linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] perf record: Add switch-output size option argument

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Message-ID: <24608e6a-d744-8124-26c0-33d73f690477@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:33:35 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] perf record: Add switch-output size option argument

On 1/3/17 1:19 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> It's now possible to specify the threshold size for
> perf.data like:
> 
>   $ perf record --switch-output=2G ...
> 
> Once it's reached, the current data are dumped in to the
> perf.data.<timestamp> file and session does on.

How about something like max-file-size instead of switch-output?