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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c18
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;