Adding --interval-clear option to clear the screen
before next interval.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8zobiwghr6t9f9a4o886c...@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 3 +++
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 5dfe102fb5b5..b10a90b6a718 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ Print count deltas for fixed number of times.
This option should be used together with "-I" option.
example: 'perf stat -I 1000 --interval-count 2 -e cycles -a'
+--interval-clear::
+Clear the screen before next interval.
+
--timeout msecs::
Stop the 'perf stat' session and print count deltas after N milliseconds
(minimum: 10 ms).
This option is not supported with the "-I" option.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index fce46252f89c..067d8b5b2c83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
#include "util/tool.h"
#include "util/string2.h"
#include "util/metricgroup.h"
+#include "util/top.h"
#include "asm/bug.h"
#include <linux/time64.h>
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ static struct cpu_map *aggr_map;
static aggr_get_id_t aggr_get_id;
static bool append_file;
static bool interval_count;
+static bool interval_clear;
static const char *output_name;
static int output_fd;
static int print_free_counters_hint;
@@ -1713,9 +1715,12 @@ static void print_interval(char *prefix, struct timespec
*ts)
FILE *output = stat_config.output;
static int num_print_interval;
+ if (interval_clear)
+ puts(CONSOLE_CLEAR);
+
sprintf(prefix, "%6lu.%09lu%s", ts->tv_sec, ts->tv_nsec, csv_sep);
- if (num_print_interval == 0 && !csv_output) {
+ if ((num_print_interval == 0 && !csv_output) || interval_clear) {
switch (stat_config.aggr_mode) {
case AGGR_SOCKET:
fprintf(output, "# time socket cpus");
@@ -1747,7 +1752,7 @@ static void print_interval(char *prefix, struct timespec
*ts)
}
}
- if (num_print_interval == 0 && metric_only)
+ if ((num_print_interval == 0 && metric_only) || interval_clear)
print_metric_headers(" ", true);
if (++num_print_interval == 25)
num_print_interval = 0;
@@ -2066,6 +2071,8 @@ static const struct option stat_options[] = {
"(overhead is possible for values <= 100ms)"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "interval-count", &stat_config.times,
"print counts for fixed number of times"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "interval-clear", &interval_clear,
+ "clear screen in between new interval"),
OPT_UINTEGER(0, "timeout", &stat_config.timeout,
"stop workload and print counts after a timeout period in
ms (>= 10ms)"),
OPT_SET_UINT(0, "per-socket", &stat_config.aggr_mode,
--
2.13.6
