From: Andi Kleen <a...@linux.intel.com> --xed currently forces less. When piping the output to other scripts this can waste a lot of CPU time because less is rather slow. I've seen it using up a full core on its own in a pipeline. Only force less when the output is actually a terminal.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <a...@linux.intel.com> --- tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c index 56d7bcd12671..c4c6a00e0341 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c @@ -3286,7 +3286,10 @@ static int parse_xed(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str __maybe_unused, int unset __maybe_unused) { - force_pager("xed -F insn: -A -64 | less"); + if (isatty(1)) + force_pager("xed -F insn: -A -64 | less"); + else + force_pager("xed -F insn: -A -64"); return 0; } -- 2.25.4