perf record: Explicity program a default counter

Up until now record has worked on the assumption that type=0, config=0 was a suitable configuration - which it is. Lets make this a little more explicit and more readable via the use of proper symbols. [ Impact: cleanup ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
vbatts · Jun 12, 2009 · bbd36e5 · bbd36e5
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Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -568,8 +568,11 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && !system_wide)
 		usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
 
-	if (!nr_counters)
-		nr_counters = 1;
+	if (!nr_counters) {
+		nr_counters	= 1;
+		attrs[0].type	= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
+		attrs[0].config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
+	}
 
 	for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
 		if (attrs[counter].sample_period)