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perf_counter tools: add 'perf record' command
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:58:01 +0000 (15:58 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:36:49 +0000 (17:36 +0200)
Move perf-record.c into the perf suite of commands.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c [moved from Documentation/perf_counter/perf-record.c with 95% similarity]
Documentation/perf_counter/builtin.h
Documentation/perf_counter/command-list.txt
Documentation/perf_counter/perf.c

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..d07700e
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+perf-record(1)
+==========
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into output.perf
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
+from it, into output.perf - without displaying anything.
+
+This file can then be inspected later on, using 'perf report'.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+       Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+-e::
+--event=::
+                             0:0: cpu-cycles          
+                             0:0: cycles              
+                             0:1: instructions        
+                             0:2: cache-references    
+                             0:3: cache-misses        
+                             0:4: branch-instructions 
+                             0:4: branches            
+                             0:5: branch-misses       
+                             0:6: bus-cycles          
+                             1:0: cpu-clock           
+                             1:1: task-clock          
+                             1:2: page-faults         
+                             1:2: faults              
+                             1:5: minor-faults        
+                             1:6: major-faults        
+                             1:3: context-switches    
+                             1:3: cs                  
+                             1:4: cpu-migrations      
+                             1:4: migrations          
+                           rNNN: raw PMU events (eventsel+umask)
+
+-a::
+        system-wide collection
+
+-l::
+        scale counter values
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:git-stat[1]
index fb8b71744e59ffd281447f6fecbcce00a9b8a5f4..b6c665eb22e4da5a8d40c38dd1021ab75aa501ac 100644 (file)
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += usage.o
 LIB_OBJS += wrapper.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-help.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-record.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-stat.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-top.o
 
similarity index 95%
rename from Documentation/perf_counter/perf-record.c
rename to Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index 614de7c468b21678a52f50e423d4078b33149328..4a50abf843ee9d72f28d4c6a7bbdb5240e1b3b04 100644 (file)
        (void) (&_min1 == &_min2);              \
        _min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
 
-asmlinkage int sys_perf_counter_open(
+extern asmlinkage int sys_perf_counter_open(
         struct perf_counter_hw_event    *hw_event_uptr          __user,
         pid_t                           pid,
         int                             cpu,
         int                             group_fd,
-        unsigned long                   flags)
-{
-        return syscall(
-                __NR_perf_counter_open, hw_event_uptr, pid, cpu, group_fd, flags);
-}
+        unsigned long                   flags);
 
 #define MAX_COUNTERS                   64
 #define MAX_NR_CPUS                    256
@@ -119,26 +115,6 @@ const unsigned int default_count[] = {
          10000,
 };
 
-static char *hw_event_names[] = {
-       "CPU cycles",
-       "instructions",
-       "cache references",
-       "cache misses",
-       "branches",
-       "branch misses",
-       "bus cycles",
-};
-
-static char *sw_event_names[] = {
-       "cpu clock ticks",
-       "task clock ticks",
-       "pagefaults",
-       "context switches",
-       "CPU migrations",
-       "minor faults",
-       "major faults",
-};
-
 struct event_symbol {
        __u64 event;
        char *symbol;
@@ -414,7 +390,7 @@ static void sigchld_handler(int sig)
                done = 1;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        struct pollfd event_array[MAX_NR_CPUS * MAX_COUNTERS];
        struct mmap_data mmap_array[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
index 605323c691f130ec5c3f7db93dfa97293dc7ec4f..5854b1715f546d15010406ee8ddaca4e731e864f 100644 (file)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extern void prune_packed_objects(int);
 extern int read_line_with_nul(char *buf, int size, FILE *file);
 extern int check_pager_config(const char *cmd);
 
-extern int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 #endif
index 52455d46bfb545791f5b107f99a542b62be7cb2f..d15210aa0cae0764799e4b0651e64b45df2038ba 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # List of known perf commands.
 # command name                         category [deprecated] [common]
-perf-top                                mainporcelain common
+perf-record                             mainporcelain common
 perf-stat                               mainporcelain common
+perf-top                                mainporcelain common
 
index ff8658f2a2f1b753859823ed1ed18c22e77032c7..e849dd66b5ef827a9b542d0d37402e5889f11701 100644 (file)
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        const char *cmd = argv[0];
        static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
-               { "top", cmd_top, 0 },
+               { "record", cmd_record, 0 },
                { "stat", cmd_stat, 0 },
+               { "top", cmd_top, 0 },
        };
        int i;
        static const char ext[] = STRIP_EXTENSION;