On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 01:12:12PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > I'm not sure why you want to add a new -F that adds news way to display > > fields. Isn't -s enough for that? > > Well, -s implies sorting. > > With -F we could decouple sorting from display order, and allow output > like: > > # Symbol Command Shared Object Overhead > > Where we still sort by 'overhead', yet display things by having 'overhead' > last. > > So basically have maximum flexibility of output and sorting - into which > the new 'total' field for accumulated stats would fit automatically.
Ok, I haven't followed the details on why we want this to display the cumulated overhead. But reordering the columns should be ok as long as we have the same fields present in -F and -s. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
