perf tools: Configurable per thread proc map processing time out
The time out to limit the individual proc map processing was hard code
to 500ms. This patch introduce a new option --proc-map-timeout to make
the time limit configurable.
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ying Huang <ying.huang@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1434549071-25611-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index 1db9c8b..7ea0786 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@
--event::
Trace other events, see 'perf list' for a complete list.
+--proc-map-timeout::
+ When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take a long time,
+ because the file may be huge. A time out is needed in such cases.
+ This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms.
+
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