perf stat: Add support to print counts for fixed times

Introduce a new option to print counts for fixed number of times and
update 'perf stat' documentation accordingly.

Show below is the output of the new option for perf stat.

  $ perf stat -I 1000 --interval-count 2 -e cycles -a
  #           time             counts unit events
           1.002827089         93,884,870      cycles
           2.004231506         56,573,446      cycles

We can just print the counts for several times with this newly
introduced option. The usage of it is a little like 'vmstat', and it
should be used together with "-I" option.

  $ vmstat -n 1 2
  procs ---------memory-------------- --swap- ----io-- -system-- ------cpu---
   r  b swpd   free   buff   cache    si   so  bi   bo  in   cs us sy id wa st
   0  0    0 78270544 547484 51732076  0   0   0   20    1    1  1  0 99  0 0
   0  0    0 78270512 547484 51732080  0   0   0   16  477 1555  0  0 100 0 0

Changes since v3:
- merge interval_count check and times check to one line.
- fix the wrong indent in stat.h
- use stat_config.times instead of 'times' in cmd_stat function.

Changes since v2:
- none.

Changes since v1:
- change the name of the new option "times-print" to "interval-count".
- keep the new option interval specifically.

Signed-off-by: yuzhoujian <yuzhoujian@didichuxing.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1517217923-8302-2-git-send-email-ufo19890607@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 823fce7674bb..47a21645f60c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 10ms)
 The overhead percentage could be high in some cases, for instance with small, sub 100ms intervals.  Use with caution.
 	example: 'perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5'
 
+--interval-count times::
+Print count deltas for fixed number of times.
+This option should be used together with "-I" option.
+	example: 'perf stat -I 1000 --interval-count 2 -e cycles -a'
+
 --metric-only::
 Only print computed metrics. Print them in a single line.
 Don't show any raw values. Not supported with --per-thread.