1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 12e0e41696d9..a4aaadcb4c8b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -807,6 +807,9 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
                     "do not update the buildid cache"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('B', "no-buildid", &no_buildid,
                     "do not collect buildids in perf.data"),
+        OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &evsel_list, "name",
+                     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
+                     parse_cgroups),
         OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -835,6 +838,12 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
         }
 
+        if (nr_cgroups && !system_wide) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "cgroup monitoring only available in"
+                        " system-wide mode\n");
+                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+        }
+
         symbol__init();
 
         if (no_buildid_cache || no_buildid)