On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:23:18AM -0700, David Ahern wrote: > On 1/3/17 9:12 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > Em Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 08:33:35AM -0700, David Ahern escreveu: > >> 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? > > > > Well, I think he wants to use the "switch-output" semantic, which will > > go on "slicing" the output into multiple files according to the > > specified criteria, be it the existing signal one or a file size.
yea, I wanted to keep current option.. which I think we will have to keep in any case > > > > "max-file-size" looks like a hard limit, no hint about producing > > multiple files. > > Sure, my point is that switch-output is an odd name for the option. > > file-slice? I actually don't mind the current switch-output=signal/size/time, because we change/switch the output file on various conditions: signal/size/time ;-) jirka