[PATCH v3 7/8] perf trace: Add --force-btf for debugging

[Howard Chu]

If --force-btf is enabled, prefer btf_dump general pretty printer to
perf trace's customized pretty printers.

Mostly for debug purposes.

Signed-off-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 470d74e3f875..115f8dffb272 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ struct trace {
 	bool			show_string_prefix;
 	bool			force;
 	bool			vfs_getname;
+	bool			force_btf;
 	int			trace_pgfaults;
 	char			*perfconfig_events;
 	struct {
@@ -2349,7 +2350,9 @@ static size_t syscall__scnprintf_args(struct syscall *sc, char *bf, size_t size,
 
 			default_scnprintf = sc->arg_fmt[arg.idx].scnprintf;
 
-			if (default_scnprintf == NULL || default_scnprintf == SCA_PTR) {
+			if (trace->force_btf ||
+			    (default_scnprintf == NULL ||
+			     (default_scnprintf == SCA_PTR && strstr(field->type, "struct")))) {
 				btf_printed = trace__btf_scnprintf(trace, &arg, bf + printed,
 								   size - printed, val, field->type);
 				if (btf_printed) {
@@ -5153,6 +5156,8 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_INTEGER('D', "delay", &trace.opts.target.initial_delay,
 		     "ms to wait before starting measurement after program "
 		     "start"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "force-btf", &trace.force_btf, "Prefer btf_dump general pretty printer"
+		       "to customized ones"),
 	OPTS_EVSWITCH(&trace.evswitch),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
-- 
2.45.2