builtin-record.c

/*
 * builtin-record.c
 *
 * Builtin record command: Record the profile of a workload
 * (or a CPU, or a PID) into the perf.data output file - for
 * later analysis via perf report.
 */
#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64

#include "builtin.h"

#include "perf.h"

#include "util/build-id.h"
#include "util/util.h"
#include "util/parse-options.h"
#include "util/parse-events.h"

#include "util/header.h"
#include "util/event.h"
#include "util/evlist.h"
#include "util/evsel.h"
#include "util/debug.h"
#include "util/session.h"
#include "util/tool.h"
#include "util/symbol.h"
#include "util/cpumap.h"
#include "util/thread_map.h"

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>

#define CALLCHAIN_HELP "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording: "

#ifdef NO_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
static char callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "[fp]";
#else
static unsigned long default_stack_dump_size = 8192;
static char callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "[fp] dwarf";
#endif

enum write_mode_t {
	WRITE_FORCE,
	WRITE_APPEND
};

struct perf_record {
	struct perf_tool	tool;
	struct perf_record_opts	opts;
	u64			bytes_written;
	const char		*output_name;
	struct perf_evlist	*evlist;
	struct perf_session	*session;
	const char		*progname;
	int			output;
	unsigned int		page_size;
	int			realtime_prio;
	enum write_mode_t	write_mode;
	bool			no_buildid;
	bool			no_buildid_cache;
	bool			force;
	bool			file_new;
	bool			append_file;
	long			samples;
	off_t			post_processing_offset;
};

static void advance_output(struct perf_record *rec, size_t size)
{
	rec->bytes_written += size;
}

static void write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
{
	while (size) {
		int ret = write(rec->output, buf, size);

		if (ret < 0)
			die("failed to write");

		size -= ret;
		buf += ret;

		rec->bytes_written += ret;
	}
}

static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
				     union perf_event *event,
				     struct perf_sample *sample __used,
				     struct machine *machine __used)
{
	struct perf_record *rec = container_of(tool, struct perf_record, tool);
	write_output(rec, event, event->header.size);
	return 0;
}

static void perf_record__mmap_read(struct perf_record *rec,
				   struct perf_mmap *md)
{
	unsigned int head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
	unsigned int old = md->prev;
	unsigned char *data = md->base + rec->page_size;
	unsigned long size;
	void *buf;

	if (old == head)
		return;

	rec->samples++;

	size = head - old;

	if ((old & md->mask) + size != (head & md->mask)) {
		buf = &data[old & md->mask];
		size = md->mask + 1 - (old & md->mask);
		old += size;

		write_output(rec, buf, size);
	}

	buf = &data[old & md->mask];
	size = head - old;
	old += size;

	write_output(rec, buf, size);

	md->prev = old;
	perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old);
}

static volatile int done = 0;
static volatile int signr = -1;
static volatile int child_finished = 0;

static void sig_handler(int sig)
{
	if (sig == SIGCHLD)
		child_finished = 1;

	done = 1;
	signr = sig;
}

static void perf_record__sig_exit(int exit_status __used, void *arg)
{
	struct perf_record *rec = arg;
	int status;

	if (rec->evlist->workload.pid > 0) {
		if (!child_finished)
			kill(rec->evlist->workload.pid, SIGTERM);

		wait(&status);
		if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
			psignal(WTERMSIG(status), rec->progname);
	}

	if (signr == -1 || signr == SIGUSR1)
		return;

	signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
	kill(getpid(), signr);
}

static bool perf_evlist__equal(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
			       struct perf_evlist *other)
{
	struct perf_evsel *pos, *pair;

	if (evlist->nr_entries != other->nr_entries)
		return false;

	pair = list_entry(other->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);

	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
		if (memcmp(&pos->attr, &pair->attr, sizeof(pos->attr) != 0))
			return false;
		pair = list_entry(pair->node.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
	}

	return true;
}

static void perf_record__open(struct perf_record *rec)
{
	struct perf_evsel *pos;
	struct perf_evlist *evlist = rec->evlist;
	struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
	struct perf_record_opts *opts = &rec->opts;

	perf_evlist__config_attrs(evlist, opts);

	if (opts->group)
		perf_evlist__set_leader(evlist);

