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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2021-10-27 11:03:33 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-10-27 16:20:45 -0300
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perf auxtrace: Add itrace d+o option to direct debug log to stdout
It can be useful to see debug output in between normal output. Add 'o' to the flags of debug option 'd', so that '--itrace=d+o' can specify output of the debug log to stdout. Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211027080334.365596-6-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
index 141449e97bed..c52755481e2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@
debug messages will or will not be logged. Each flag must be preceded
by either '+' or '-'. The flags are:
a all perf events
+ o output to stdout
If supported, the 'q' option may be repeated to increase the effect.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 889f976ea1a0..bbf0d78c6401 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum itrace_period_type {
#define AUXTRACE_ERR_FLG_DATA_LOST (1 << ('l' - 'a'))
#define AUXTRACE_LOG_FLG_ALL_PERF_EVTS (1 << ('a' - 'a'))
+#define AUXTRACE_LOG_FLG_USE_STDOUT (1 << ('o' - 'a'))
/**
* struct itrace_synth_opts - AUX area tracing synthesis options.
@@ -641,6 +642,7 @@ bool auxtrace__evsel_is_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session,
" d[flags]: create a debug log\n" \
" each flag must be preceded by + or -\n" \
" log flags are: a (all perf events)\n" \
+" o (output to stdout)\n" \
" f: synthesize first level cache events\n" \
" m: synthesize last level cache events\n" \
" t: synthesize TLB events\n" \