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authorJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2017-01-03 11:19:56 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2017-01-03 17:11:38 +0300
commit60437ac02f398e0ee0927748d4798dd5534ac90d (patch)
tree3859fb2c428c14a564a60e56834dd2e93a2ce1a0 /tools
parentefd21307119d5a23ac83ae8fd5a39a5c7aeb8493 (diff)
downloadlinux-60437ac02f398e0ee0927748d4798dd5534ac90d.tar.xz
perf record: Fix --switch-output documentation and comment
There's no --signal-trigger option, also adding the code comment into record man page. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Tested-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1483431600-19887-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27fc3617c6a4..5054d9147f0f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ 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, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
+The reason for the latter two is to reduce the data file switching
+overhead. You can still switch them on with:
+
+ --switch-output --no-no-buildid --no-no-buildid-cache
--dry-run::
Parse options then exit. --dry-run can be used to detect errors in cmdline
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 31cf0ce12a65..4ec10e9427d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
* overhead. Still generate buildid if they are required
* explicitly using
*
- * perf record --signal-trigger --no-no-buildid \
+ * perf record --switch-output --no-no-buildid \
* --no-no-buildid-cache
*
* Following code equals to: