6 +37,7 @@ struct symbol;
  */
 struct events_stats {
 	u64 total_period;
+	u64 total_filtered_period;
 	u64 total_lost;
 	u64 total_invalid_chains;
 	u32 nr_events[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX];
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 2553ae04b788..501e4e722e8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct addr_location {
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	u64	      addr;
 	char	      level;
-	bool	      filtered;
+	u8	      filtered;
 	u8	      cpumode;
 	s32	      cpu;
 };
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 2/8] perf hists: Add support for showing relative percentage

[Namhyung Kim]

When filtering by thread, dso or symbol on TUI it also update total
period so that the output shows different result than no filter - the
percentage changed to relative to filtered entries only.  Sometimes
this is not desired since users might expect same results with filter.

So new filtered_* fields to hists->stats to count them separately.
They'll be controlled/used by user later.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c |  6 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/hist.c      | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/util/hist.h      |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 5f7f1a332186..3f8478603d51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ static int report__add_mem_hist_entry(struct report *rep, struct addr_location *
 
 	evsel->hists.stats.total_period += cost;
 	hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
+	if (!he->filtered)
+		evsel->hists.stats.nr_filtered_samples++;
 	err = hist_entry__append_callchain(he, sample);
 out:
 	return err;
@@ -170,6 +172,8 @@ static int report__add_branch_hist_entry(struct report *rep, struct addr_locatio
 
 			evsel->hists.stats.total_period += 1;
 			hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
+			if (!he->filtered)
+				evsel->hists.stats.nr_filtered_samples++;
 		} else
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -201,6 +205,8 @@ static int report__add_hist_entry(struct report *rep, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 	err = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
 	evsel->hists.stats.total_period += sample->period;
+	if (!he->filtered)
+		evsel->hists.stats.nr_filtered_samples++;
 	hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
 out:
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index d0c40897c955..743947d891bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@ void hists__output_resort(struct hists *hists)
 	next = rb_first(root);
 	hists->entries = RB_ROOT;
 
-	hists->nr_entries = 0;
-	hists->stats.total_period = 0;
+	hists->nr_entries = hists->nr_filtered_entries = 0;
+	hists->stats.total_period = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
 	while (next) {
@@ -695,12 +695,17 @@ static void hists__remove_entry_filter(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h
 	if (h->filtered)
 		return;
 
-	++hists->nr_entries;
-	if (h->ms.unfolded)
+	hists->nr_entries++;
+	hists->nr_filtered_entries++;
+	if (h->ms.unfolded) {
 		hists->nr_entries += h->nr_rows;
+		hists->nr_filtered_entries += h->nr_rows;
+	}
 	h->row_offset = 0;
 	hists->stats.total_period += h->stat.period;
+	hists->stats.total_filtered_period += h->stat.period;
 	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] += h->stat.nr_events;
+	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples += h->stat.nr_events;
 
 	hists__calc_col_len(hists, h);
 }
@@ -723,7 +728,9 @@ void hists__filter_by_dso(struct hists *hists)
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
 	hists->nr_entries = hists->stats.total_period = 0;
+	hists->nr_filtered_entries = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
 	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = 0;
+	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
 	for (nd = rb_first(&hists->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
@@ -756,7 +763,9 @@ void hists__filter_by_thread(struct hists *hists)
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
 	hists->nr_entries = hists->stats.total_period = 0;
+	hists->nr_filtered_entries = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
 	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = 0;
+	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
 	for (nd = rb_first(&hists->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
@@ -787,7 +796,9 @@ void hists__filter_by_symbol(struct hists *hists)
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
 	hists->nr_entries = hists->stats.total_period = 0;
+	hists->nr_filtered_entries = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
 	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = 0;
+	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
 	for (nd = rb_first(&hists->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index bdfd821e2435..2f5686f4031b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct events_stats {
 	u64 total_lost;
 	u64 total_invalid_chains;
 	u32 nr_events[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX];
+	u32 nr_filtered_samples;
 	u32 nr_lost_warned;
 	u32 nr_unknown_events;
 	u32 nr_invalid_chains;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ struct hists {
 	struct rb_root		entries;
 	struct rb_root		entries_collapsed;
 	u64			nr_entries;
+	u64			nr_filtered_entries;
 	const struct thread	*thread_filter;
 	const struct dso	*dso_filter;
 	const char		*uid_filter_str;
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 3/8] perf report: Add --percentage option

[Namhyung Kim]

The --percentage option is for controlling overhead percentage
displayed.  It can only receive either of "relative" or "absolute".

"relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
sum of shown entries will be always 100%.  "absolute" means it retains
the original value before and after the filter is applied.

  $ perf report -s comm
  # Overhead       Command
  # ........  ............
  #
      74.19%           cc1
       7.61%           gcc
       6.11%            as
       4.35%            sh
       4.14%          make
       1.13%        fixdep
  ...

  $ perf report -s comm -c cc1,gcc --percentage absolute
  # Overhead       Command
  # ........  ............
  #
      74.19%           cc1
       7.61%           gcc

  $ perf report -s comm -c cc1,gcc --percentage relative
  # Overhead       Command
  # ........  ............
  #
      90.69%           cc1
       9.31%           gcc

Note that it has zero effect if no filter was applied.

Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 24 +++++++++++++-----
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c              | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c           | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c                | 19 +++++++-------
 tools/perf/ui/hist.c                     |  8 +++---
 tools/perf/util/hist.c                   | 29 ++++++++++-----------
 tools/perf/util/hist.h                   |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c                 |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h                 |  3 ++-
 9 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 8eab8a4bdeb8..09af66298564 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ OPTIONS
 --verbose::
         Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
 
--d::
---dsos=::
-	Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
-	file://filename entries.
 -n::
 --show-nr-samples::
 	Show the number of samples for each symbol
@@ -42,11 +38,18 @@ OPTIONS
 -c::
 --comms=::
 	Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
-	file://filename entries.
+	file://filename entries.  This option will affect the percentage of
+	the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
+-d::
+--dsos=::
+	Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
+	file://filename entries.  This option will affect the percentage of
+	the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
 -S::
 --symbols=::
 	Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
-	file://filename entries.
+	file://filename entries.  This option will affect the percentage of
+	the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 --symbol-filter=::
 	Only show symbols that match (partially) with this filter.
@@ -237,6 +240,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent.
 	(Default: 0).
 
+--percentage::
+	Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
+	Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and
+	Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc).
+
+	"relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
+	sum of shown entries will be always 100%.  "absolute" means it retains
+	the original value before and after the filter is applied.
+
 --header::
 	Show header information in the perf.data file.  This includes
 	various information like hostname, OS and perf version, cpu/mem
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 3f8478603d51..2385e694c8c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ static size_t hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(struct hists *hists, struct report
 	char buf[512];
 	size_t size = sizeof(buf);
 
+	if (symbol_conf.filter_relative) {
+		nr_samples = hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples;
+		nr_events = hists->stats.total_filtered_period;
+	}
+
 	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
 		struct perf_evsel *pos;
 
@@ -342,8 +347,13 @@ static size_t hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(struct hists *hists, struct report
 		evname = buf;
 
 		for_each_group_member(pos, evsel) {
-			nr_samples += pos->hists.stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE];
-			nr_events += pos->hists.stats.total_period;
+			if (symbol_conf.filter_relative) {
+				nr_samples += pos->hists.stats.nr_filtered_samples;
+				nr_events += pos->hists.stats.total_filtered_period;
+			} else {
+				nr_samples += pos->hists.stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE];
+				nr_events += pos->hists.stats.total_period;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -699,6 +709,20 @@ parse_percent_limit(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+parse_percentage(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
+		 int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(str, "relative"))
+		symbol_conf.filter_relative = true;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "absolute"))
+		symbol_conf.filter_relative = false;
+	else
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session;
@@ -821,6 +845,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "mem-mode", &report.mem_mode, "mem access profile"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percent-limit", &report, "percent",
 		     "Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
+		     "how to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_percentage),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index b720b92eba6e..c4251af43bd2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -604,9 +604,10 @@ static int __hpp__color_fmt(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 	double percent = 0.0;
 	struct hists *hists = he->hists;
 	struct hpp_arg *arg = hpp->ptr;
+	u64 total = hists__total_period(hists);
 
