3 files changed, 27 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index fdb97e16a8c3..afc9b8f1b36c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ static int hist_entry__sort(struct hist_entry *a, struct hist_entry *b)
 	int64_t cmp = 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_sort_list(fmt) {
-		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt, a->hists))
 			continue;
 
 		cmp = fmt->sort(fmt, a, b);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 15b22c563d30..cb8f37349972 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -262,10 +262,20 @@ void perf_hpp__append_sort_keys(void);
 
 bool perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
 bool perf_hpp__same_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *a, struct perf_hpp_fmt *b);
+bool perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
+bool perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
 
-static inline bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format)
+static inline bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format,
+					 struct hists *hists)
 {
-	return format->elide;
+	if (format->elide)
+		return true;
+
+	if (perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(format) &&
+	    !perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(format, hists))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 void perf_hpp__reset_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index f6aef15a651d..fd56223793a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1698,6 +1698,15 @@ static int __sort__hde_width(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	return len;
 }
 
+bool perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists)
+{
+	struct hpp_dynamic_entry *hde;
+
+	hde = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_dynamic_entry, hpp);
+
+	return hists_to_evsel(hists) == hde->evsel;
+}
+
 static int __sort__hde_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 			     struct hist_entry *he)
 {
@@ -1714,9 +1723,6 @@ static int __sort__hde_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 	if (!len)
 		len = hde_width(hde);
 
-	if (hists_to_evsel(he->hists) != hde->evsel)
-		return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*.*s", len, len, "N/A");
-
 	if (hde->raw_trace)
 		goto raw_field;
 
@@ -1769,9 +1775,6 @@ static int64_t __sort__hde_cmp(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 
 	hde = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_dynamic_entry, hpp);
 
-	if (hists_to_evsel(a->hists) != hde->evsel)
-		return 0;
-
 	field = hde->field;
 	if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
 		unsigned long long dyn;
@@ -1794,6 +1797,11 @@ static int64_t __sort__hde_cmp(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	return memcmp(a->raw_data + offset, b->raw_data + offset, size);
 }
 
+bool perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt)
+{
+	return fmt->cmp == __sort__hde_cmp;
+}
+
 static struct hpp_dynamic_entry *
 __alloc_dynamic_entry(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct format_field *field)
 {