1604661 - Add explicit thread filter "*" to select all registered threads

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Gecko Profiler, enhancement, P2)

Description

[Gerald Squelart (he/him) (not at Mozilla since 2022-09-15)]

Currently the only way to select all registered threads (apart from manually enumerating all of them) is to enter "," (a single comma, or at least a final comma in the list), which tricks the thread-selection algorithm to match anything.
But this is definitely not user-friendly, and the popup helpfully removes this single comma when entered.

So we should have a more explicit way to select everything, and the usual token is * (asterisk).

Comment 1

[Gerald Squelart (he/him) (not at Mozilla since 2022-09-15)]

Attachment: Bug 1604661 - Gecko Profiler filter "*" selects all registered threads - r?gregtatum

The only way to select all registered threads was to have an empty entry in the
filter list, usually by just having "," (a single comma).
The popup removes spurious empty items, making this impossible for most users.

It is now possible to just have "*" (as the whole filter string, or at least one
item in the list) to select all registered threads.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/5d01497500a3
Gecko Profiler filter "*" selects all registered threads - r=gregtatum

Comment 3

[Oana Pop-Rus]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/5d01497500a3