-	if (hists->stats.total_period)
-		percent = 100.0 * get_field(he) / hists->stats.total_period;
+	if (total)
+		percent = 100.0 * get_field(he) / total;
 
 	ui_browser__set_percent_color(arg->b, percent, arg->current_entry);
 
@@ -629,7 +630,8 @@ static int __hpp__color_fmt(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 
 		list_for_each_entry(pair, &he->pairs.head, pairs.node) {
 			u64 period = get_field(pair);
-			u64 total = pair->hists->stats.total_period;
+
+			total = hists__total_period(pair->hists);
 
 			if (!total)
 				continue;
@@ -811,12 +813,15 @@ static unsigned int hist_browser__refresh(struct ui_browser *browser)
 
 	for (nd = browser->top; nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct hist_entry *h = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
-		float percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 /
-					hb->hists->stats.total_period;
+		u64 total = hists__total_period(h->hists);
+		float percent = 0.0;
 
 		if (h->filtered)
 			continue;
 
+		if (total)
+			percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 / total;
+
 		if (percent < hb->min_pcnt)
 			continue;
 
@@ -834,8 +839,11 @@ static struct rb_node *hists__filter_entries(struct rb_node *nd,
 {
 	while (nd != NULL) {
 		struct hist_entry *h = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
-		float percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 /
-					hists->stats.total_period;
+		u64 total = hists__total_period(hists);
+		float percent = 0.0;
+
+		if (total)
+			percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 / total;
 
 		if (percent < min_pcnt)
 			return NULL;
@@ -855,8 +863,11 @@ static struct rb_node *hists__filter_prev_entries(struct rb_node *nd,
 {
 	while (nd != NULL) {
 		struct hist_entry *h = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
-		float percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 /
-					hists->stats.total_period;
+		u64 total = hists__total_period(hists);
+		float percent = 0.0;
+
+		if (total)
+			percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 / total;
 
 		if (!h->filtered && percent >= min_pcnt)
 			return nd;
@@ -1231,6 +1242,11 @@ static int hists__browser_title(struct hists *hists, char *bf, size_t size,
 	char buf[512];
 	size_t buflen = sizeof(buf);
 
+	if (symbol_conf.filter_relative) {
+		nr_samples = hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples;
+		nr_events = hists->stats.total_filtered_period;
+	}
+
 	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
 		struct perf_evsel *pos;
 
@@ -1238,8 +1254,13 @@ static int hists__browser_title(struct hists *hists, char *bf, size_t size,
 		ev_name = buf;
 
 		for_each_group_member(pos, evsel) {
-			nr_samples += pos->hists.stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE];
-			nr_events += pos->hists.stats.total_period;
+			if (symbol_conf.filter_relative) {
+				nr_samples += pos->hists.stats.nr_filtered_samples;
+				nr_events += pos->hists.stats.total_filtered_period;
+			} else {
+				nr_samples += pos->hists.stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE];
+				nr_events += pos->hists.stats.total_period;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
index 5b95c44f3435..b787decf54b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ static int __hpp__color_fmt(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 	double percent = 0.0;
 	struct hists *hists = he->hists;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = hists_to_evsel(hists);
+	u64 total = hists__total_period(hists);
 
-	if (hists->stats.total_period)
-		percent = 100.0 * get_field(he) / hists->stats.total_period;
+	if (total)
+		percent = 100.0 * get_field(he) / total;
 
 	ret = __percent_color_snprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, percent);
 
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ static int __hpp__color_fmt(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 
 		list_for_each_entry(pair, &he->pairs.head, pairs.node) {
 			u64 period = get_field(pair);
-			u64 total = pair->hists->stats.total_period;
+
+			total = hists__total_period(pair->hists);
 
 			evsel = hists_to_evsel(pair->hists);
 			idx_delta = perf_evsel__group_idx(evsel) - prev_idx - 1;
@@ -280,12 +282,15 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 	for (nd = rb_first(&hists->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct hist_entry *h = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
 		GtkTreeIter iter;
-		float percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 /
-					hists->stats.total_period;
+		u64 total = hists__total_period(h->hists);
+		float percent = 0.0;
 
 		if (h->filtered)
 			continue;
 
