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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index d060fc50c8a..d4464f7fcea 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static unsigned int page_size; static unsigned int mmap_pages = 128; static int freq = 1000; static int output; +static int pipe_output = 0; static const char *output_name = "perf.data"; static int group = 0; static unsigned int realtime_prio = 0; @@ -449,7 +450,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) exit(-1); } - if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) { + if (!strcmp(output_name, "-")) + pipe_output = 1; + else if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) { if (!force) { if (!append_file) { pr_err("Error, output file %s exists, use -A " @@ -474,7 +477,10 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) else flags |= O_TRUNC; - output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR); + if (pipe_output) + output = STDOUT_FILENO; + else + output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR); if (output < 0) { perror("failed to create output file"); exit(-1); @@ -513,6 +519,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) } if (!child_pid) { + if (pipe_output) + dup2(2, 1); close(child_ready_pipe[0]); close(go_pipe[1]); fcntl(go_pipe[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC); @@ -564,7 +572,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) open_counters(cpumap[i]); } - if (file_new) { + if (pipe_output) { + err = perf_header__write_pipe(output); + if (err < 0) + return err; + } else if (file_new) { err = perf_header__write(&session->header, output, false); if (err < 0) return err; |