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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c46
2 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 8a4506113d9f..ebcba1f95513 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -574,6 +574,10 @@ Implies --tail-synthesize.
--kcore::
Make a copy of /proc/kcore and place it into a directory with the perf data file.
+--max-size=<size>::
+Limit the sample data max size, <size> is expected to be a number with
+appended unit character - B/K/M/G
+
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 f6664bb08b26..b95c000c1ed9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ struct record {
struct switch_output switch_output;
unsigned long long samples;
cpu_set_t affinity_mask;
+ unsigned long output_max_size; /* = 0: unlimited */
};
+static volatile int done;
+
static volatile int auxtrace_record__snapshot_started;
static DEFINE_TRIGGER(auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
static DEFINE_TRIGGER(switch_output_trigger);
@@ -123,6 +126,12 @@ static bool switch_output_time(struct record *rec)
trigger_is_ready(&switch_output_trigger);
}
+static bool record__output_max_size_exceeded(struct record *rec)
+{
+ return rec->output_max_size &&
+ (rec->bytes_written >= rec->output_max_size);
+}
+
static int record__write(struct record *rec, struct mmap *map __maybe_unused,
void *bf, size_t size)
{
@@ -135,6 +144,13 @@ static int record__write(struct record *rec, struct mmap *map __maybe_unused,
rec->bytes_written += size;
+ if (record__output_max_size_exceeded(rec) && !done) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "[ perf record: perf size limit reached (%" PRIu64 " KB),"
+ " stopping session ]\n",
+ rec->bytes_written >> 10);
+ done = 1;
+ }
+
if (switch_output_size(rec))
trigger_hit(&switch_output_trigger);
@@ -499,7 +515,6 @@ static int record__pushfn(struct mmap *map, void *to, void *bf, size_t size)
return record__write(rec, map, bf, size);
}
-static volatile int done;
static volatile int signr = -1;
static volatile int child_finished;
@@ -1984,6 +1999,33 @@ static int record__parse_affinity(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int
return 0;
}
+static int parse_output_max_size(const struct option *opt,
+ const char *str, int unset)
+{
+ unsigned long *s = (unsigned long *)opt->value;
+ static struct parse_tag tags_size[] = {
+ { .tag = 'B', .mult = 1 },
+ { .tag = 'K', .mult = 1 << 10 },
+ { .tag = 'M', .mult = 1 << 20 },
+ { .tag = 'G', .mult = 1 << 30 },
+ { .tag = 0 },
+ };
+ unsigned long val;
+
+ if (unset) {
+ *s = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ val = parse_tag_value(str, tags_size);
+ if (val != (unsigned long) -1) {
+ *s = val;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
static int record__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
const char *str,
int unset __maybe_unused)
@@ -2311,6 +2353,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
"n", "Compressed records using specified level (default: 1 - fastest compression, 22 - greatest compression)",
record__parse_comp_level),
#endif
+ OPT_CALLBACK(0, "max-size", &record.output_max_size,
+ "size", "Limit the maximum size of the output file", parse_output_max_size),
OPT_END()
};