+		if (total)
+			percent = h->stat.period * 100.0 / total;
+
 		if (percent < min_pcnt)
 			continue;
 
@@ -313,12 +318,8 @@ static void perf_gtk__show_hists(GtkWidget *window, struct hists *hists,
 		}
 
 		if (symbol_conf.use_callchain && sort__has_sym) {
-			u64 total;
-
 			if (callchain_param.mode == CHAIN_GRAPH_REL)
 				total = h->stat.period;
-			else
-				total = hists->stats.total_period;
 
 			perf_gtk__add_callchain(&h->sorted_chain, store, &iter,
 						sym_col, total);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 78f4c92e9b73..85dddbff4678 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ static int __hpp__fmt(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 
 	if (fmt_percent) {
 		double percent = 0.0;
+		u64 total = hists__total_period(hists);
 
-		if (hists->stats.total_period)
-			percent = 100.0 * get_field(he) /
-				  hists->stats.total_period;
+		if (total)
+			percent = 100.0 * get_field(he) / total;
 
 		ret = print_fn(hpp->buf, hpp->size, fmt, percent);
 	} else
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int __hpp__fmt(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 
 		list_for_each_entry(pair, &he->pairs.head, pairs.node) {
 			u64 period = get_field(pair);
-			u64 total = pair->hists->stats.total_period;
+			u64 total = hists__total_period(pair->hists);
 
 			if (!total)
 				continue;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 743947d891bd..7d72deb96b77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -321,10 +321,11 @@ void hists__inc_nr_entries(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 {
 	if (!h->filtered) {
 		hists__calc_col_len(hists, h);
-		++hists->nr_entries;
-		hists->stats.total_period += h->stat.period;
+		hists->nr_filtered_entries++;
 		hists->stats.total_filtered_period += h->stat.period;
 	}
+	hists->nr_entries++;
+	hists->stats.total_period += h->stat.period;
 }
 
 static u8 symbol__parent_filter(const struct symbol *parent)
@@ -675,8 +676,9 @@ void hists__output_resort(struct hists *hists)
 	next = rb_first(root);
 	hists->entries = RB_ROOT;
 
-	hists->nr_entries = hists->nr_filtered_entries = 0;
-	hists->stats.total_period = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
+	hists->nr_filtered_entries = 0;
+	hists->stats.total_period = 0;
+	hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
 	while (next) {
@@ -695,16 +697,11 @@ static void hists__remove_entry_filter(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h
 	if (h->filtered)
 		return;
 
-	hists->nr_entries++;
 	hists->nr_filtered_entries++;
-	if (h->ms.unfolded) {
-		hists->nr_entries += h->nr_rows;
+	if (h->ms.unfolded)
 		hists->nr_filtered_entries += h->nr_rows;
-	}
 	h->row_offset = 0;
-	hists->stats.total_period += h->stat.period;
 	hists->stats.total_filtered_period += h->stat.period;
-	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] += h->stat.nr_events;
 	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples += h->stat.nr_events;
 
 	hists__calc_col_len(hists, h);
@@ -727,9 +724,7 @@ void hists__filter_by_dso(struct hists *hists)
 {
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
-	hists->nr_entries = hists->stats.total_period = 0;
 	hists->nr_filtered_entries = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
-	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = 0;
 	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
@@ -762,9 +757,7 @@ void hists__filter_by_thread(struct hists *hists)
 {
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
-	hists->nr_entries = hists->stats.total_period = 0;
 	hists->nr_filtered_entries = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
-	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = 0;
 	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
@@ -795,9 +788,7 @@ void hists__filter_by_symbol(struct hists *hists)
 {
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
-	hists->nr_entries = hists->stats.total_period = 0;
 	hists->nr_filtered_entries = hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
-	hists->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = 0;
 	hists->stats.nr_filtered_samples = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
@@ -943,3 +934,9 @@ int hists__link(struct hists *leader, struct hists *other)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+u64 hists__total_period(struct hists *hists)
+{
+	return symbol_conf.filter_relative ? hists->stats.total_filtered_period :
+		hists->stats.total_period;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 2f5686f4031b..70052f30e907 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void hists__collapse_resort(struct hists *hists, struct ui_progress *prog);
 void hists__decay_entries(struct hists *hists, bool zap_user, bool zap_kernel);
 void hists__output_recalc_col_len(struct hists *hists, int max_rows);
 
