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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 32 |
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt index 7f70d36..1a22486 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'perf trace' +'perf trace record' DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,9 +17,14 @@ This command will show the events associated with the target, initially syscalls, but other system events like pagefaults, task lifetime events, scheduling events, etc. -Initially this is a live mode only tool, but eventually will work with -perf.data files like the other tools, allowing a detached 'record' from -analysis phases. +This is a live mode tool in addition to working with perf.data files like +the other perf tools. Files can be generated using the 'perf record' command +but the session needs to include the raw_syscalls events (-e 'raw_syscalls:*'). +Alernatively, the 'perf trace record' can be used as a shortcut to +automatically include the raw_syscalls events when writing events to a file. + +The following options apply to perf trace; options to perf trace record are +found in the perf record man page. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index 5776b5f..1e2368f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -1501,6 +1501,33 @@ static int parse_target_str(struct trace *trace) return 0; } +static int trace__record(int argc, const char **argv) +{ + unsigned int rec_argc, i, j; + const char **rec_argv; + const char * const record_args[] = { + "record", + "-R", + "-m", "1024", + "-c", "1", + "-e", "raw_syscalls:sys_enter,raw_syscalls:sys_exit", + }; + + rec_argc = ARRAY_SIZE(record_args) + argc; + rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *)); + + if (rec_argv == NULL) + return -ENOMEM; + + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(record_args); i++) + rec_argv[i] = record_args[i]; + + for (j = 0; j < (unsigned int)argc; j++, i++) + rec_argv[i] = argv[j]; + + return cmd_record(i, rec_argv, NULL); +} + static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv) { struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new(); @@ -1788,6 +1815,8 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) const char * const trace_usage[] = { "perf trace [<options>] [<command>]", "perf trace [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]", + "perf trace record [<options>] [<command>]", + "perf trace record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]", NULL }; struct trace trace = { @@ -1844,6 +1873,9 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) int err; char bf[BUFSIZ]; + if ((argc > 1) && (strcmp(argv[1], "record") == 0)) + return trace__record(argc-2, &argv[2]); + argc = parse_options(argc, argv, trace_options, trace_usage, 0); if (output_name != NULL) { |