perf data: Support using -f to override perf.data file ownership for 'convert'
Enable perf data convert to use perf.data when it is not owned by
current user or root.
Example:
# perf record ls
# chown Yunlong.Song:Yunlong.Song perf.data
# ls -al perf.data
-rw------- 1 Yunlong.Song Yunlong.Song 28260 Apr 2 17:35 perf.data
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),64(pkcs11)
Before this patch:
# perf data convert --to-ctf=./ctf-data/
File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)
# perf data convert --to-ctf=./ctf-data/ -f
Error: unknown switch `f'
usage: perf data convert [<options>]
-v, --verbose be more verbose
-i, --input <file> input file name
--to-ctf ... Convert to CTF format
After this patch:
# perf data convert --to-ctf=./ctf-data/
File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)
# perf data convert --to-ctf=./ctf-data/ -f
# ls ctf-data/
metadata perf_stream_0
As shown above, the -f option really works now.
Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427982439-27388-11-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
index 709152a..d6525bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@
const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
{
const char *to_ctf = NULL;
+ bool force = false;
const struct option options[] = {
OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
#ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
OPT_STRING(0, "to-ctf", &to_ctf, NULL, "Convert to CTF format"),
#endif
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@
if (to_ctf) {
#ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
- return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf);
+ return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, force);
#else
pr_err("The libbabeltrace support is not compiled in.\n");
return -1;