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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 52462ae26455..e032716c839b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ OPTIONS
-r::
--realtime=::
Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
+-D::
+--no-delay::
+ Collect data without buffering.
-A::
--append::
Append to the output file to do incremental profiling.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 1210e6484ad5..df6064ad9bf2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int pipe_output = 0;
static const char *output_name = "perf.data";
static int group = 0;
static int realtime_prio = 0;
+static bool nodelay = false;
static bool raw_samples = false;
static bool sample_id_all_avail = true;
static bool system_wide = false;
@@ -307,6 +308,11 @@ static void create_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu)
attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
}
+ if (nodelay) {
+ attr->watermark = 0;
+ attr->wakeup_events = 1;
+ }
+
attr->mmap = track;
attr->comm = track;
attr->inherit = !no_inherit;
@@ -843,6 +849,8 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
"record events on existing thread id"),
OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio,
"collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "no-delay", &nodelay,
+ "collect data without buffering"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &raw_samples,
"collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,