perf script: Support using -f to override perf.data file ownership
Enable perf script to use perf.data when it is not owned by current user
or root. Change the short option name of --fields to -F to avoid confusion
with --force.
Example:
# perf record ls
# chown Yunlong.Song:Yunlong.Song perf.data
# ls -al perf.data
-rw------- 1 Yunlong.Song Yunlong.Song 28360 Apr 2 14:53 perf.data
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),64(pkcs11)
Before this patch:
# perf script
File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)
# perf script -f
Error: switch `f' requires a value
usage: perf script [<options>]
or: perf script [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command>
or: perf script [<options>] report <script> [script-args]
or: perf script [<options>] <script> [<record-options>] <command>
or: perf script [<options>] <top-script> [script-args]
-f, --fields <str> comma separated output fields prepend with
'type:'. Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw. Fields:
comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,addr,symoff,period
As shown above, the -f option does not work at all. And -f is already
taken up by --fields, which makes --force confused, so change the short
option name of --fields to -F like what other perf commands do (e.g.
perf report -F) and use -f as the short option name of --force.
After this patch:
# perf script
File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)
# perf script -f
:41298 41298
2590086.564226: 1 cycles:
ffffffff8103efc6
native_write_msr_safe ([kernel.kallsyms])
:41298 41298
2590086.564244: 1 cycles:
ffffffff8103efc6
native_write_msr_safe ([kernel.kallsyms])
:41298 41298
2590086.564249: 7 cycles:
ffffffff8103efc6
native_write_msr_safe ([kernel.kallsyms])
:41298 41298
2590086.564255: 176 cycles:
ffffffff8103efc6
native_write_msr_safe ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 41298
2590086.567346: 4059 cycles:
ffffffff8105a592
raise_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 41298
2590086.567353: 3717 cycles:
ffffffff8105a592
raise_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 41298
2590086.567358: 63058 cycles:
ffffffff8105a592
raise_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms])
ls 41298
2590086.567448:
1706255 cycles: 406ae0
[unknown] (/usr/bin/ls)
As shown above, the -f option really works now.
Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427982439-27388-8-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>