Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:12:11 -0300 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/7] perf record: Add switch-output size option argument |
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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.
"max-file-size" looks like a hard limit, no hint about producing multiple files.
- Arnaldo
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