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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-stat.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 8420ec58950..cdcd058fac0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static int run_count = 1;
static int inherit = 1;
static int scale = 1;
static int target_pid = -1;
+static int null_run = 0;
static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
@@ -461,6 +462,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
"be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count,
"repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "null", &null_run,
+ "null run - dont start any counters"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (run_count <= 0 || run_count > MAX_RUN)
usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
- if (!nr_counters)
+ if (!null_run && !nr_counters)
nr_counters = 8;
nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);