perf stat: Add --log-fd <N> option to redirect stderr elsewhere

This perf stat option emulates valgrind's --log-fd option, allowing the
user to send perf results elsewhere, and leaving stderr for use by the
program under test.  This complements --output file option, and is
mutually exclusive with it.

   3>results  perf stat --log-fd 3          -- $cmd
   3>>results perf stat --log-fd 3 --append -- $cmd

The perl distro's make test.valgrind target uses valgrind's --log-fd
option, I've adapted it to invoke perf also, and tested this patch
there.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1315437244-3788-2-git-send-email-jim.cromie@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Jim Cromie 2011-09-07 17:14:00 -06:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent dcc101d1d0
commit 56f3bae706
2 changed files with 24 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -95,12 +95,21 @@ corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the c
line.
-o file::
-output file::
--output file::
Print the output into the designated file.
--append::
Append to the output file designated with the -o option. Ignored if -o is not specified.
--log-fd::
Log output to fd, instead of stderr. Complementary to --output, and mutually exclusive
with it. --append may be used here. Examples:
3>results perf stat --log-fd 3 -- $cmd
3>>results perf stat --log-fd 3 --append -- $cmd
EXAMPLES
--------

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@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static bool csv_output = false;
static bool group = false;
static const char *output_name = NULL;
static FILE *output = NULL;
static int output_fd;
static volatile int done = 0;
@ -1080,6 +1081,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file",
"output file name"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "append", &append_file, "append to the output file"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "log-fd", &output_fd,
"log output to fd, instead of stderr"),
OPT_END()
};
@ -1166,6 +1169,10 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
if (output_name && strcmp(output_name, "-"))
output = NULL;
if (output_name && output_fd) {
fprintf(stderr, "cannot use both --output and --log-fd\n");
usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
}
if (!output) {
struct timespec tm;
mode = append_file ? "a" : "w";
@ -1177,6 +1184,13 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
}
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tm);
fprintf(output, "# started on %s\n", ctime(&tm.tv_sec));
} else if (output_fd != 2) {
mode = append_file ? "a" : "w";
output = fdopen(output_fd, mode);
if (!output) {
perror("Failed opening logfd");
return -errno;
}
}
if (csv_sep)