This adds an option '-d/--delay' to allow us to start tracing some
times later after workload is launched.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt |  4 ++++
 tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c              | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt 
b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index e204bf6d50d8..fd1776deebd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --tid=::
        Trace on existing thread 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 b427ab3977ad..dceae70c3a22 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct perf_ftrace {
        struct list_head        graph_funcs;
        struct list_head        nograph_funcs;
        int                     graph_depth;
+       unsigned                initial_delay;
 };
 
 struct filter_entry {
@@ -402,13 +403,23 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int 
argc, const char **argv)
        fcntl(trace_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
        pollfd.fd = trace_fd;
 
-       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;
@@ -535,6 +546,8 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
                     "Set nograph filter on given functions", 
parse_filter_func),
        OPT_INTEGER('D', "graph-depth", &ftrace.graph_depth,
                    "Max depth for function graph tracer"),
+       OPT_UINTEGER('d', "delay", &ftrace.initial_delay,
+                    "ms to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
        OPT_END()
        };
 
-- 
2.25.1

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