[tip:perf/core] perf stat: Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config'

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  7d9ad16afe2bfc73b8967cc2aa2dc30f0170a8e2
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/7d9ad16afe2bfc73b8967cc2aa2dc30f0170a8e2
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:32:14 +0200
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:52:21 -0300

perf stat: Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config'

Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config' to carry the info
whether to use PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER for events.

This makes create_perf_stat_counter() independent.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830063252.23729-6-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 tools/perf/util/stat.h    |  1 +
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 47789558899a..48c88f568fe1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -261,16 +261,7 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	 */
 	attr->sample_period = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * But set sample_type to PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER, which should be harmless
-	 * while avoiding that older tools show confusing messages.
-	 *
-	 * However for pipe sessions we need to keep it zero,
-	 * because script's perf_evsel__check_attr is triggered
-	 * by attr->sample_type != 0, and we can't run it on
-	 * stat sessions.
-	 */
-	if (!(STAT_RECORD && perf_stat.data.is_pipe))
+	if (config->identifier)
 		attr->sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER;
 
 	/*
@@ -3064,6 +3055,17 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (perf_stat_init_aggr_mode())
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set sample_type to PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER, which should be harmless
+	 * while avoiding that older tools show confusing messages.
+	 *
+	 * However for pipe sessions we need to keep it zero,
+	 * because script's perf_evsel__check_attr is triggered
+	 * by attr->sample_type != 0, and we can't run it on
+	 * stat sessions.
+	 */
+	stat_config.identifier = !(STAT_RECORD && perf_stat.data.is_pipe);
+
 	/*
 	 * We dont want to block the signals - that would cause
 	 * child tasks to inherit that and Ctrl-C would not work.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 53b2415ba3f3..918cde064cdc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 	enum aggr_mode		 aggr_mode;
 	bool			 scale;
 	bool			 no_inherit;
+	bool			 identifier;
 	FILE			*output;
 	unsigned int		 interval;
 	unsigned int		 timeout;