Updates

Sat Mar 26 11:26:00 2005  Soeren Sandmann  <sandmann@redhat.com>

	* TODO: Updates

	* sfile.c (add_string): Use g_markup_escape_text() to escape the
	string before adding it to the file.

	* sysprof.c (empty_file_descriptor): New function to make sure
	samples generated before profiling started are ignored.
	(set_busy): New commented out function to set a busy cursor.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Sat Mar 26 11:26:00 2005  Soeren Sandmann  <sandmann@redhat.com>
+
+	* TODO: Updates
+
+	* sfile.c (add_string): Use g_markup_escape_text() to escape the
+	string before adding it to the file.
+
+	* sysprof.c (empty_file_descriptor): New function to make sure 
+	samples generated before profiling started are ignored. 
+	(set_busy): New commented out function to set a busy cursor.
+
 Fri Mar 25 21:31:08 2005  Søren Sandmann  <sandmann@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysprof.c (update_sensitivity): Comment out sensitivity of reset button.

TODO

@@ -25,20 +25,43 @@
 - Add busy cursors,
 
 	- when you hit "Profile"
-	- when you click something in the main list and we don't respond within 50ms
+	- when you click something in the main list and we don't respond
-		(or perhaps when we expect to not be able to do so (can we know the size in
+		within 50ms (or perhaps when we expect to not be able to do
-		 advance?))
+		so (can we know the size in advance?))
 
-- Need to make "make install" work (how do you know where to install kernel modules?)
+- Need to make "make install" work (how do you know where to install
+  kernel modules?)
 
-- Sould just install the kernel module if it running as root, pop up a dialog if not.
+- Sould just install the kernel module if it running as root, pop up
+  a dialog if not.
 
-- hook up menu items view/start etc (or possibly get rid of them or move them)
+- Reorganise stackstash and profile
 
-- Move "samples" label to the toolbar, then get rid of statusbar.
+	- stackstash should just take traces of addresses without knowing
+	  anything about what those addresses mean
+
+	- stacktraces should then begin with a process
+
+	- profile should take traces of pointers to presentation
+	  objects without knowing anything about these presentation
+	  objects.
+
+	- Creating a profile is then
+
+		- For each stack node, compute a presentation object
+			(probably need to export opaque stacknode objects
+			  with set/get_user_data)
+
+		- Send each stack trace to the profile module, along with
+		  presentation objects
+
+- hook up menu items view/start etc (or possibly get rid of them or move
+  them)
 
 - consider caching [filename => bin_file]
 
+- Make sure samples label shows correct nunber after Open
+
 - Have kernel module report the file the address was found in
 	Should avoid a lot of potential broken/raciness with dlopen etc.
 
@@ -68,8 +91,15 @@
   things that are UNINTERRUPTIBLE while there are RUNNING tasks is not
   consider bad.
 
+- Make things faster
+	- Can I get it to profile itself?
+	- speedprof seems to report that lots of time is spent in 
+	  stack_stash_foreach() and also in generate_key()
+
 DONE:
 
+- Move "samples" label to the toolbar, then get rid of statusbar.
+
 - crashes when you ctrl-click the selected item in the top left pane
    <ian__> ssp: looks like it doesn't handle the none-selected case
 

sfile.c

@@ -1369,27 +1369,11 @@ add_integer (GString *output, int value)
 static void
 add_string (GString *output, const char *str)
 {
-#if 0
+    char *escaped = g_markup_escape_text (str, -1);
-    /* FIXME: strings need to be encoded so that special
-     * xml characters can be added, and so they don't get
-     * confused with the deletion of whitespace-only
-     * text entries
-     */
-    g_string_append_printf (output, "%s", str);
-#endif
-
-    int i;
     g_string_append_c (output, '\"');
-    for (i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; ++i)
+    g_string_append (output, escaped);
-    {
-        if (str[i] == '\"')
-            g_string_append_printf (output, "%s", "\\\"");
-        else if (str[i] == '\\')
-            g_string_append_printf (output, "\\\\");
-        else
-            g_string_append_c (output, str[i]);
-    }
     g_string_append_c (output, '\"');
+    g_free (escaped);
 }
 
 static void

sysprof.c

@@ -189,6 +189,24 @@ update_sensitivity (Application *app)
     queue_show_samples (app);
 }
 
+#if 0
+static void
+set_busy (Application *app, gboolean busy)
+{
+    GdkCursor *cursor;
+
+    if (busy)
+	cursor = gdk_cursor_new (GDK_WATCH);
+    else
+	cursor = NULL;
+    
+    gdk_window_set_cursor (app->main_window->window, cursor);
+
+    if (cursor)
+	gdk_cursor_unref (cursor);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if 0
 static gchar *
 get_name (pid_t pid)
@@ -327,6 +345,36 @@ delete_data (Application *app)
     app->profile_from_file = FALSE;
 }
 
+static void
+empty_file_descriptor (Application *app)
+{
+    int rd;
+    SysprofStackTrace trace;
+
+    do
+    {
+	rd = read (app->input_fd, &trace, sizeof (trace));
+	
+    } while (rd != -1); /* until EWOULDBLOCK */
+}
+
+static gboolean
+start_profiling (gpointer data)
+{
+    Application *app = data;
+
+    app->state = PROFILING;
+
+    update_sensitivity (app);
+    
+    /* Make sure samples generated between 'start clicked' and now
+     * are deleted
+     */
+    empty_file_descriptor (app);
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
 static void
 on_start_toggled (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 {
@@ -337,8 +385,8 @@ on_start_toggled (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 	return;
     
     delete_data (app);
-    app->state = PROFILING;
+
-    update_sensitivity (app);
+    g_idle_add_full (G_PRIORITY_LOW, start_profiling, app, NULL);
 }
 
 enum
@@ -446,6 +494,9 @@ on_profile_toggled (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
     
     if (gtk_toggle_tool_button_get_active (GTK_TOGGLE_TOOL_BUTTON (app->profile_button)))
     {
+#if 0
+	set_busy (app, TRUE);
+#endif
 	if (app->profile && !app->profile_from_file)
 	{
 	    profile_free (app->profile);
@@ -453,6 +504,9 @@ on_profile_toggled (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 	}
 	
 	ensure_profile (app);
+#if 0
+	set_busy (app, FALSE);
+#endif
     }
 }