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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/header.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/util.h | 1 |
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 25576b477c83..3ee27dccfde9 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ comma-sperated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2 In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), samples are captured only when the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs. +-N:: +--no-buildid-cache:: +Do not update the builid cache. This saves some overhead in situations +where the information in the perf.data file (which includes buildids) +is sufficient. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 5efc3fc68a36..86b1c3b6264e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static bool call_graph = false; static bool inherit_stat = false; static bool no_samples = false; static bool sample_address = false; +static bool no_buildid = false; static long samples = 0; static u64 bytes_written = 0; @@ -825,6 +826,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = { "Sample addresses"), OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-samples", &no_samples, "don't sample"), + OPT_BOOLEAN('N', "no-buildid-cache", &no_buildid, + "do not update the buildid cache"), OPT_END() }; @@ -849,6 +852,8 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used) } symbol__init(); + if (no_buildid) + disable_buildid_cache(); if (!nr_counters) { nr_counters = 1; diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c index 4a6a4b3a4ab7..d7e67b167ea3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/header.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ #include "symbol.h" #include "debug.h" +static bool no_buildid_cache = false; + /* * Create new perf.data header attribute: */ @@ -470,7 +472,8 @@ static int perf_header__adds_write(struct perf_header *self, int fd) } buildid_sec->size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) - buildid_sec->offset; - perf_session__cache_build_ids(session); + if (!no_buildid_cache) + perf_session__cache_build_ids(session); } lseek(fd, sec_start, SEEK_SET); @@ -1189,3 +1192,8 @@ int event__process_build_id(event_t *self, session); return 0; } + +void disable_buildid_cache(void) +{ + no_buildid_cache = true; +} diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h index de61441b6dd7..f380fed74359 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/util.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ extern void set_die_routine(void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params) NOR extern int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix); extern void set_buildid_dir(void); +extern void disable_buildid_cache(void); static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix) { |