From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/12] perf record: Fix --switch-output documentation and comment
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:25:04 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170104172509.27350-8-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170104172509.27350-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
There's no --signal-trigger option, also adding the code comment into
record man page.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1483431600-19887-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 4 ++++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27fc3617c6a4..5054d9147f0f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that
particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.
Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
+The reason for the latter two is to reduce the data file switching
+overhead. You can still switch them on with:
+
+ --switch-output --no-no-buildid --no-no-buildid-cache
--dry-run::
Parse options then exit. --dry-run can be used to detect errors in cmdline
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 31cf0ce12a65..4ec10e9427d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
* overhead. Still generate buildid if they are required
* explicitly using
*
- * perf record --signal-trigger --no-no-buildid \
+ * perf record --switch-output --no-no-buildid \
* --no-no-buildid-cache
*
* Following code equals to:
--
2.9.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-04 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-04 17:24 [GIT PULL 00/12] perf/urgent fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:24 ` [PATCH 01/12] perf sched timehist: Show total scheduling time Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:24 ` [PATCH 02/12] samples/bpf sock_example: Avoid getting ethhdr from two includes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 03/12] samples/bpf trace_output_user: Remove duplicate sys/ioctl.h include Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 04/12] perf probe: Fix to get correct modname from elf header Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 05/12] tools lib subcmd: Add OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET option Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 06/12] perf record: Make __record_options static Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 08/12] tools lib traceevent: Fix prev/next_prio for deadline tasks Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 09/12] perf tools: Install tools/lib/traceevent plugins with install-bin Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 10/12] perf symbols: Robustify reading of build-id from sysfs Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 11/12] perf probe: Fix --funcs to show correct symbols for offline module Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-04 17:25 ` [PATCH 12/12] perf probe: Fix to probe on gcc generated symbols for offline kernel Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-01-05 7:36 ` [GIT PULL 00/12] perf/urgent fixes Ingo Molnar
2017-01-05 15:02 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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