perf diff: Change default setting to "delta-abs"
The "delta-abs" compute method will show most changed entries on top.
So users can easily see how much effect between the data. Note that it
also changes the default of -o option to 1 in order to apply the compute
method. To see original-style (sorted by baseline) use -o 0 option.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170210161856.18422-1-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 7391299..66dbe3de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
-c::
--compute::
Differential computation selection - delta, ratio, wdiff, delta-abs
- (default is delta). Default can be changed using diff.compute
+ (default is delta-abs). Default can be changed using diff.compute
config option. See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
-p::
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
-o::
--order::
Specify compute sorting column number. 0 means sorting by baseline
- overhead (default) and 1 means sorting by computed value of column 1
+ overhead and 1 (default) means sorting by computed value of column 1
(data from the first file other base baseline). Values more than 1
can be used only if enough data files are provided.
The default value can be set using the diff.order config option.