Re: [PATCH 1/5] perf tools: Fix -C option for record command

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 2/25/13 11:39 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> To clarify, I am not trying to review this patch, I'd like to ask
> the question...
>
> On 02/25, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>
>> Currently the -C option does not work for record command,
>> because of the targets mismatch when synthesizing threads.
>>
>> Fixing this by using proper target interface for the
>> synthesize decision.
>
> OK, but my fix had the different goal. I thought that
>
> 	$ perf ... record -C0 sleep 1
>
> should attach the counter to the child process (workload) and set
> event->cpu = 0 (instead of -1). With this patch we create the cpu

If a target is given (-a, -C, -p or -t) that is what the data is 
collected for -- all cpus, a cpu, or one or more task ids. The workload 
in that case becomes a means for bounding the data collection (start and 
end points).

If you want to collect events for a workload you just run perf-record -- 
workload.

Last time I dug into it (which was 8-12 months ago) -C required -a to 
work properly. -a (system_wide) meaning collect events for all cpus and 
then -C meaning but only for this cpu. Perhaps Namyhung's target changes 
may have simplified fixing that as Jiri's patch suggests.

David