+u64 hists__total_period(struct hists *hists);
 void hists__inc_nr_entries(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h);
 void hists__inc_nr_events(struct hists *hists, u32 type);
 void events_stats__inc(struct events_stats *stats, u32 type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 46e2ede12c51..f2382f2ff2f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct symbol_conf symbol_conf = {
 	.try_vmlinux_path = true,
 	.annotate_src	  = true,
 	.demangle	  = true,
+	.filter_relative  = true,
 	.symfs            = "",
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 501e4e722e8e..ae94e006a52d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ struct symbol_conf {
 			annotate_asm_raw,
 			annotate_src,
 			event_group,
-			demangle;
+			demangle,
+			filter_relative;
 	const char	*vmlinux_name,
 			*kallsyms_name,
 			*source_prefix,
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 4/8] perf top: Add --percentage option

[Namhyung Kim]

The --percentage option is for controlling overhead percentage
displayed.  It can only receive either of "relative" or "absolute".
Move the parser callback function into a common location since it's
used by multiple commands now.

For more information, please see previous commit same thing done to
"perf report".

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c           | 16 +---------------
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c              |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/hist.c                | 13 +++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/hist.h                |  5 +++++
 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index cdd8d4946dba..0acf54f203f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 	Show a column with the sum of periods.
 
 --dsos::
-	Only consider symbols in these dsos.
+	Only consider symbols in these dsos.  This option will affect the
+	percentage of the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 --comms::
-	Only consider symbols in these comms.
+	Only consider symbols in these comms.  This option will affect the
+	percentage of the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 --symbols::
-	Only consider these symbols.
+	Only consider these symbols.  This option will affect the
+	percentage of the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 -M::
 --disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump.
@@ -166,6 +169,15 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 	Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent.
 	(Default: 0).
 
+--percentage::
+	Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
+	Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and
+	Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc).
+
+	"relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
+	sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains
+	the original value before and after the filter is applied.
+
 INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 2385e694c8c2..ca9a7fd2780e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -709,20 +709,6 @@ parse_percent_limit(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-parse_percentage(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
-		 int unset __maybe_unused)
-{
-	if (!strcmp(str, "relative"))
-		symbol_conf.filter_relative = true;
-	else if (!strcmp(str, "absolute"))
-		symbol_conf.filter_relative = false;
-	else
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session;
@@ -846,7 +832,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percent-limit", &report, "percent",
 		     "Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
-		     "how to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_percentage),
+		     "how to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index ed99ec4a309f..18a2467bdf00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &target->uid_str, "user", "user to profile"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percent-limit", &top, "percent",
 		     "Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
+		     "How to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const top_usage[] = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 7d72deb96b77..3143b8c14a4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -940,3 +940,16 @@ u64 hists__total_period(struct hists *hists)
 	return symbol_conf.filter_relative ? hists->stats.total_filtered_period :
 		hists->stats.total_period;
 }
+
+int parse_filter_percentage(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			    const char *arg, int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "relative"))
+		symbol_conf.filter_relative = true;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "absolute"))
+		symbol_conf.filter_relative = false;
+	else
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 70052f30e907..d0178eab31d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -238,4 +238,9 @@ static inline int script_browse(const char *script_opt __maybe_unused)
 #endif
 
 unsigned int hists__sort_list_width(struct hists *hists);
+
+struct option;
+int parse_filter_percentage(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			    const char *arg, int unset __maybe_unused);
+
 #endif	/* __PERF_HIST_H */
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 5/8] perf diff: Add --percentage option

[Namhyung Kim]

The --percentage option is for controlling overhead percentage
displayed.  It can only receive either of "relative" or "absolute" and
affects -c delta output only.

