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Subject[tip:perf/core] perf record: Add new -I option to sample interrupted machine state
Commit-ID:  4b6c51773d86883a2e80cffadbe4f178ac1babd8
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/4b6c51773d86883a2e80cffadbe4f178ac1babd8
Author: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:48:41 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:42:02 +0100

perf record: Add new -I option to sample interrupted machine state

Add -I/--intr-regs option to capture machine state registers at
interrupt.

Add the corresponding man page description

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1411559322-16548-6-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Cc: cebbert.lkml@gmail.com
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 6 ++++++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 398f8d5..af9a54e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ if combined with -a or -C options.
After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.

+-I::
+--intr-regs::
+Capture machine state (registers) at interrupt, i.e., on counter overflows for
+each sample. List of captured registers depends on the architecture. This option
+is off by default.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 582c4da..8648c6d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -811,6 +811,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
"sample transaction flags (special events only)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "per-thread", &record.opts.target.per_thread,
"use per-thread mmaps"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "intr-regs", &record.opts.sample_intr_regs,
+ "Sample machine registers on interrupt"),
OPT_END()
};


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