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author | Frederic Weisbecker | 2010-04-14 19:42:07 +0200 |
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committer | Frederic Weisbecker | 2010-04-15 04:12:51 +0200 |
commit | 7865e817e9b4b378ac57ab7f16183100b95466ce (patch) | |
tree | b3fd7772abc44491b884b780f5cac364a2ace563 /tools | |
parent | a1e2f60e3efc812bf66a2be0d8530ee175003f6d (diff) |
perf: Make -f the default for perf record
Force the overwriting mode by default if append mode is not explicit.
Adding -f every time one uses perf on a daily basis quickly becomes a
burden.
Keep the -f among the options though to avoid breaking some random
users scripts.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 40 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index fc46c0b40f6e..b29bd2db6a49 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: - Overwrite existing data file. + Overwrite existing data file. (deprecated) -c:: --count=:: diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 9a9513687235..dcda8993082d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ #include <unistd.h> #include <sched.h> +enum write_mode_t { + WRITE_FORCE, + WRITE_APPEND +}; + static int *fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS]; static long default_interval = 0; @@ -47,8 +52,7 @@ 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; @@ -450,26 +454,19 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) } 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 (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; @@ -480,7 +477,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) 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; @@ -667,6 +665,8 @@ 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", @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ 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"), + "overwrite existing data file (deprecated)"), OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval, "event period to sample"), OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file", @@ -725,6 +725,16 @@ 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) { |