On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 04:19:19PM +0000, Liang, Kan wrote: SNIP
> > > ssize_t perf_data_file__write(struct perf_data_file *file, diff --git > > > a/tools/perf/util/data.h b/tools/perf/util/data.h index > > > ae510ce..892b3d5 100644 > > > --- a/tools/perf/util/data.h > > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.h > > > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ enum perf_data_mode { > > > > > > struct perf_data_file { > > > const char *path; > > > + char *tmp_path; > > > > could we add is_tmp instead of new path pointer and keep the path for the > > name..? > > The 'path' is const char. I think it's not good for tmp file which > generate the file name in real time. then change path to 'char *' ? I just dont think having 2 name pointers for path will keep this simple jirka