perf: Always record tracepoints raw samples from perf record
authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:05:17 +0000 (20:05 +0200)
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:12:52 +0000 (04:12 +0200)
Trace events are mostly used for tracing rather than simple
counting. Don't bother anymore with adding -R when using them,
just record raw samples of trace events every time.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c

index b29bd2d..020d871 100644 (file)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -R::
 --raw-samples::
-Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (typically for tracepoint counters).
+Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (default for tracepoint counters).
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
index 435781e..880070c 100644 (file)
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ static enum event_result
 parse_single_tracepoint_event(char *sys_name,
                              const char *evt_name,
                              unsigned int evt_length,
-                             char *flags,
                              struct perf_event_attr *attr,
                              const char **strp)
 {
@@ -419,13 +418,9 @@ parse_single_tracepoint_event(char *sys_name,
        u64 id;
        int fd;
 
-       if (flags) {
-               if (!strncmp(flags, "record", strlen(flags))) {
-                       attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
-                       attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
-                       attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
-               }
-       }
+       attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
+       attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
+       attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
 
        snprintf(evt_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s/%s/id", debugfs_path,
                 sys_name, evt_name);
@@ -533,8 +528,7 @@ static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
                                                       flags);
        } else
                return parse_single_tracepoint_event(sys_name, evt_name,
-                                                    evt_length, flags,
-                                                    attr, strp);
+                                                    evt_length, attr, strp);
 }
 
 static enum event_result