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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 95d5c0a..c0a4230 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static u64 count_filter = 5;
static int print_entries = 15;
static int target_pid = -1;
+static int inherit = 0;
static int profile_cpu = -1;
static int nr_cpus = 0;
static unsigned int realtime_prio = 0;
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ int group_fd;
static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
{
struct perf_counter_attr *attr;
- unsigned int cpu;
+ int cpu;
cpu = profile_cpu;
if (target_pid == -1 && profile_cpu == -1)
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
attr->sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
attr->freq = freq;
+ attr->inherit = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
try_again:
fd[i][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, target_pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
@@ -685,6 +687,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
"only display functions with more events than this"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "group", &group,
"put the counters into a counter group"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
+ "child tasks inherit counters"),
OPT_STRING('s', "sym-filter", &sym_filter, "pattern",
"only display symbols matchig this pattern"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "zero", &zero,