1 files changed, 71 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 65301c5ca1d..9b7c6d887d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static void atexit_header(void)
         perf_header__write(&session->header, output, true);
 }
 
-static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
+static int __cmd_record(int argc __used, const char **argv)
 {
         int i, counter;
         struct stat st;
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         int flags;
         int err;
         unsigned long waking = 0;
+        int child_ready_pipe[2], go_pipe[2];
+        char buf;
 
         page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
         nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
@@ -420,6 +422,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
         signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
+        if (pipe(child_ready_pipe) < 0 || pipe(go_pipe) < 0) {
+                perror("failed to create pipes");
+                exit(-1);
+        }
+
         if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
                 if (!force) {
                         if (!append_file) {
@@ -476,19 +483,65 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
         atexit(atexit_header);
 
-        if (!system_wide) {
-                pid = target_pid;
-                if (pid == -1)
-                        pid = getpid();
+        if (target_pid == -1) {
+                pid = fork();
+                if (pid < 0) {
+                        perror("failed to fork");
+                        exit(-1);
+                }
 
-                open_counters(profile_cpu, pid);
-        } else {
-                if (profile_cpu != -1) {
-                        open_counters(profile_cpu, target_pid);
-                } else {
-                        for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
-                                open_counters(i, target_pid);
+                if (!pid) {
+                        close(child_ready_pipe[0]);
+                        close(go_pipe[1]);
+                        fcntl(go_pipe[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+
+                        /*
+                         * Do a dummy execvp to get the PLT entry resolved,
+                         * so we avoid the resolver overhead on the real
+                         * execvp call.
+                         */
+                        execvp("", (char **)argv);
+
+                        /*
+                         * Tell the parent we're ready to go
+                         */
+                        close(child_ready_pipe[1]);
+
+                        /*
+                         * Wait until the parent tells us to go.
+                         */
+                        if (read(go_pipe[0], &buf, 1) == -1)
+                                perror("unable to read pipe");
+
+                        execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv);
+
+                        perror(argv[0]);
+                        exit(-1);
                 }
+
+                child_pid = pid;
+
+                if (!system_wide)
+                        target_pid = pid;
+
+                close(child_ready_pipe[1]);
+                close(go_pipe[0]);
+                /*
+                 * wait for child to settle
+                 */
+                if (read(child_ready_pipe[0], &buf, 1) == -1) {
+                        perror("unable to read pipe");
+                        exit(-1);
+                }
+                close(child_ready_pipe[0]);
+        }
+
+
+        if (!system_wide || profile_cpu != -1) {
+                open_counters(profile_cpu, target_pid);
+        } else {
+                for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
+                        open_counters(i, target_pid);
         }
 
         if (file_new) {
@@ -503,31 +556,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         else
                 event__synthesize_threads(process_synthesized_event, session);
 
-        if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
-                pid = fork();
-                if (pid < 0)
-                        die("failed to fork");
-
-                if (!pid) {
-                        if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
-                                perror(argv[0]);
-                                exit(-1);
-                        }
-                } else {
-                        /*
-                         * Wait a bit for the execv'ed child to appear
-                         * and be updated in /proc
-                         * FIXME: Do you know a less heuristical solution?
-                         */
-                        usleep(1000);
-                        event__synthesize_thread(pid,
-                                                 process_synthesized_event,
-                                                 session);
-                }
-
-                child_pid = pid;
-        }
-
         if (realtime_prio) {
                 struct sched_param param;
 
@@ -538,6 +566,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
                 }
         }
 
+        /*
+         * Let the child rip
+         */
+        close(go_pipe[1]);
+
         for (;;) {
                 int hits = samples;
 
@@ -634,7 +667,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage,
                             PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
-        if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && !system_wide)
+        if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && (!system_wide || profile_cpu == -1))
                 usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
 
         symbol__init();