Re: [RFC] perf record: Remove -A option

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Mon Jun 03 2013 - 14:27:38 EST


I have never used this option nor do I know people who do.

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:26 PM, David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/3/13 12:06 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>> the -A option (append data to the output file) for record
>> command is broken, probably for some time now.
>>
>> Anyone interested in this functionality? As we discussed
>> this with Arnaldo he and I would vote for removal.
>>
>> thoughts?
>
>
> Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I ran a bisect on this problem a year ago:
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1206.3/00990.html
>
> "Append has been broken for a long time (v2.6.36 last working version)."
>
> David
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