---

yaml
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r: 191230
b: refs/heads/master
c: b5a80b7
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f6c903f5856ffa75ae19dcee4dbb5093e320d45c
+refs/heads/master: b5a80b7e91d6c067339e4d81a0176a835e9bf910

trunk/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -4313,36 +4313,6 @@ static const struct pmu perf_ops_task_clock = {
 	.read		= task_clock_perf_event_read,
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
-
-void perf_tp_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count, void *record,
-		   int entry_size, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	struct perf_sample_data data;
-	struct perf_raw_record raw = {
-		.size = entry_size,
-		.data = record,
-	};
-
-	perf_sample_data_init(&data, addr);
-	data.raw = &raw;
-
-	/* Trace events already protected against recursion */
-	do_perf_sw_event(PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, event_id, count, 1,
-			 &data, regs);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_tp_event);
-
-static int perf_tp_event_match(struct perf_event *event,
-				struct perf_sample_data *data)
-{
-	void *record = data->raw->data;
-
-	if (likely(!event->filter) || filter_match_preds(event->filter, record))
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void swevent_hlist_release_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
 {
 	struct swevent_hlist *hlist;
@@ -4442,6 +4412,36 @@ static int swevent_hlist_get(struct perf_event *event)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
+
+void perf_tp_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count, void *record,
+		   int entry_size, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct perf_sample_data data;
+	struct perf_raw_record raw = {
+		.size = entry_size,
+		.data = record,
+	};
+
+	perf_sample_data_init(&data, addr);
+	data.raw = &raw;
+
+	/* Trace events already protected against recursion */
+	do_perf_sw_event(PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, event_id, count, 1,
+			 &data, regs);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_tp_event);
+
+static int perf_tp_event_match(struct perf_event *event,
+				struct perf_sample_data *data)
+{
+	void *record = data->raw->data;
+
+	if (likely(!event->filter) || filter_match_preds(event->filter, record))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void tp_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	perf_trace_disable(event->attr.config);

trunk/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-	Overwrite existing data file.
+	Overwrite existing data file. (deprecated)
 
 -c::
 --count=::
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -R::
 --raw-samples::
-Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (typically for tracepoint counters).
+Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (default for tracepoint counters).
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------

trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c

@@ -26,15 +26,23 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 
+enum write_mode_t {
+	WRITE_FORCE,
+	WRITE_APPEND
+};
+
 static int			*fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
 
+static unsigned int		user_interval 			= UINT_MAX;
 static long			default_interval		=      0;
 
 static int			nr_cpus				=      0;
 static unsigned int		page_size;
 static unsigned int		mmap_pages			=    128;
+static unsigned int		user_freq 			= UINT_MAX;
 static int			freq				=   1000;
 static int			output;
+static int			pipe_output			=      0;
 static const char		*output_name			= "perf.data";
 static int			group				=      0;
 static unsigned int		realtime_prio			=      0;
@@ -47,8 +55,7 @@ static pid_t			*all_tids			=      NULL;
 static int			thread_num			=      0;
 static pid_t			child_pid			=     -1;
 static bool			inherit				=   true;
-static bool			force				=  false;
-static bool			append_file			=  false;
+static enum write_mode_t	write_mode			= WRITE_FORCE;
 static bool			call_graph			=  false;
 static bool			inherit_stat			=  false;
 static bool			no_samples			=  false;
@@ -103,6 +110,11 @@ static void mmap_write_tail(struct mmap_data *md, unsigned long tail)
 	pc->data_tail = tail;
 }
 
+static void advance_output(size_t size)
+{
+	bytes_written += size;
+}
+
 static void write_output(void *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	while (size) {
@@ -251,10 +263,19 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu)
 	if (nr_counters > 1)
 		attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_ID;
 
-	if (freq) {
-		attr->sample_type	|= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD;
-		attr->freq		= 1;
-		attr->sample_freq	= freq;
+	/*
+	 * We default some events to a 1 default interval. But keep
+	 * it a weak assumption overridable by the user.
+	 */
+	if (!attr->sample_period || (user_freq != UINT_MAX &&
+				     user_interval != UINT_MAX)) {
+		if (freq) {
+			attr->sample_type	|= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD;
+			attr->freq		= 1;
+			attr->sample_freq	= freq;
+		} else {
+			attr->sample_period = default_interval;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (no_samples)
@@ -420,10 +441,19 @@ static int process_buildids(void)
 
 static void atexit_header(void)
 {
-	session->header.data_size += bytes_written;
+	if (!pipe_output) {
+		session->header.data_size += bytes_written;
+
+		process_buildids();
+		perf_header__write(&session->header, output, true);
+	} else {
+		int err;
 
