linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 3/6] perf record: Force enable --timestamp-filename when --switch-output is provided

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:55:29 +0000
From:	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
To:	<acme@...nel.org>, <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <pi3orama@....com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>, He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/6] perf record: Force enable --timestamp-filename when --switch-output is provided

Without this patch, the last output doesn't have timestamp appended if
--timestamp-filename is not explicitly provided. For example:

  # perf record -a --switch-output &
  [1] 11224
  # kill -s SIGUSR2 11224
  [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
  # [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622372823 ]

  # fg
  perf record -a --switch-output
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.027 MB perf.data (540 samples) ]

  # ls -l
  total 836
  -rw------- 1 root root  33256 Dec 26 22:37 perf.data   <---- *Odd*
  -rw------- 1 root root 817156 Dec 26 22:37 perf.data.2015122622372823

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@....com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460643725-167413-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
[ Updated man page, that also got an entry for --timestamp-filename ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 5 +++++
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index a77a431..79a8a14 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
 --all-user::
 Configure all used events to run in user space.
 
+--timestamp-filename
+Append timestamp to output file name.
+
 --switch-output::
 Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one
 when receiving a SIGUSR2.
@@ -355,6 +358,8 @@ A possible use case is to, given an external event, slice the perf.data file
 that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that
 particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.
 
+Implies --timestamp-filename.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 07e57d9..13f0b9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1347,6 +1347,9 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (rec->switch_output)
+		rec->timestamp_filename = true;
+
 	if (!rec->itr) {
 		rec->itr = auxtrace_record__init(rec->evlist, &err);
 		if (err)
-- 
1.8.3.4