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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h3
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
index a97f95825b14..19cc179be9a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
q quicker (less detailed) decoding
A approximate IPC
Z prefer to ignore timestamps (so-called "timeless" decoding)
+ T use the timestamp trace as kernel time
The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=iybxwpe,
except for perf script where it is --itrace=ce
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index a0368202a746..f528c4364d23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -1638,6 +1638,9 @@ int itrace_do_parse_synth_opts(struct itrace_synth_opts *synth_opts,
case 'Z':
synth_opts->timeless_decoding = true;
break;
+ case 'T':
+ synth_opts->use_timestamp = true;
+ break;
case ' ':
case ',':
break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 29eb82dff574..55702215a82d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ enum itrace_period_type {
* @remote_access: whether to synthesize remote access events
* @mem: whether to synthesize memory events
* @timeless_decoding: prefer "timeless" decoding i.e. ignore timestamps
+ * @use_timestamp: use the timestamp trace as kernel time
* @vm_time_correlation: perform VM Time Correlation
* @vm_tm_corr_dry_run: VM Time Correlation dry-run
* @vm_tm_corr_args: VM Time Correlation implementation-specific arguments
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ struct itrace_synth_opts {
bool remote_access;
bool mem;
bool timeless_decoding;
+ bool use_timestamp;
bool vm_time_correlation;
bool vm_tm_corr_dry_run;
char *vm_tm_corr_args;
@@ -678,6 +680,7 @@ bool auxtrace__evsel_is_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session,
" q: quicker (less detailed) decoding\n" \
" A: approximate IPC\n" \
" Z: prefer to ignore timestamps (so-called \"timeless\" decoding)\n" \
+" T: use the timestamp trace as kernel time\n" \
" PERIOD[ns|us|ms|i|t]: specify period to sample stream\n" \
" concatenate multiple options. Default is iybxwpe or cewp\n"