	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
		struct perf_event_attr *attr = &pos->attr;
		/*
		 * Check if parse_single_tracepoint_event has already asked for
		 * PERF_SAMPLE_TIME.
		 *
		 * XXX this is kludgy but short term fix for problems introduced by
		 * eac23d1c that broke 'perf script' by having different sample_types
		 * when using multiple tracepoint events when we use a perf binary
		 * that tries to use sample_id_all on an older kernel.
		 *
		 * We need to move counter creation to perf_session, support
		 * different sample_types, etc.
		 */
		bool time_needed = attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;

fallback_missing_features:
		if (opts->exclude_guest_missing)
			attr->exclude_guest = attr->exclude_host = 0;
retry_sample_id:
		attr->sample_id_all = opts->sample_id_all_missing ? 0 : 1;
try_again:
		if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads) < 0) {
			int err = errno;

			if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
				ui__error_paranoid();
				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
			} else if (err ==  ENODEV && opts->target.cpu_list) {
				die("No such device - did you specify"
					" an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
			} else if (err == EINVAL) {
				if (!opts->exclude_guest_missing &&
				    (attr->exclude_guest || attr->exclude_host)) {
					pr_debug("Old kernel, cannot exclude "
						 "guest or host samples.\n");
					opts->exclude_guest_missing = true;
					goto fallback_missing_features;
				} else if (!opts->sample_id_all_missing) {
					/*
					 * Old kernel, no attr->sample_id_type_all field
					 */
					opts->sample_id_all_missing = true;
					if (!opts->sample_time && !opts->raw_samples && !time_needed)
						attr->sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;

					goto retry_sample_id;
				}
			}

			/*
			 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
			 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
			 * is always available even if no PMU support.
			 *
			 * PPC returns ENXIO until 2.6.37 (behavior changed
			 * with commit b0a873e).
			 */
			if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO)
					&& attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
					&& attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {

				if (verbose)
					ui__warning("The cycles event is not supported, "
						    "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
				attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
				attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
				if (pos->name) {
					free(pos->name);
					pos->name = NULL;
				}
				goto try_again;
			}

			if (err == ENOENT) {
				ui__error("The %s event is not supported.\n",
					  perf_evsel__name(pos));
				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
			}

			printf("\n");
			error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s).  /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
			      err, strerror(err));

#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
			if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE && err == EOPNOTSUPP)
				die("No hardware sampling interrupt available."
				    " No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel"
				    " with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to"
				    " force-enable it.\n");
#endif

			die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
		}
	}

	if (perf_evlist__set_filters(evlist)) {
		error("failed to set filter with %d (%s)\n", errno,
			strerror(errno));
		exit(-1);
	}

	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false) < 0) {
		if (errno == EPERM)
			die("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
			    "Consider increasing "
			    "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb,\n"
			    "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
			    "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
		else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages))
			die("--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two.");

		die("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
	}

	if (rec->file_new)
		session->evlist = evlist;
	else {
		if (!perf_evlist__equal(session->evlist, evlist)) {
			fprintf(stderr, "incompatible append\n");
			exit(-1);
		}
 	}

	perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session);
}

static int process_buildids(struct perf_record *rec)
{
	u64 size = lseek(rec->output, 0, SEEK_CUR);

	if (size == 0)
		return 0;

	rec->session->fd = rec->output;
	return __perf_session__process_events(rec->session, rec->post_processing_offset,
					      size - rec->post_processing_offset,
					      size, &build_id__mark_dso_hit_ops);
}

static void perf_record__exit(int status __used, void *arg)
{
	struct perf_record *rec = arg;

	if (!rec->opts.pipe_output) {
		rec->session->header.data_size += rec->bytes_written;

		if (!rec->no_buildid)
			process_buildids(rec);
		perf_session__write_header(rec->session, rec->evlist,
					   rec->output, true);
		perf_session__delete(rec->session);
		perf_evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
		symbol__exit();
	}
}

static void perf_event__synthesize_guest_os(struct machine *machine, void *data)
{
	int err;
	struct perf_tool *tool = data;

	if (machine__is_host(machine))
		return;

	/*
	 *As for guest kernel when processing subcommand record&report,
	 *we arrange module mmap prior to guest kernel mmap and trigger
	 *a preload dso because default guest module symbols are loaded
	 *from guest kallsyms instead of /lib/modules/XXX/XXX. This
	 *method is used to avoid symbol missing when the first addr is
	 *in module instead of in guest kernel.
	 */
	err = perf_event__synthesize_modules(tool, process_synthesized_event,
					     machine);
	if (err < 0)
		pr_err("Couldn't record guest kernel [%d]'s reference"
		       " relocation symbol.\n", machine->pid);

	/*
	 * We use _stext for guest kernel because guest kernel's /proc/kallsyms
	 * have no _text sometimes.
	 */
	err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
						 machine, "_text");
	if (err < 0)
		err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
							 machine, "_stext");
	if (err < 0)
		pr_err("Couldn't record guest kernel [%d]'s reference"
		       " relocation symbol.\n", machine->pid);
}

static struct perf_event_header finished_round_event = {
	.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_header),
	.type = PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_ROUND,
};

static void perf_record__mmap_read_all(struct perf_record *rec)
{
	int i;

	for (i = 0; i < rec->evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
		if (rec->evlist->mmap[i].base)
			perf_record__mmap_read(rec, &rec->evlist->mmap[i]);
	}

	if (perf_header__has_feat(&rec->session->header, HEADER_TRACING_DATA))
		write_output(rec, &finished_round_event, sizeof(finished_round_event));
}

static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
{
	struct stat st;
	int flags;
	int err, output, feat;
	unsigned long waking = 0;
	const bool forks = argc > 0;
	struct machine *machine;
	struct perf_tool *tool = &rec->tool;
	struct perf_record_opts *opts = &rec->opts;
	struct perf_evlist *evsel_list = rec->evlist;
	const char *output_name = rec->output_name;
	struct perf_session *session;

	rec->progname = argv[0];

	rec->page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);

	on_exit(perf_record__sig_exit, rec);
	signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
	signal(SIGUSR1, sig_handler);

	if (!output_name) {
		if (!fstat(STDOUT_FILENO, &st) && S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode))
			opts->pipe_output = true;
		else
			rec->output_name = output_name = "perf.data";
	}
	if (output_name) {
		if (!strcmp(output_name, "-"))
			opts->pipe_output = true;
		else if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
			if (rec->write_mode == WRITE_FORCE) {
				char oldname[PATH_MAX];
				snprintf(oldname, sizeof(oldname), "%s.old",
					 output_name);
				unlink(oldname);
				rename(output_name, oldname);
			}
		} else if (rec->write_mode == WRITE_APPEND) {
			rec->write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
		}
	}

	flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
	if (rec->write_mode == WRITE_APPEND)
		rec->file_new = 0;
	else
		flags |= O_TRUNC;

	if (opts->pipe_output)
		output = STDOUT_FILENO;
	else
		output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
	if (output < 0) {
		perror("failed to create output file");
		exit(-1);
	}

	rec->output = output;

	session = perf_session__new(output_name, O_WRONLY,
				    rec->write_mode == WRITE_FORCE, false, NULL);
	if (session == NULL) {
		pr_err("Not enough memory for reading perf file header\n");
		return -1;
	}

	rec->session = session;

	for (feat = HEADER_FIRST_FEATURE; feat < HEADER_LAST_FEATURE; feat++)
		perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, feat);

	if (rec->no_buildid)
		perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BUILD_ID);

	if (!have_tracepoints(&evsel_list->entries))
		perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_TRACING_DATA);

	if (!rec->opts.branch_stack)
		perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BRANCH_STACK);

	if (!rec->file_new) {
		err = perf_session__read_header(session, output);
		if (err < 0)
			goto out_delete_session;
	}

	if (forks) {
		err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evsel_list, opts, argv);
		if (err < 0) {
			pr_err("Couldn't run the workload!\n");
			goto out_delete_session;
		}
	}

	perf_record__open(rec);

	/*
	 * perf_session__delete(session) will be called at perf_record__exit()
	 */
	on_exit(perf_record__exit, rec);

	if (opts->pipe_output) {
		err = perf_header__write_pipe(output);
		if (err < 0)
			return err;
	} else if (rec->file_new) {
		err = perf_session__write_header(session, evsel_list,
						 output, false);
		if (err < 0)
			return err;
	}

	if (!rec->no_buildid
	    && !perf_header__has_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BUILD_ID)) {
		pr_err("Couldn't generate buildids. "
		       "Use --no-buildid to profile anyway.\n");
		return -1;
	}

	rec->post_processing_offset = lseek(output, 0, SEEK_CUR);

	machine = perf_session__find_host_machine(session);
	if (!machine) {
		pr_err("Couldn't find native kernel information.\n");
		return -1;
	}