For more information, please see previous commit same thing done to
"perf report".

Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 tools/perf/builtin-diff.c              | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index fdfceee0ffd0..fbfa1192923c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@ OPTIONS
 -d::
 --dsos=::
 	Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
-	file://filename entries.
+	file://filename entries.  This option will affect the percentage
+	of the Baseline/Delta column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 -C::
 --comms=::
 	Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
-	file://filename entries.
+	file://filename entries.  This option will affect the percentage
+	of the Baseline/Delta column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 -S::
 --symbols=::
 	Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
-	file://filename entries.
+	file://filename entries.  This option will affect the percentage
+	of the Baseline/Delta column.  See --percentage for more info.
 
 -s::
 --sort=::
@@ -89,6 +92,14 @@ OPTIONS
 --order::
        Specify compute sorting column number.
 
+--percentage::
+	Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
+	Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options.
+
+	"relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
+	sum of shown entries will be always 100%.  "absolute" means it retains
+	the original value before and after the filter is applied.
+
 COMPARISON
 ----------
 The comparison is governed by the baseline file. The baseline perf.data
@@ -157,6 +168,10 @@ with:
   - period_percent being the % of the hist entry period value within
     single data file
 
+  - with filtering by -C, -d and/or -S, period_percent might be changed
+    relative to how entries are filtered.  Use --percentage=absolute to
+    prevent such fluctuation.
+
 ratio
 ~~~~~
 If specified the 'Ratio' column is displayed with value 'r' computed as:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index a77e31246c00..5f936e63b74c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ static int setup_compute(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 static double period_percent(struct hist_entry *he, u64 period)
 {
 	u64 total = he->hists->stats.total_period;
+
+	if (symbol_conf.filter_relative)
+		total = he->hists->stats.total_filtered_period;
+
 	return (period * 100.0) / total;
 }
 
@@ -259,11 +263,18 @@ static s64 compute_wdiff(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair)
 static int formula_delta(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
 			 char *buf, size_t size)
 {
+	u64 he_total = he->hists->stats.total_period;
+	u64 pair_total = pair->hists->stats.total_period;
+
+	if (symbol_conf.filter_relative) {
+		he_total = he->hists->stats.total_filtered_period;
+		pair_total = pair->hists->stats.total_filtered_period;
+	}
 	return scnprintf(buf, size,
 			 "(%" PRIu64 " * 100 / %" PRIu64 ") - "
 			 "(%" PRIu64 " * 100 / %" PRIu64 ")",
-			  pair->stat.period, pair->hists->stats.total_period,
-			  he->stat.period, he->hists->stats.total_period);
+			 pair->stat.period, pair_total,
+			 he->stat.period, he_total);
 }
 
 static int formula_ratio(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
@@ -327,15 +338,16 @@ static int diff__process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (al.filtered)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, &al, sample->period,
 			     sample->weight, sample->transaction)) {
 		pr_warning("problem incrementing symbol period, skipping event\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (al.filtered == 0) {
+		evsel->hists.stats.total_filtered_period += sample->period;
+		evsel->hists.nr_filtered_entries++;
+	}
 	evsel->hists.stats.total_period += sample->period;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -565,7 +577,9 @@ static void hists__compute_resort(struct hists *hists)
 	next = rb_first(root);
 
 	hists->nr_entries = 0;
+	hists->nr_filtered_entries = 0;
 	hists->stats.total_period = 0;
+	hists->stats.total_filtered_period = 0;
 	hists__reset_col_len(hists);
 
 	while (next != NULL) {
@@ -732,13 +746,20 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
 		    "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
 	OPT_UINTEGER('o', "order", &sort_compute, "Specify compute sorting."),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
+		     "How to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
 static double baseline_percent(struct hist_entry *he)
 {
 	struct hists *hists = he->hists;
-	return 100.0 * he->stat.period / hists->stats.total_period;
+	u64 total = hists->stats.total_period;
+
+	if (symbol_conf.filter_relative)
+		total = hists->stats.total_filtered_period;
+
+	return 100.0 * he->stat.period / total;
 }
 
 static int hpp__color_baseline(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 6/8] perf tools: Add hist.percentage config option

[Namhyung Kim]

Add hist.percentage option for setting default value of the
