perf stat: Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config'
Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config' to carry the info
whether to use PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER for events.
This makes create_perf_stat_counter() independent.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830063252.23729-6-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 4778955..48c88f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -261,16 +261,7 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
*/
attr->sample_period = 0;
- /*
- * But set sample_type to PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER, which should be harmless
- * while avoiding that older tools show confusing messages.
- *
- * However for pipe sessions we need to keep it zero,
- * because script's perf_evsel__check_attr is triggered
- * by attr->sample_type != 0, and we can't run it on
- * stat sessions.
- */
- if (!(STAT_RECORD && perf_stat.data.is_pipe))
+ if (config->identifier)
attr->sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER;
/*
@@ -3065,6 +3056,17 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
goto out;
/*
+ * Set sample_type to PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER, which should be harmless
+ * while avoiding that older tools show confusing messages.
+ *
+ * However for pipe sessions we need to keep it zero,
+ * because script's perf_evsel__check_attr is triggered
+ * by attr->sample_type != 0, and we can't run it on
+ * stat sessions.
+ */
+ stat_config.identifier = !(STAT_RECORD && perf_stat.data.is_pipe);
+
+ /*
* We dont want to block the signals - that would cause
* child tasks to inherit that and Ctrl-C would not work.
* What we want is for Ctrl-C to work in the exec()-ed
