[PATCH v8 15/18] perf ftrace: add option -D/--delay to delay tracing

[Changbin Du]

This adds an option '-D/--delay' to allow us to start tracing some
times later after workload is launched.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin...@gmail.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt |  4 ++++
 tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c              | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt 
b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index 08216634d2bc..29c684b3b3fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --pid=::
        Trace on existing process id (comma separated list).
 
+-D::
+--delay::
+       Time (ms) to wait before starting tracing after program start.
+
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
        Force system-wide collection.  Scripts run without a <command>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index bc3b35d18167..5f9a9ebea0a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct perf_ftrace {
        int                     graph_noirqs;
        int                     graph_verbose;
        int                     graph_thresh;
+       unsigned int            initial_delay;
 };
 
 struct filter_entry {
@@ -596,13 +597,23 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int 
argc, const char **argv)
        /* display column headers */
        read_tracing_file_to_stdout("trace");
 
-       if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
-               pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
-               goto out_close_fd;
+       if (!ftrace->initial_delay) {
+               if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
+                       pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
+                       goto out_close_fd;
+               }
        }
 
        perf_evlist__start_workload(ftrace->evlist);
 
+       if (ftrace->initial_delay) {
+               usleep(ftrace->initial_delay * 1000);
+               if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
+                       pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
+                       goto out_close_fd;
+               }
+       }
+
        while (!done) {
                if (poll(&pollfd, 1, -1) < 0)
                        break;
@@ -827,6 +838,8 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
                     "size of per cpu buffer", parse_buffer_size),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "inherit", &ftrace.inherit,
                    "trace children processes"),
+       OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &ftrace.initial_delay,
+                    "ms to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
        OPT_END()
        };
 
-- 
2.25.1