symbol_conf.filter_relative.  It affects the output of various perf
commands (like perf report, top and diff) only if filter(s) applied.

An user can write .perfconfig file like below to show absolute
percentage of filtered entries by default:

  $ cat ~/.perfconfig
  [hist]
  percentage = absolute

And it can be changed through command line:

  $ perf report --percentage relative

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-diff.c | 2 ++
 tools/perf/util/config.c  | 4 ++++
 tools/perf/util/hist.c    | 8 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/hist.h    | 1 +
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 5f936e63b74c..e7bfb16aabcf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -1140,6 +1140,8 @@ static int data_init(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
+	perf_config(perf_default_config, NULL);
+
 	sort_order = diff__default_sort_order;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, diff_usage, 0);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 3e0fdd369ccb..24519e14ac56 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "util/hist.h"  /* perf_hist_config */
 
 #define MAXNAME (256)
 
@@ -355,6 +356,9 @@ int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "core."))
 		return perf_default_core_config(var, value);
 
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "hist."))
+		return perf_hist_config(var, value);
+
 	/* Add other config variables here. */
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 3143b8c14a4b..dacd1e06c94b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -953,3 +953,11 @@ int parse_filter_percentage(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int perf_hist_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "hist.percentage"))
+		return parse_filter_percentage(NULL, value, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index d0178eab31d5..927321512e90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -242,5 +242,6 @@ unsigned int hists__sort_list_width(struct hists *hists);
 struct option;
 int parse_filter_percentage(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 			    const char *arg, int unset __maybe_unused);
+int perf_hist_config(const char *var, const char *value);
 
 #endif	/* __PERF_HIST_H */
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 7/8] perf ui/tui: Add 'F' hotkey to toggle percentage output

[Namhyung Kim]

Add 'F' hotkey to toggle relative and absolute percentage of filtered
entries.

Suggested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index c4251af43bd2..9818232e28ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ static int perf_evsel__hists_browse(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int nr_events,
 	"C             Collapse all callchains\n"			\
 	"d             Zoom into current DSO\n"				\
 	"E             Expand all callchains\n"				\
+	"F             Toggle percentage of filtered entries\n"		\
 
 	/* help messages are sorted by lexical order of the hotkey */
 	const char report_help[] = HIST_BROWSER_HELP_COMMON
@@ -1538,6 +1539,9 @@ static int perf_evsel__hists_browse(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int nr_events,
 			if (env->arch)
 				tui__header_window(env);
 			continue;
+		case 'F':
+			symbol_conf.filter_relative ^= 1;
+			continue;
 		case K_F1:
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
-- 
1.7.11.7

[PATCH 8/8] perf tools: Show absolute percentage by default

[Namhyung Kim]

Now perf report will show absolute percentage on filter entries by
default.

Suggested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index f2382f2ff2f0..46e2ede12c51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct symbol_conf symbol_conf = {
 	.try_vmlinux_path = true,
 	.annotate_src	  = true,
 	.demangle	  = true,
-	.filter_relative  = true,
 	.symfs            = "",
 };
 
-- 
1.7.11.7

Re: [PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Update on filtered entries' percentage output (v5)

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 05:09:20PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I added --percentage option to perf report to control display of
> percentage of filtered entries.
> 
>  usage: perf report [<options>]
> 
>         --percentage <relative|absolute>
>                           how to display percentage of filtered entries
> 

SNIP

> 
> 
> Namhyung Kim (8):
>   perf tools: Count periods of filtered entries separately
>   perf hists: Add support for showing relative percentage
>   perf report: Add --percentage option
>   perf top: Add --percentage option
>   perf diff: Add --percentage option
>   perf tools: Add hist.percentage config option
>   perf ui/tui: Add 'F' hotkey to toggle percentage output
>   perf tools: Show absolute percentage by default

looks like perf diff command needs more changes to work properly
with filtering.. symbol filtering shows some weird numbers

but that issue was there before.. and will be fixed.. eventually ;-)

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
for the patchset

thanks,
jirka