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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-stat.c22
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/stat.h1
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 47789558899a..48c88f568fe1 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
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 53b2415ba3f3..918cde064cdc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
enum aggr_mode aggr_mode;
bool scale;
bool no_inherit;
+ bool identifier;
FILE *output;
unsigned int interval;
unsigned int timeout;
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