	if (opts->pipe_output) {
		err = perf_event__synthesize_attrs(tool, session,
						   process_synthesized_event);
		if (err < 0) {
			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize attrs.\n");
			return err;
		}

		err = perf_event__synthesize_event_types(tool, process_synthesized_event,
							 machine);
		if (err < 0) {
			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize event_types.\n");
			return err;
		}

		if (have_tracepoints(&evsel_list->entries)) {
			/*
			 * FIXME err <= 0 here actually means that
			 * there were no tracepoints so its not really
			 * an error, just that we don't need to
			 * synthesize anything.  We really have to
			 * return this more properly and also
			 * propagate errors that now are calling die()
			 */
			err = perf_event__synthesize_tracing_data(tool, output, evsel_list,
								  process_synthesized_event);
			if (err <= 0) {
				pr_err("Couldn't record tracing data.\n");
				return err;
			}
			advance_output(rec, err);
		}
	}

	err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
						 machine, "_text");
	if (err < 0)
		err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
							 machine, "_stext");
	if (err < 0)
		pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol\n"
		       "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
		       "Check /proc/kallsyms permission or run as root.\n");

	err = perf_event__synthesize_modules(tool, process_synthesized_event,
					     machine);
	if (err < 0)
		pr_err("Couldn't record kernel module information.\n"
		       "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
		       "Check /proc/modules permission or run as root.\n");

	if (perf_guest)
		perf_session__process_machines(session, tool,
					       perf_event__synthesize_guest_os);

	if (!opts->target.system_wide)
		perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(tool, evsel_list->threads,
						  process_synthesized_event,
						  machine);
	else
		perf_event__synthesize_threads(tool, process_synthesized_event,
					       machine);

	if (rec->realtime_prio) {
		struct sched_param param;

		param.sched_priority = rec->realtime_prio;
		if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &param)) {
			pr_err("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
			exit(-1);
		}
	}

	perf_evlist__enable(evsel_list);

	/*
	 * Let the child rip
	 */
	if (forks)
		perf_evlist__start_workload(evsel_list);

	for (;;) {
		int hits = rec->samples;

		perf_record__mmap_read_all(rec);

		if (hits == rec->samples) {
			if (done)
				break;
			err = poll(evsel_list->pollfd, evsel_list->nr_fds, -1);
			waking++;
		}

		if (done)
			perf_evlist__disable(evsel_list);
	}

	if (quiet || signr == SIGUSR1)
		return 0;

	fprintf(stderr, "[ perf record: Woken up %ld times to write data ]\n", waking);

	/*
	 * Approximate RIP event size: 24 bytes.
	 */
	fprintf(stderr,
		"[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%" PRIu64 " samples) ]\n",
		(double)rec->bytes_written / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
		output_name,
		rec->bytes_written / 24);

	return 0;

out_delete_session:
	perf_session__delete(session);
	return err;
}

#define BRANCH_OPT(n, m) \
	{ .name = n, .mode = (m) }

#define BRANCH_END { .name = NULL }

struct branch_mode {
	const char *name;
	int mode;
};

static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
	BRANCH_OPT("u", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER),
	BRANCH_OPT("k", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL),
	BRANCH_OPT("hv", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV),
	BRANCH_OPT("any", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY),
	BRANCH_OPT("any_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL),
	BRANCH_OPT("any_ret", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN),
	BRANCH_OPT("ind_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL),
	BRANCH_END
};

static int
parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
{
#define ONLY_PLM \
	(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER	|\
	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL	|\
	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV)

	uint64_t *mode = (uint64_t *)opt->value;
	const struct branch_mode *br;
	char *s, *os = NULL, *p;
	int ret = -1;

	if (unset)
		return 0;

	/*
	 * cannot set it twice, -b + --branch-filter for instance
	 */
	if (*mode)
		return -1;

	/* str may be NULL in case no arg is passed to -b */
	if (str) {
		/* because str is read-only */
		s = os = strdup(str);
		if (!s)
			return -1;

		for (;;) {
			p = strchr(s, ',');
			if (p)
				*p = '\0';

			for (br = branch_modes; br->name; br++) {
				if (!strcasecmp(s, br->name))
					break;
			}
			if (!br->name) {
				ui__warning("unknown branch filter %s,"
					    " check man page\n", s);
				goto error;
			}

			*mode |= br->mode;

			if (!p)
				break;

			s = p + 1;
		}
	}
	ret = 0;

