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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-script.c59
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 25e677344728..2811fcf684cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
Set the maximum number of program blocks to print with brstackasm for
each sample.
+--per-event-dump::
+ Create per event files with a "perf.data.EVENT.dump" name instead of
+ printing to stdout, useful, for instance, for generating flamegraphs.
+
--inline::
If a callgraph address belongs to an inlined function, the inline stack
will be printed. Each entry has function name and file/line. Enabled by
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index b27f21638207..fb5e49b3bc44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ struct perf_script {
bool show_switch_events;
bool show_namespace_events;
bool allocated;
+ bool per_event_dump;
struct cpu_map *cpus;
struct thread_map *threads;
int name_width;
@@ -1438,7 +1439,7 @@ static void process_event(struct perf_script *script,
struct thread *thread = al->thread;
struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->attr;
unsigned int type = output_type(attr->type);
- FILE *fp = stdout;
+ FILE *fp = evsel->priv;
if (output[type].fields == 0)
return;
@@ -1887,6 +1888,52 @@ static void sig_handler(int sig __maybe_unused)
session_done = 1;
}
+static void perf_script__fclose_per_event_dump(struct perf_script *script)
+{
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist = script->session->evlist;
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+ if (!evsel->priv)
+ break;
+ fclose(evsel->priv);
+ evsel->priv = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
+static int perf_script__fopen_per_event_dump(struct perf_script *script)
+{
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(script->session->evlist, evsel) {
+ char filename[PATH_MAX];
+ snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s.%s.dump",
+ script->session->file->path, perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+ evsel->priv = fopen(filename, "w");
+ if (evsel->priv == NULL)
+ goto out_err_fclose;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+out_err_fclose:
+ perf_script__fclose_per_event_dump(script);
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static int perf_script__setup_per_event_dump(struct perf_script *script)
+{
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+ if (script->per_event_dump)
+ return perf_script__fopen_per_event_dump(script);
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(script->session->evlist, evsel)
+ evsel->priv = stdout;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int __cmd_script(struct perf_script *script)
{
int ret;
@@ -1908,8 +1955,16 @@ static int __cmd_script(struct perf_script *script)
if (script->show_namespace_events)
script->tool.namespaces = process_namespaces_event;
+ if (perf_script__setup_per_event_dump(script)) {
+ pr_err("Couldn't create the per event dump files\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
ret = perf_session__process_events(script->session);
+ if (script->per_event_dump)
+ perf_script__fclose_per_event_dump(script);
+
if (debug_mode)
pr_err("Misordered timestamps: %" PRIu64 "\n", nr_unordered);
@@ -2827,6 +2882,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
"Show context switch events (if recorded)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-namespace-events", &script.show_namespace_events,
"Show namespace events (if recorded)"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "per-event-dump", &script.per_event_dump,
+ "Dump trace output to files named by the monitored events"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &symbol_conf.force, "don't complain, do it"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-blocks", &max_blocks,
"Maximum number of code blocks to dump with brstackinsn"),