From 455c988225c7eee84c7a2f86984404825a1830bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: German Gomez Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:36:23 +0000 Subject: perf arm-spe: Update --switch-events docs in 'perf record' Update 'perf record' docs and ARM SPE recording options so that they are consistent. This includes supporting the --no-switch-events flag in ARM SPE as well. Reviewed-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: German Gomez Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Poirier Cc: Will Deacon Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211111133625.193568-3-german.gomez@arm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +- tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools/perf') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 2d7df8703cf2..3cf7bac67239 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms. --switch-events:: Record context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or -PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE. In some cases (e.g. Intel PT or CoreSight) +PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE. In some cases (e.g. Intel PT, CoreSight or Arm SPE) switch events will be enabled automatically, which can be suppressed by by the option --no-switch-events. diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c index d32431ac15cc..2100d46ccf5e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c @@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr, if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus)) { evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, TIME); evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, CPU); + /* also track task context switch */ - tracking_evsel->core.attr.context_switch = 1; + if (!record_opts__no_switch_events(opts)) + tracking_evsel->core.attr.context_switch = 1; } return 0; -- cgit v1.2.3