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authorFrederic Weisbecker2010-04-14 19:42:07 +0200
committerFrederic Weisbecker2010-04-15 04:12:51 +0200
commit7865e817e9b4b378ac57ab7f16183100b95466ce (patch)
treeb3fd7772abc44491b884b780f5cac364a2ace563 /tools
parenta1e2f60e3efc812bf66a2be0d8530ee175003f6d (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.txt2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c40
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) {