The patch adds a new option to limit the output file size, then based on it, we can create a wrapper of the perf command that uses the option to avoid exhausting the disk space by the unconscious user.
Signed-off-by: Jiwei Sun <jiwei....@windriver.com> --- tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 882285fb9f64..28a03929166d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct record { bool timestamp_boundary; struct switch_output switch_output; unsigned long long samples; + unsigned long output_max_size; /* = 0: unlimited */ }; static volatile int auxtrace_record__snapshot_started; @@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ static bool switch_output_time(struct record *rec) trigger_is_ready(&switch_output_trigger); } +static bool record__output_max_size_exceeded(struct record *rec) +{ + return (rec->output_max_size && + rec->bytes_written >= rec->output_max_size); +} + static int record__write(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map __maybe_unused, void *bf, size_t size) { @@ -118,6 +125,9 @@ static int record__write(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map __maybe_unuse rec->bytes_written += size; + if (record__output_max_size_exceeded(rec)) + raise(SIGTERM); + if (switch_output_size(rec)) trigger_hit(&switch_output_trigger); @@ -1639,6 +1649,33 @@ static int parse_clockid(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset) return -1; } +static int parse_output_max_size(const struct option *opt, const char *str, + int unset) +{ + unsigned long *s = (unsigned long *)opt->value; + static struct parse_tag tags_size[] = { + { .tag = 'B', .mult = 1 }, + { .tag = 'K', .mult = 1 << 10 }, + { .tag = 'M', .mult = 1 << 20 }, + { .tag = 'G', .mult = 1 << 30 }, + { .tag = 0 }, + }; + unsigned long val; + + if (unset) { + *s = 0; + return 0; + } + + val = parse_tag_value(str, tags_size); + if (val != (unsigned long) -1) { + *s = val; + return 0; + } + + return -1; +} + static int record__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset __maybe_unused) @@ -1946,6 +1983,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = { &nr_cblocks_default, "n", "Use <n> control blocks in asynchronous trace writing mode (default: 1, max: 4)", record__aio_parse), #endif + OPT_CALLBACK(0, "output-max-size", &record.output_max_size, + "size", "Output file maximum size", parse_output_max_size), OPT_END() }; -- 2.20.1