[PATCH v5 16/17] perf ftrace: add option -D/--delay to delay tracing

From: Changbin Du
Date: Sat Jul 11 2020 - 08:43:49 EST


This adds an option '-D/--delay' to allow us to start tracing some
times later after workload is launched.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt | 4 ++++
tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index 97d89478ff5f..62f56058de54 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ OPTIONS
--tid=::
Trace on existing thread id (comma separated list).

+-D::
+--delay::
+ Time (ms) to wait before starting tracing after program start.
+
-a::
--all-cpus::
Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 86fc5d466e97..a70951938308 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct perf_ftrace {
int graph_noirqs;
int graph_verbose;
int graph_thresh;
+ unsigned int initial_delay;
};

struct filter_entry {
@@ -591,13 +592,23 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
/* display column headers */
read_tracing_file_to_stdout("trace");

- if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
- pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
- goto out_close_fd;
+ if (!ftrace->initial_delay) {
+ if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
+ pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
+ goto out_close_fd;
+ }
}

perf_evlist__start_workload(ftrace->evlist);

+ if (ftrace->initial_delay) {
+ usleep(ftrace->initial_delay * 1000);
+ if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
+ pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
+ goto out_close_fd;
+ }
+ }
+
while (!done) {
if (poll(&pollfd, 1, -1) < 0)
break;
@@ -808,6 +819,8 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
"size of per cpu buffer", parse_buffer_size),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "inherit", &ftrace.inherit,
"trace children processes"),
+ OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &ftrace.initial_delay,
+ "ms to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
OPT_END()
};

--
2.25.1