In the default 'perf record' configuration, all samples are processed,
to create the HEADER_BUILD_ID table. So it's very easy to get the
first/last samples and save the time to perf file header via the
function write_sample_time().
Later, at post processing time, perf report/script will fetch
the time from perf file header.
Change log:
-----------
v7: Just update the patch description according to Arnaldo's suggestion.
v6: Currently '--buildid-all' is not enabled at default. So the walking
on all samples is the default operation. There is no big overhead
to calculate the timestamp boundary in process_sample_event handler
once we already go through all samples. So the timestamp boundary
calculation is enabled by default when '--buildid-all' is not enabled.
While if '--buildid-all' is enabled, we creates a new option
"--timestamp-boundary" for user to decide if it enables the
timestamp boundary calculation.
v5: There is an issue that the sample walking can only work when
'--buildid-all' is not enabled. So we need to let the walking
be able to work even if '--buildid-all' is enabled and let the
processing skips the dso hit marking for this case.
At first, I want to provide a new option "--record-time-boundaries".
While after consideration, I think a new option is not very
necessary.
v3: Remove the definitions of first_sample_time and last_sample_time
from struct record and directly save them in perf_evlist.
Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao....@linux.intel.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 3 +++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 5a626ef..3eea6de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ Configure all used events to run in user space.
--timestamp-filename
Append timestamp to output file name.
+--timestamp-boundary::
+Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples).
+
--switch-output[=mode]::
Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one
based on 'mode' value:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 98da8cb..6db7b5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct record {
bool no_buildid_cache_set;
bool buildid_all;
bool timestamp_filename;
+ bool timestamp_boundary;
struct switch_output switch_output;
unsigned long long samples;
};
@@ -409,8 +410,15 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
{
struct record *rec = container_of(tool, struct record, tool);
- rec->samples++;
+ if (rec->evlist->first_sample_time == 0)
+ rec->evlist->first_sample_time = sample->time;
+
+ rec->evlist->last_sample_time = sample->time;
+ if (rec->buildid_all)
+ return 0;
+
+ rec->samples++;
return build_id__mark_dso_hit(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine);
}
@@ -435,9 +443,11 @@ static int process_buildids(struct record *rec)
/*
* If --buildid-all is given, it marks all DSO regardless of hits,
- * so no need to process samples.
+ * so no need to process samples. But if timestamp_boundary is enabled,
+ * it still needs to walk on all samples to get the timestamps of
+ * first/last samples.
*/
- if (rec->buildid_all)
+ if (rec->buildid_all && !rec->timestamp_boundary)
rec->tool.sample = NULL;
return perf_session__process_events(session);
@@ -1621,6 +1631,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
"Record build-id of all DSOs regardless of hits"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-filename", &record.timestamp_filename,
"append timestamp to output filename"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary,
+ "Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"),
OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str,
&record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time",
"Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross
size,time threshold",
--
2.7.4
