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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-stat.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 003caa857a44..5658a770dbd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static pid_t target_tid = -1;
static pid_t child_pid = -1;
static bool null_run = false;
static bool detailed_run = false;
+static bool sync_run = false;
static bool big_num = true;
static int big_num_opt = -1;
static const char *cpu_list;
@@ -819,6 +820,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
"null run - dont start any counters"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "detailed", &detailed_run,
"detailed run - start a lot of events"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "sync", &sync_run,
+ "call sync() before starting a run"),
OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('B', "big-num", NULL, NULL,
"print large numbers with thousands\' separators",
stat__set_big_num),
@@ -944,6 +947,10 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
for (run_idx = 0; run_idx < run_count; run_idx++) {
if (run_count != 1 && verbose)
fprintf(stderr, "[ perf stat: executing run #%d ... ]\n", run_idx + 1);
+
+ if (sync_run)
+ sync();
+
status = run_perf_stat(argc, argv);
}