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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS -a:: --all-cpus:: - System-wide collection from all CPUs. + System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified). -p:: --pid=:: diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 6cd6776052e7..b87bbef73394 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage, PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION); + + /* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */ if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target)) - usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options); + rec->opts.target.system_wide = true; if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) { usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options, |