-	process_buildids();
-	perf_header__write(&session->header, output, true);
+		err = event__synthesize_build_ids(process_synthesized_event,
+						  session);
+		if (err < 0)
+			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize build ids.\n");
+	}
 }
 
 static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
@@ -449,45 +479,44 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
-	if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
-		if (!force) {
-			if (!append_file) {
-				pr_err("Error, output file %s exists, use -A "
-				       "to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
-				       output_name);
-				exit(-1);
-			}
-		} else {
+	if (!strcmp(output_name, "-"))
+		pipe_output = 1;
+	else if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
+		if (write_mode == WRITE_FORCE) {
 			char oldname[PATH_MAX];
 			snprintf(oldname, sizeof(oldname), "%s.old",
 				 output_name);
 			unlink(oldname);
 			rename(output_name, oldname);
 		}
-	} else {
-		append_file = false;
+	} else if (write_mode == WRITE_APPEND) {
+		write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
 	}
 
 	flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
-	if (append_file)
+	if (write_mode == WRITE_APPEND)
 		file_new = 0;
 	else
 		flags |= O_TRUNC;
 
-	output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
+	if (pipe_output)
+		output = STDOUT_FILENO;
+	else
+		output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
 	if (output < 0) {
 		perror("failed to create output file");
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
-	session = perf_session__new(output_name, O_WRONLY, force);
+	session = perf_session__new(output_name, O_WRONLY,
+				    write_mode == WRITE_FORCE);
 	if (session == NULL) {
 		pr_err("Not enough memory for reading perf file header\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (!file_new) {
-		err = perf_header__read(&session->header, output);
+		err = perf_header__read(session, output);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -513,6 +542,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 
 		if (!child_pid) {
+			if (pipe_output)
+				dup2(2, 1);
 			close(child_ready_pipe[0]);
 			close(go_pipe[1]);
 			fcntl(go_pipe[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
@@ -564,14 +595,46 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 			open_counters(cpumap[i]);
 	}
 
-	if (file_new) {
+	if (pipe_output) {
+		err = perf_header__write_pipe(output);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	} else if (file_new) {
 		err = perf_header__write(&session->header, output, false);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
 
 	post_processing_offset = lseek(output, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
+	if (pipe_output) {
+		err = event__synthesize_attrs(&session->header,
+					      process_synthesized_event,
+					      session);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize attrs.\n");
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		err = event__synthesize_event_types(process_synthesized_event,
+						    session);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize event_types.\n");
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		err = event__synthesize_tracing_data(output, attrs,
+						     nr_counters,
+						     process_synthesized_event,
+						     session);
+		if (err <= 0) {
+			pr_err("Couldn't record tracing data.\n");
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		advance_output(err);
+	}
+
 	err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event,
 					    session, "_text");
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -667,6 +730,8 @@ static const char * const record_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+static bool force, append_file;
+
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
 		     "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
@@ -688,14 +753,14 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_INTEGER('C', "profile_cpu", &profile_cpu,
 			    "CPU to profile on"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force,
-			"overwrite existing data file"),
-	OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval,
+			"overwrite existing data file (deprecated)"),
+	OPT_LONG('c', "count", &user_interval,
 		    "event period to sample"),
 	OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file",
 		    "output file name"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
 		    "child tasks inherit counters"),
-	OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq,
+	OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &user_freq,
 		    "profile at this frequency"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages,
 		    "number of mmap data pages"),
@@ -716,7 +781,6 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 
 int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
-	int counter;
 	int i,j;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage,
@@ -725,6 +789,16 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		!system_wide && profile_cpu == -1)
 		usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
 
+	if (force && append_file) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Can't overwrite and append at the same time."
+				" You need to choose between -f and -A");
+		usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
+	} else if (append_file) {
+		write_mode = WRITE_APPEND;
+	} else {
+		write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
+	}
+
 	symbol__init();
 
 	if (!nr_counters) {
@@ -764,6 +838,11 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	if (!event_array)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (user_interval != UINT_MAX)
+		default_interval = user_interval;
+	if (user_freq != UINT_MAX)
+		freq = user_freq;
+
 	/*
 	 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
 	 */
@@ -776,12 +855,5 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
-		if (attrs[counter].sample_period)
-			continue;
-
-		attrs[counter].sample_period = default_interval;
-	}
-
 	return __cmd_record(argc, argv);
 }