Re: [RFC] perf record: Remove -A option

From: David Ahern
Date: Mon Jun 03 2013 - 14:26:24 EST


On 6/3/13 12:06 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
hi,
the -A option (append data to the output file) for record
command is broken, probably for some time now.

Anyone interested in this functionality? As we discussed
this with Arnaldo he and I would vote for removal.

thoughts?

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>

I ran a bisect on this problem a year ago:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1206.3/00990.html

"Append has been broken for a long time (v2.6.36 last working version)."

David
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