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Subject[tip:perf/urgent] perf record: Fix --switch-output documentation and comment
Commit-ID:  60437ac02f398e0ee0927748d4798dd5534ac90d
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/60437ac02f398e0ee0927748d4798dd5534ac90d
Author: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:19:56 +0100
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:11:38 -0300

perf record: Fix --switch-output documentation and comment

There's no --signal-trigger option, also adding the code comment into
record man page.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1483431600-19887-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 4 ++++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27fc361..5054d91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that
particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.

Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
+The reason for the latter two is to reduce the data file switching
+overhead. You can still switch them on with:
+
+ --switch-output --no-no-buildid --no-no-buildid-cache

--dry-run::
Parse options then exit. --dry-run can be used to detect errors in cmdline
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 31cf0ce..4ec10e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
* overhead. Still generate buildid if they are required
* explicitly using
*
- * perf record --signal-trigger --no-no-buildid \
+ * perf record --switch-output --no-no-buildid \
* --no-no-buildid-cache
*
* Following code equals to:
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