perf record: Fix --switch-output documentation and comment

There's no --signal-trigger option, also adding the code comment into record man page. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Tested-by: Wang Nan <[email protected]> Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
ambv · Jan 3, 2017 · 60437ac · 60437ac
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that
 particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.
 
 Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
+The reason for the latter two is to reduce the data file switching
+overhead. You can still switch them on with:
+
+  --switch-output --no-no-buildid  --no-no-buildid-cache
 
 --dry-run::
 Parse options then exit. --dry-run can be used to detect errors in cmdline

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		 * overhead. Still generate buildid if they are required
 		 * explicitly using
 		 *
-		 *  perf record --signal-trigger --no-no-buildid \
+		 *  perf record --switch-output --no-no-buildid \
 		 *              --no-no-buildid-cache
 		 *
 		 * Following code equals to: