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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c18
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 5a626ef666c2..3eea6de35a38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ Configure all used events to run in user space.
--timestamp-filename
Append timestamp to output file name.
+--timestamp-boundary::
+Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples).
+
--switch-output[=mode]::
Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one
based on 'mode' value:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 50385d89c497..65681a1a292a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct record {
bool no_buildid_cache_set;
bool buildid_all;
bool timestamp_filename;
+ bool timestamp_boundary;
struct switch_output switch_output;
unsigned long long samples;
};
@@ -409,8 +410,15 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
{
struct record *rec = container_of(tool, struct record, tool);
- rec->samples++;
+ if (rec->evlist->first_sample_time == 0)
+ rec->evlist->first_sample_time = sample->time;
+
+ rec->evlist->last_sample_time = sample->time;
+ if (rec->buildid_all)
+ return 0;
+
+ rec->samples++;
return build_id__mark_dso_hit(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine);
}
@@ -435,9 +443,11 @@ static int process_buildids(struct record *rec)
/*
* If --buildid-all is given, it marks all DSO regardless of hits,
- * so no need to process samples.
+ * so no need to process samples. But if timestamp_boundary is enabled,
+ * it still needs to walk on all samples to get the timestamps of
+ * first/last samples.
*/
- if (rec->buildid_all)
+ if (rec->buildid_all && !rec->timestamp_boundary)
rec->tool.sample = NULL;
return perf_session__process_events(session);
@@ -1621,6 +1631,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
"Record build-id of all DSOs regardless of hits"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-filename", &record.timestamp_filename,
"append timestamp to output filename"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary,
+ "Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"),
OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str,
&record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time",
"Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold",