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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/target.h | 1 |
5 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 052f7c4dc00c..43b42c4f4a91 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ abort events and some memory events in precise mode on modern Intel CPUs. --transaction:: Record transaction flags for transaction related events. +--force-per-cpu:: +Force the use of per-cpu mmaps. By default, when tasks are specified (i.e. -p, +-t or -u options) per-thread mmaps are created. This option overrides that and +forces per-cpu mmaps. A side-effect of that is that inheritance is +automatically enabled. Add the -i option also to disable inheritance. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 4d644fe2d5b7..7c8020a32784 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -888,6 +888,8 @@ const struct option record_options[] = { "sample by weight (on special events only)"), OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "transaction", &record.opts.sample_transaction, "sample transaction flags (special events only)"), + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "force-per-cpu", &record.opts.target.force_per_cpu, + "force the use of per-cpu mmaps"), OPT_END() }; diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c index 5ce2ace2d6c1..bbc746aa5716 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c @@ -819,7 +819,9 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target) if (evlist->threads == NULL) return -1; - if (target__has_task(target)) + if (target->force_per_cpu) + evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list); + else if (target__has_task(target)) evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new(); else if (!target__has_cpu(target) && !target->uses_mmap) evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new(); diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 18f7c188ff63..46dd4c2a41ce 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, } } - if (target__has_cpu(&opts->target)) + if (target__has_cpu(&opts->target) || opts->target.force_per_cpu) perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, CPU); if (opts->period) @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, if (!perf_missing_features.sample_id_all && (opts->sample_time || !opts->no_inherit || - target__has_cpu(&opts->target))) + target__has_cpu(&opts->target) || opts->target.force_per_cpu)) perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME); if (opts->raw_samples) { diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.h b/tools/perf/util/target.h index 89bab7129de4..2d0c50690892 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/target.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/target.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct target { uid_t uid; bool system_wide; bool uses_mmap; + bool force_per_cpu; }; enum target_errno { |