perf record: Add --dry-run option to check cmdline options
With '--dry-run', 'perf record' doesn't do reall recording. Combine with llvm.dump-obj option, --dry-run can be used to help compile BPF objects for embedded platform. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466064161-48553-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.
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Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
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Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
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--dry-run::
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Parse options then exit. --dry-run can be used to detect errors in cmdline
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options.
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'perf record --dry-run -e' can act as a BPF script compiler if llvm.dump-obj
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in config file is set to true.
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SEE ALSO
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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--------
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linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
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linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
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@ -1274,6 +1274,8 @@ static struct record record = {
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const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_RECORD_HELP
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const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_RECORD_HELP
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"\n\t\t\t\tDefault: fp";
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"\n\t\t\t\tDefault: fp";
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static bool dry_run;
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/*
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/*
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* XXX Will stay a global variable till we fix builtin-script.c to stop messing
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* XXX Will stay a global variable till we fix builtin-script.c to stop messing
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* with it and switch to use the library functions in perf_evlist that came
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* with it and switch to use the library functions in perf_evlist that came
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@ -1393,6 +1395,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
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"append timestamp to output filename"),
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"append timestamp to output filename"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output,
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OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output,
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"Switch output when receive SIGUSR2"),
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"Switch output when receive SIGUSR2"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
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"Parse options then exit"),
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OPT_END()
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OPT_END()
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};
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};
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@ -1462,6 +1466,9 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
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if (err)
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if (err)
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return err;
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return err;
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if (dry_run)
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return 0;
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err = bpf__setup_stdout(rec->evlist);
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err = bpf__setup_stdout(rec->evlist);
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if (err) {
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if (err) {
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bpf__strerror_setup_stdout(rec->evlist, err, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
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bpf__strerror_setup_stdout(rec->evlist, err, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
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