[PATCH V2 09/11] perf intel-pt: Use CLOCK_PERF_HW_CLOCK_NS by default

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Mon Feb 14 2022 - 06:31:57 EST


Make CLOCK_PERF_HW_CLOCK_NS the default for Intel PT if it is supported.
To allow that to be overridden, support also --no-clockid.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c | 6 ++++++
tools/perf/util/clockid.c | 1 +
tools/perf/util/record.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index 5424c42337e7..bba55b6f75b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -927,6 +927,12 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
evsel__reset_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, BRANCH_STACK);
}

+ if (!opts->use_clockid && !opts->no_clockid && perf_can_perf_clock_hw_clock_ns()) {
+ opts->use_clockid = true;
+ opts->ns_clockid = true;
+ opts->clockid = CLOCK_PERF_HW_CLOCK_NS;
+ }
+
/*
* Warn the user when we do not have enough information to decode i.e.
* per-cpu with no sched_switch (except workload-only).
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/clockid.c b/tools/perf/util/clockid.c
index 2fcffee690e1..f9c0200e1ec2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/clockid.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/clockid.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int parse_clockid(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)

if (unset) {
opts->use_clockid = 0;
+ opts->no_clockid = true;
return 0;
}

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.h b/tools/perf/util/record.h
index 1dbbf6b314dc..9a1dabfd158b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct record_opts {
int initial_delay;
bool use_clockid;
bool ns_clockid;
+ bool no_clockid;
clockid_t clockid;
u64 clockid_res_ns;
int nr_cblocks;
--
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