Enable type annotation when the 'type' sort key is used. It shows type of variables the samples access at the moment. Users can see which types are accessed frequently. $ perf report -s dso,type --stdio ... # Overhead Shared Object Data Type # ........ ................. ......... # 35.47% [kernel.kallsyms] (unknown) 1.62% [kernel.kallsyms] struct sched_entry 1.23% [kernel.kallsyms] struct cfs_rq 0.83% [kernel.kallsyms] struct task_struct 0.34% [kernel.kallsyms] struct list_head 0.30% [kernel.kallsyms] struct mem_cgroup ... Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c index 17fb171e898b..ed76152c8db8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct report { bool stitch_lbr; bool disable_order; bool skip_empty; + bool data_type; int max_stack; struct perf_read_values show_threads_values; const char *pretty_printing_style; @@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ static int hist_iter__report_callback(struct hist_entry_iter *iter, struct mem_info *mi; struct branch_info *bi; - if (!ui__has_annotation() && !rep->symbol_ipc) + if (!ui__has_annotation() && !rep->symbol_ipc && !rep->data_type) return 0; if (sort__mode == SORT_MODE__BRANCH) { @@ -1619,6 +1620,16 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv) sort_order = NULL; } + if (sort_order && strstr(sort_order, "type")) { + report.data_type = true; + annotate_opts.annotate_src = false; + +#ifndef HAVE_DWARF_GETLOCATIONS_SUPPORT + pr_err("Error: Data type profiling is disabled due to missing DWARF support\n"); + goto error; +#endif + } + if (strcmp(input_name, "-") != 0) setup_browser(true); else @@ -1677,7 +1688,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv) * so don't allocate extra space that won't be used in the stdio * implementation. */ - if (ui__has_annotation() || report.symbol_ipc || + if (ui__has_annotation() || report.symbol_ipc || report.data_type || report.total_cycles_mode) { ret = symbol__annotation_init(); if (ret < 0) -- 2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog