Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Add --delay support to perf record v2

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:29:53AM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> 
> perf stat has a --delay option to delay measuring the workload.
> This is useful to skip measuring the startup phase of the program, which
> is often very different from the main workload.
> 
> The same is useful for perf record when sampling. Add --delay to perf record too.
> -D was already taken for record, so there is only a long option.
> 
> v2: Don't disable group members (Namhyung Kim)
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 4 ++++
>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 9 ++++++++-
>  tools/perf/perf.h                        | 1 +
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c                  | 3 ++-
>  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> index 43b42c4..e349151 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> @@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ Force the use of per-cpu mmaps.  By default, when tasks are specified (i.e. -p,
>  forces per-cpu mmaps.  A side-effect of that is that inheritance is
>  automatically enabled.  Add the -i option also to disable inheritance.
>  
> +--delay msecs::
> +After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
> +filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
> +
>  SEE ALSO
>  --------
>  linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 7c8020a..110158e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>  	 * (apart from group members) have enable_on_exec=1 set,
>  	 * so don't spoil it by prematurely enabling them.
>  	 */
> -	if (!target__none(&opts->target))
> +	if (!target__none(&opts->target) && !opts->initial_delay)
>  		perf_evlist__enable(evsel_list);
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -515,6 +515,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>  	if (forks)
>  		perf_evlist__start_workload(evsel_list);
>  
> +	if (opts->initial_delay) {
> +		usleep(opts->initial_delay * 1000);
> +		perf_evlist__enable(evsel_list);
> +	}
> +

evsel_list no longer works due to:
  6346015 perf record: Remove old evsel_list usage

jirka