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-rwxr-xr-xtools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat16
-rw-r--r--tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt2
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index 2ed395b817cb..bc508dae286c 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -575,8 +575,12 @@ class TracepointProvider(Provider):
def update_fields(self, fields_filter):
"""Refresh fields, applying fields_filter"""
self.fields = [field for field in self._get_available_fields()
- if self.is_field_wanted(fields_filter, field) or
- ARCH.tracepoint_is_child(field)]
+ if self.is_field_wanted(fields_filter, field)]
+ # add parents for child fields - otherwise we won't see any output!
+ for field in self._fields:
+ parent = ARCH.tracepoint_is_child(field)
+ if (parent and parent not in self._fields):
+ self.fields.append(parent)
@staticmethod
def _get_online_cpus():
@@ -735,8 +739,12 @@ class DebugfsProvider(Provider):
def update_fields(self, fields_filter):
"""Refresh fields, applying fields_filter"""
self._fields = [field for field in self._get_available_fields()
- if self.is_field_wanted(fields_filter, field) or
- ARCH.debugfs_is_child(field)]
+ if self.is_field_wanted(fields_filter, field)]
+ # add parents for child fields - otherwise we won't see any output!
+ for field in self._fields:
+ parent = ARCH.debugfs_is_child(field)
+ if (parent and parent not in self._fields):
+ self.fields.append(parent)
@property
def fields(self):
diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
index 0811d860fe75..c057ba52364e 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
*c*:: clear filter
*f*:: filter by regular expression
+ :: *Note*: Child events pull in their parents, and parents' stats summarize
+ all child events, not just the filtered ones
*g*:: filter by guest name/PID