	/* default to any branch */
	if ((*mode & ~ONLY_PLM) == 0) {
		*mode = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY;
	}
error:
	free(os);
	return ret;
}

#ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
static int get_stack_size(char *str, unsigned long *_size)
{
	char *endptr;
	unsigned long size;
	unsigned long max_size = round_down(USHRT_MAX, sizeof(u64));

	size = strtoul(str, &endptr, 0);

	do {
		if (*endptr)
			break;

		size = round_up(size, sizeof(u64));
		if (!size || size > max_size)
			break;

		*_size = size;
		return 0;

	} while (0);

	pr_err("callchain: Incorrect stack dump size (max %ld): %s\n",
	       max_size, str);
	return -1;
}
#endif /* !NO_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */

static int
parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt __used, const char *arg,
		    int unset)
{
	struct perf_record *rec = (struct perf_record *)opt->value;
	char *tok, *name, *saveptr = NULL;
	char *buf;
	int ret = -1;

	/* --no-call-graph */
	if (unset)
		return 0;

	/* We specified default option if none is provided. */
	BUG_ON(!arg);

	/* We need buffer that we know we can write to. */
	buf = malloc(strlen(arg) + 1);
	if (!buf)
		return -ENOMEM;

	strcpy(buf, arg);

	tok = strtok_r((char *)buf, ",", &saveptr);
	name = tok ? : (char *)buf;

	do {
		/* Framepointer style */
		if (!strncmp(name, "fp", sizeof("fp"))) {
			if (!strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr)) {
				rec->opts.call_graph = CALLCHAIN_FP;
				ret = 0;
			} else
				pr_err("callchain: No more arguments "
				       "needed for -g fp\n");
			break;

#ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
		/* Dwarf style */
		} else if (!strncmp(name, "dwarf", sizeof("dwarf"))) {
			ret = 0;
			rec->opts.call_graph = CALLCHAIN_DWARF;
			rec->opts.stack_dump_size = default_stack_dump_size;

			tok = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr);
			if (tok) {
				unsigned long size = 0;

				ret = get_stack_size(tok, &size);
				rec->opts.stack_dump_size = size;
			}

			if (!ret)
				pr_debug("callchain: stack dump size %d\n",
					 rec->opts.stack_dump_size);
#endif /* !NO_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */
		} else {
			pr_err("callchain: Unknown -g option "
			       "value: %s\n", arg);
			break;
		}

	} while (0);

	free(buf);

	if (!ret)
		pr_debug("callchain: type %d\n", rec->opts.call_graph);

	return ret;
}

static const char * const record_usage[] = {
	"perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
	"perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
	NULL
};

/*
 * XXX Ideally would be local to cmd_record() and passed to a perf_record__new
 * because we need to have access to it in perf_record__exit, that is called
 * after cmd_record() exits, but since record_options need to be accessible to
 * builtin-script, leave it here.
 *
 * At least we don't ouch it in all the other functions here directly.
 *
 * Just say no to tons of global variables, sigh.
 */
static struct perf_record record = {
	.opts = {
		.mmap_pages	     = UINT_MAX,
		.user_freq	     = UINT_MAX,
		.user_interval	     = ULLONG_MAX,
		.freq		     = 4000,
		.target		     = {
			.uses_mmap   = true,
		},
	},
	.write_mode = WRITE_FORCE,
	.file_new   = true,
};

