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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-diff.c16
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index 49ab79d662fa..5b4fff3adc4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -505,6 +505,11 @@ diff.*::
Setting it to 1 will sort the result by delta (or other
compute method selected).
+ diff.compute::
+ This options sets the method for computing the diff result.
+ Possible values are 'delta', 'delta-abs', 'ratio' and
+ 'wdiff'. Default is 'delta'.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 7c014c9934bb..7391299defef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ OPTIONS
-c::
--compute::
- Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff,delta-abs (default is delta).
- See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
+ Differential computation selection - delta, ratio, wdiff, delta-abs
+ (default is delta). Default can be changed using diff.compute
+ config option. See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
-p::
--period::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 181ff996e039..e68cc76bdc5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const char *compute_names[COMPUTE_MAX] = {
[COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF] = "wdiff",
};
-static int compute;
+static int compute = COMPUTE_DELTA;
static int compute_2_hpp[COMPUTE_MAX] = {
[COMPUTE_DELTA] = PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA,
@@ -1299,6 +1299,20 @@ static int diff__config(const char *var, const char *value,
sort_compute = perf_config_int(var, value);
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "diff.compute")) {
+ if (!strcmp(value, "delta")) {
+ compute = COMPUTE_DELTA;
+ } else if (!strcmp(value, "delta-abs")) {
+ compute = COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS;
+ } else if (!strcmp(value, "ratio")) {
+ compute = COMPUTE_RATIO;
+ } else if (!strcmp(value, "wdiff")) {
+ compute = COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF;
+ } else {
+ pr_err("Invalid compute method: %s\n", value);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}