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authorAlexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>2020-07-17 10:07:03 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2020-08-04 08:50:04 -0300
commit68cd3b45b93d07f7e7d853f330d3a37b560b04f2 (patch)
tree130b4edc711d7cae5a83002a3d6126d37310656a /tools/perf
parentperf stat: Introduce --control fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd] options (diff)
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perf record: Extend -D,--delay option with -1 value
Extend -D,--delay option with -1 to start collection with events disabled to be enabled later by 'enable' command provided via control file descriptor. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3e7d362c-7973-ee5d-e81e-c60ea22432c3@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c12
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-trace.c2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/record.h2
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index fa8a5fcd27ab..a84376605805 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -407,8 +407,9 @@ if combined with -a or -C options.
-D::
--delay=::
-After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
-filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
+After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring (-1: start with events
+disabled). This is useful to filter out the startup phase of the program, which
+is often very different.
-I::
--intr-regs::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index b6bdccd875bc..1dc8166a7a39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1786,8 +1786,12 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
}
if (opts->initial_delay) {
- usleep(opts->initial_delay * USEC_PER_MSEC);
- evlist__enable(rec->evlist);
+ pr_info(EVLIST_DISABLED_MSG);
+ if (opts->initial_delay > 0) {
+ usleep(opts->initial_delay * USEC_PER_MSEC);
+ evlist__enable(rec->evlist);
+ pr_info(EVLIST_ENABLED_MSG);
+ }
}
trigger_ready(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
@@ -2499,8 +2503,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &record.evlist, "name",
"monitor event in cgroup name only",
parse_cgroups),
- OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &record.opts.initial_delay,
- "ms to wait before starting measurement after program start"),
+ OPT_INTEGER('D', "delay", &record.opts.initial_delay,
+ "ms to wait before starting measurement after program start (-1: start with events disabled)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "kcore", &record.opts.kcore, "copy /proc/kcore"),
OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
"user to profile"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index a333a9a64f27..bea461b6f937 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -4812,7 +4812,7 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &trace, "name", "monitor event in cgroup name only",
trace__parse_cgroups),
- OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &trace.opts.initial_delay,
+ OPT_INTEGER('D', "delay", &trace.opts.initial_delay,
"ms to wait before starting measurement after program "
"start"),
OPTS_EVSWITCH(&trace.evswitch),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.h b/tools/perf/util/record.h
index 84dbbc3f0204..e9b3842ba25a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct record_opts {
const char *auxtrace_snapshot_opts;
const char *auxtrace_sample_opts;
bool sample_transaction;
- unsigned initial_delay;
+ int initial_delay;
bool use_clockid;
clockid_t clockid;
u64 clockid_res_ns;