Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target if non is specified. # perf record Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a). ...
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijls...@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d...@git.kernel.org --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +- tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS -a:: --all-cpus:: - System-wide collection from all CPUs. + System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified). -p:: --pid=:: diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 6cd6776052e7..dab23f6b10f3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage, PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION); - if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target)) - usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options); + if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target)) { + pr_warning("Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).\n"); + rec->opts.target.system_wide = true; + } if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) { usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options, -- 2.7.4