linux/tools
Tengda Wu 035efae7df perf annotate: Default to --itrace=i1i for data type profiling
ARM SPE-based sampling can synthesize multiple events on a single
instruction, as shown below. This would affect data type profiling
statistics:

  Available samples
  0 arm_spe_0/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=1,store_filter=1,min_latency=30/
  0 dummy:u
  84K l1d-miss
  95K l1d-access
  77K llc-miss
  58K llc-access
  9K tlb-miss
  108K tlb-access
  0 branch
  13K remote-access
  108K memory
  108K instructions

While 'perf report' provides an interactive menu for users to select a
specific event to prevent duplicate counting, 'perf annotate' lacks such
a mechanism. Consequently, it counts all instructions across these
overlapping events, which inflates the profile and distorts the data
type statistics.

Although using the '--itrace' option can work around this issue (e.g.:
perf annotate --data-type --stdio --itrace=i1i), it is inconvenient for
users to specify this explicitly every time.

To address this, introduce itrace_synth_opts.default_single_event_per_ip.
Set this field to true when data type profiling is enabled and the user
has not explicitly specified an itrace option. In itrace_synth_opts__set_default(),
use this flag to default to synthesizing at most one event per IP (equivalent
to --itrace=i1i) to prevent duplicate sample counts.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-09-21 08:41:55 +02:00
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accounting
arch perf headers: Sync perf_event.h/perf_regs.h with the kernel headers 2026-09-14 15:32:52 -03:00
bootconfig Bootconfig updates for v7.3: 2026-08-25 08:59:09 -07:00
bpf perf tools updates for v7.3 2026-08-22 08:47:50 -07:00
build tools build: Fix timerfd feature detection with clang 2026-09-12 17:22:18 -03:00
certs
cgroup
counter
crypto
debugging
dma
docs doc tools: fix 'path' typos 2026-08-11 10:43:16 -06:00
firewire
firmware
gpio
hv
iio
include perf headers: Sync perf_event.h/perf_regs.h with the kernel headers 2026-09-14 15:32:52 -03:00
kvm/kvm_stat
laptop
leds
lib perf record: Fix unhandled POLLHUP on non_perf_event descriptors 2026-09-17 12:27:34 -03:00
memory-model
mm mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
net Including fixes from Bluetooth, IPSec and Netfilter. 2026-08-27 13:53:43 -07:00
objtool Rust fixes for v7.3 2026-08-30 09:47:39 -07:00
pcmcia
perf perf annotate: Default to --itrace=i1i for data type profiling 2026-09-21 08:41:55 +02:00
platform/x86/amd
power
rcu
sched
sched_ext sched_ext: Check bpf_timer_start return values in scx_qmap 2026-08-31 06:47:39 -10:00
scripts perf tools updates for v7.3 2026-08-22 08:47:50 -07:00
sound
spi
testing bpf-fixes 2026-09-06 13:49:44 -07:00
thermal
time
tracing
unittests
usb
verification verification/rvgen: Use .old instead of .bak for kunit backup files 2026-08-25 13:56:53 +02:00
virtio tools/virtio: Fix control typo in trace agent comment 2026-08-19 06:38:48 -04:00
wmi
workqueue tools/workqueue/wq_dump.py: Support backward compatibility for wq->attrs rename 2026-08-31 10:17:08 -10:00
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