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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c19
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index 08216634d2bc71..29c684b3b3fd26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS
--pid=::
Trace on existing process id (comma separated list).
+-D::
+--delay::
+ Time (ms) to wait before starting tracing after program start.
+
-a::
--all-cpus::
Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index bc3b35d1816746..5f9a9ebea0a253 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct perf_ftrace {
int graph_noirqs;
int graph_verbose;
int graph_thresh;
+ unsigned int initial_delay;
};
struct filter_entry {
@@ -596,13 +597,23 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
/* display column headers */
read_tracing_file_to_stdout("trace");
- if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
- pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
- goto out_close_fd;
+ if (!ftrace->initial_delay) {
+ if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
+ pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
+ goto out_close_fd;
+ }
}
perf_evlist__start_workload(ftrace->evlist);
+ if (ftrace->initial_delay) {
+ usleep(ftrace->initial_delay * 1000);
+ if (write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "1") < 0) {
+ pr_err("can't enable tracing\n");
+ goto out_close_fd;
+ }
+ }
+
while (!done) {
if (poll(&pollfd, 1, -1) < 0)
break;
@@ -827,6 +838,8 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
"size of per cpu buffer", parse_buffer_size),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "inherit", &ftrace.inherit,
"trace children processes"),
+ OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &ftrace.initial_delay,
+ "ms to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
OPT_END()
};