This allows us to trace single thread instead of the whole process.
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin...@gmail.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt | 3 +++
tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index 077249c979f2..546a8cd01b7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS
--pid=::
Trace on existing process id (comma separated list).
+--tid=::
+ Trace on existing thread id (comma separated list).
+
-D::
--delay::
Time (ms) to wait before starting tracing after program start.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 64b68331048a..b07f71722b97 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -794,6 +794,9 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
"Show available functions to filter"),
OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &ftrace.target.pid, "pid",
"trace on existing process id"),
+ /* TODO: Add short option -t after -t/--tracer can be removed. */
+ OPT_STRING(0, "tid", &ftrace.target.tid, "tid",
+ "trace on existing thread id (exclusive to --pid)"),
OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
"be more verbose"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &ftrace.target.system_wide,
--
2.25.1
