Re: [PATCH 6/7] perf record: Add switch-output size option argument

[David Ahern]

On 1/3/17 9:12 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 08:33:35AM -0700, David Ahern escreveu:
>> On 1/3/17 1:19 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>> It's now possible to specify the threshold size for
>>> perf.data like:
>>>
>>>   $ perf record --switch-output=2G ...
>>>
>>> Once it's reached, the current data are dumped in to the
>>> perf.data.<timestamp> file and session does on.
>>
>> How about something like max-file-size instead of switch-output?
> 
> Well, I think he wants to use the "switch-output" semantic, which will
> go on "slicing" the output into multiple files according to the
> specified criteria, be it the existing signal one or a file size.
> 
> "max-file-size" looks like a hard limit, no hint about producing
> multiple files.

Sure, my point is that switch-output is an odd name for the option.

file-slice?