We currently don't support storing multiple session in perf.data, so we can't allow -r option in stat record.
$ perf stat -e cycles -r 2 record ls Cannot use -r option with perf stat record. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c index f053447fde6e..67630d490a1c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c @@ -1315,6 +1315,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage, PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION); + if (run_count != 1 || forever) { + pr_err("Cannot use -r option with perf stat record.\n"); + return -1; + } + session = perf_session__new(file, false, NULL); if (session == NULL) { pr_err("Perf session creation failed.\n"); -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