/*
 * XXX Will stay a global variable till we fix builtin-script.c to stop messing
 * with it and switch to use the library functions in perf_evlist that came
 * from builtin-record.c, i.e. use perf_record_opts,
 * perf_evlist__prepare_workload, etc instead of fork+exec'in 'perf record',
 * using pipes, etc.
 */
const struct option record_options[] = {
	OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", &record.evlist, "event",
		     "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
		     parse_events_option),
	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", &record.evlist, "filter",
		     "event filter", parse_filter),
	OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &record.opts.target.pid, "pid",
		    "record events on existing process id"),
	OPT_STRING('t', "tid", &record.opts.target.tid, "tid",
		    "record events on existing thread id"),
	OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &record.realtime_prio,
		    "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "no-delay", &record.opts.no_delay,
		    "collect data without buffering"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &record.opts.raw_samples,
		    "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &record.opts.target.system_wide,
			    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &record.append_file,
			    "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &record.opts.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
		    "list of cpus to monitor"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &record.force,
			"overwrite existing data file (deprecated)"),
	OPT_U64('c', "count", &record.opts.user_interval, "event period to sample"),
	OPT_STRING('o', "output", &record.output_name, "file",
		    "output file name"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "no-inherit", &record.opts.no_inherit,
		    "child tasks do not inherit counters"),
	OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &record.opts.user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
	OPT_UINTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &record.opts.mmap_pages,
		     "number of mmap data pages"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record.opts.group,
		    "put the counters into a counter group"),
	OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT('g', "call-graph", &record, "mode[,dump_size]",
			     callchain_help, &parse_callchain_opt,
			     "fp"),
	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
		    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "don't print any message"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &record.opts.inherit_stat,
		    "per thread counts"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "data", &record.opts.sample_address,
		    "Sample addresses"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "timestamp", &record.opts.sample_time, "Sample timestamps"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "period", &record.opts.period, "Sample period"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-samples", &record.opts.no_samples,
		    "don't sample"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('N', "no-buildid-cache", &record.no_buildid_cache,
		    "do not update the buildid cache"),
	OPT_BOOLEAN('B', "no-buildid", &record.no_buildid,
		    "do not collect buildids in perf.data"),
	OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &record.evlist, "name",
		     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
		     parse_cgroups),
	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
		   "user to profile"),

	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('b', "branch-any", &record.opts.branch_stack,
		     "branch any", "sample any taken branches",
		     parse_branch_stack),

	OPT_CALLBACK('j', "branch-filter", &record.opts.branch_stack,
		     "branch filter mask", "branch stack filter modes",
		     parse_branch_stack),
	OPT_END()
};

int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
{
	int err = -ENOMEM;
	struct perf_evsel *pos;
	struct perf_evlist *evsel_list;
	struct perf_record *rec = &record;
	char errbuf[BUFSIZ];

	evsel_list = perf_evlist__new(NULL, NULL);
	if (evsel_list == NULL)
		return -ENOMEM;

	rec->evlist = evsel_list;

	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
			    PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
	if (!argc && perf_target__none(&rec->opts.target))
		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);

	if (rec->force && rec->append_file) {
		ui__error("Can't overwrite and append at the same time."
			  " You need to choose between -f and -A");
		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
	} else if (rec->append_file) {
		rec->write_mode = WRITE_APPEND;
	} else {
		rec->write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
	}

	if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
		ui__error("cgroup monitoring only available in"
			  " system-wide mode\n");
		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
	}

	symbol__init();

	if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict)
		pr_warning(
"WARNING: Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted,\n"
"check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
"Samples in kernel functions may not be resolved if a suitable vmlinux\n"
"file is not found in the buildid cache or in the vmlinux path.\n\n"
"Samples in kernel modules won't be resolved at all.\n\n"
"If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) symbols may be misresolved\n"
"even with a suitable vmlinux or kallsyms file.\n\n");

	if (rec->no_buildid_cache || rec->no_buildid)
		disable_buildid_cache();

	if (evsel_list->nr_entries == 0 &&
	    perf_evlist__add_default(evsel_list) < 0) {
		pr_err("Not enough memory for event selector list\n");
		goto out_symbol_exit;
	}

	err = perf_target__validate(&rec->opts.target);
	if (err) {
		perf_target__strerror(&rec->opts.target, err, errbuf, BUFSIZ);
		ui__warning("%s", errbuf);
	}

	err = perf_target__parse_uid(&rec->opts.target);
	if (err) {
		int saved_errno = errno;

		perf_target__strerror(&rec->opts.target, err, errbuf, BUFSIZ);
		ui__error("%s", errbuf);

		err = -saved_errno;
		goto out_free_fd;
	}

	err = -ENOMEM;
	if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);

	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
		if (perf_header__push_event(pos->attr.config, perf_evsel__name(pos)))
			goto out_free_fd;
	}

	if (rec->opts.user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)
		rec->opts.default_interval = rec->opts.user_interval;
	if (rec->opts.user_freq != UINT_MAX)
		rec->opts.freq = rec->opts.user_freq;

	/*
	 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
	 */
	if (rec->opts.default_interval)
		rec->opts.freq = 0;
	else if (rec->opts.freq) {
		rec->opts.default_interval = rec->opts.freq;
	} else {
		ui__error("frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
		err = -EINVAL;
		goto out_free_fd;
	}

	err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
out_free_fd:
	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evsel_list);
out_symbol_exit:
	symbol__exit();
	return err;
}