linux/tools/perf
Stephane Eranian 45de34bbe3 perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir
This patch adds the ability to specify an alternate directory to store the
buildid cache (buildids, copy of binaries). By default, it is hardcoded to
$HOME/.debug. This directory contains immutable data. The layout of the
directory is such that no conflicts in filenames are possible. A modification
in a file, yields a different buildid and thus a different location in the
subdir hierarchy.

You may want to put the buildid cache elsewhere because of disk space
limitation or simply to share the cache between users. It is also useful for
remote collect vs. local analysis of profiles.

This patch adds a new config option to the perfconfig file.  Under the tag
'buildid', there is a dir option. For instance, if you have:

$ cat /etc/perfconfig
[buildid]
dir = /var/cache/perf-buildid

All buildids and binaries are be saved in the directory specified. The perf
record, buildid-list, buildid-cache, report, annotate, and archive commands
will it to pull information out.

The option can be set in the system-wide perfconfig file or in the
$HOME/.perfconfig file.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4c055fb7.df0ce30a.5f0d.ffffae52@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
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arch perf probe: Add PowerPC DWARF register number mappings 2010-04-22 13:48:31 +10:00
bench perf options: Check v type in OPT_U?INTEGER 2010-05-17 15:43:38 -03:00
Documentation perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor 2010-06-05 09:33:01 -03:00
scripts perf scripts python: Give field dict to unhandled callback 2010-06-01 06:12:35 -03:00
util perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir 2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
.gitignore perf: Ignore perf-archive temp file 2010-01-29 10:37:33 +01:00
builtin-annotate.c perf tui: Reset use_browser if stdout is not a tty 2010-05-26 13:22:26 -03:00
builtin-bench.c perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants 2010-05-17 16:22:41 -03:00
builtin-buildid-cache.c perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir 2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
builtin-buildid-list.c perf buildid-list: Fix --with-hits event processing 2010-06-01 16:16:11 -03:00
builtin-diff.c perf report: Report number of events, not samples 2010-05-14 14:19:35 -03:00
builtin-help.c perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants 2010-05-17 16:22:41 -03:00
builtin-inject.c perf inject: Add missing bits 2010-05-04 10:48:22 -03:00
builtin-kmem.c perf: add perf-inject builtin 2010-05-02 13:36:56 -03:00
builtin-kvm.c perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants 2010-05-17 16:22:41 -03:00
builtin-list.c perf list: Fix large list output by using the pager 2009-08-13 09:05:48 +02:00
builtin-lock.c perf options: Type check OPT_BOOLEAN and fix the offenders 2010-05-17 16:22:37 -03:00
builtin-probe.c perf probe: Don't call die() 2010-05-18 23:05:18 -03:00
builtin-record.c perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor 2010-06-05 09:33:01 -03:00
builtin-report.c perf report: Make -D print sampled CPU 2010-06-05 09:32:24 -03:00
builtin-sched.c perf: Use event__process_task from perf sched 2010-06-01 00:10:32 +02:00
builtin-stat.c perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor 2010-06-05 09:33:01 -03:00
builtin-test.c perf options: Type check OPT_BOOLEAN and fix the offenders 2010-05-17 16:22:37 -03:00
builtin-timechart.c perf: add perf-inject builtin 2010-05-02 13:36:56 -03:00
builtin-top.c perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor 2010-06-05 09:33:01 -03:00
builtin-trace.c perf hist: Clarify events_stats fields usage 2010-05-14 13:16:55 -03:00
builtin.h perf: add perf-inject builtin 2010-05-02 13:36:56 -03:00
command-list.txt perf inject: Add missing bits 2010-05-04 10:48:22 -03:00
CREDITS perf_counter tools: Add CREDITS file for Git contributors 2009-06-24 19:54:29 +02:00
design.txt perf: Fix few typos + cosmetics 2010-01-13 17:39:44 +01:00
Makefile perf tools: Add mode to build without newt support 2010-05-17 18:18:11 -03:00
MANIFEST perf tools: Make target to generate self contained source tarball 2010-06-05 09:33:35 -03:00
perf-archive.sh perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir 2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
perf.c perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir 2010-06-05 09:34:04 -03:00
perf.h perf options: Type check OPT_BOOLEAN and fix the offenders 2010-05-17 16:22:37 -03:00