Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf record: Add -a as a default target

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Fri Feb 17 2017 - 12:00:34 EST


On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:28:14AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:58PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target
> > if non is specified.
> >
> > # perf record
> > Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
>
> Ditto, this warning will get annoying after a while...

ok, posting the change with no warning

jirka

---
Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target
if non is specified.

Running 'perf record' will now collect system wide data.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +-
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS

-a::
--all-cpus::
- System-wide collection from all CPUs.
+ System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified).

-p::
--pid=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6cd6776052e7..b87bbef73394 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)

argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+ /* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target))
- usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+ rec->opts.target.system_wide = true;

if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options,
--
2.7.4