Summary: Sometimes when post-processing output from `perf script` one
does not want to demangle C++ symbol names. Add an option to allow this.
Also add --[no-]demangle-kernel to be consistent with top/report/probe.
Signed-off-by: Mark Drayton <[email protected]>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 7 +++++++
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 2149480..4b8a42e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ OPTIONS
--show-mmap-events
Display mmap related events (e.g. MMAP, MMAP2).
+--demangle::
+ Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default,
+ disable with --no-demangle.
+
+--demangle-kernel::
+ Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form (for C++ kernels).
+
--header
Show perf.data header.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index ce304df..95d3cd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1570,6 +1570,10 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
"Show the fork/comm/exit events"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-mmap-events", &script.show_mmap_events,
"Show the mmap events"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "demangle", &symbol_conf.demangle,
+ "Enable symbol demangling"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "demangle-kernel", &symbol_conf.demangle_kernel,
+ "Enable kernel symbol demangling"),
OPT_END()
};
const char * const script_usage[] = {
--
1.8.1