[PATCH v4 05/10] perf stat: extend -D,--delay option with -1 value

[Alexey Budankov]

Extend -D,--delay option with -1 value to start monitoring with
events disabled to be enabled later by enable command provided
via control file descriptor.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt |  5 +++--
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h               |  3 +++
 tools/perf/util/stat.h                 |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 3fb5028aef08..b4d2434584f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ mode, use --per-node in addition to -a. (system-wide).
 
 -D msecs::
 --delay msecs::
-After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
-filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
+After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring (-1: start with events
+disabled). This is useful to filter out the startup phase of the program,
+which is often very different.
 
 -T::
 --transaction::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index ef2682a87491..70b48a279b75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -441,16 +441,26 @@ static bool process_timeout(bool timeout, unsigned int interval, int *times)
 
 static void enable_counters(void)
 {
-	if (stat_config.initial_delay)
+	if (stat_config.initial_delay < 0) {
+		pr_info(EVLIST_DISABLED_MSG);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (stat_config.initial_delay > 0) {
+		pr_info(EVLIST_DISABLED_MSG);
 		usleep(stat_config.initial_delay * USEC_PER_MSEC);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to enable counters only if:
 	 * - we don't have tracee (attaching to task or cpu)
 	 * - we have initial delay configured
 	 */
-	if (!target__none(&target) || stat_config.initial_delay)
+	if (!target__none(&target) || stat_config.initial_delay) {
 		evlist__enable(evsel_list);
+		if (stat_config.initial_delay > 0)
+			pr_info(EVLIST_ENABLED_MSG);
+	}
 }
 
 static void disable_counters(void)
@@ -1001,8 +1011,8 @@ static struct option stat_options[] = {
 		     "aggregate counts per thread", AGGR_THREAD),
 	OPT_SET_UINT(0, "per-node", &stat_config.aggr_mode,
 		     "aggregate counts per numa node", AGGR_NODE),
-	OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &stat_config.initial_delay,
-		     "ms to wait before starting measurement after program start"),
+	OPT_INTEGER('D', "delay", &stat_config.initial_delay,
+		    "ms to wait before starting measurement after program start (-1: start with events disabled)"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT(0, "metric-only", &stat_config.metric_only, NULL,
 			"Only print computed metrics. No raw values", enable_metric_only),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "topdown", &topdown_run,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index bccf0a970371..7c3726a685f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -377,4 +377,7 @@ int evlist__initialize_ctlfd(struct evlist *evlist, int ctl_fd, int ctl_fd_ack);
 int evlist__finalize_ctlfd(struct evlist *evlist);
 int evlist__ctlfd_process(struct evlist *evlist, enum evlist_ctl_cmd *cmd);
 
+#define EVLIST_ENABLED_MSG "Events enabled\n"
+#define EVLIST_DISABLED_MSG "Events disabled\n"
+
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index a5604a20bdca..b00d64f0ca26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 	FILE			*output;
 	unsigned int		 interval;
 	unsigned int		 timeout;
-	unsigned int		 initial_delay;
+	int			 initial_delay;
 	unsigned int		 unit_width;
 	unsigned int		 metric_only_len;
 	int			 times;
-- 
2.24.1