On 1/3/17 9:12 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 08:33:35AM -0700, David Ahern escreveu: >> On 1/3/17 1:19 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote: >>> It's now possible to specify the threshold size for >>> perf.data like: >>> >>> $ perf record --switch-output=2G ... >>> >>> Once it's reached, the current data are dumped in to the >>> perf.data.<timestamp> file and session does on. >> >> How about something like max-file-size instead of switch-output? > > Well, I think he wants to use the "switch-output" semantic, which will > go on "slicing" the output into multiple files according to the > specified criteria, be it the existing signal one or a file size. > > "max-file-size" looks like a hard limit, no hint about producing > multiple files.
Sure, my point is that switch-output is an odd name for the option. file-slice?
