perf tools: Allow to force redirect pr_debug to stderr.

When debugging the tui browser I find it useful to redirect the debug
log into a file. Currently it's always forced to the message line.

Add an option to force it to stderr. Then it can be easily redirected.

Example:

  [root@zoo ~]# perf --debug stderr report -vv 2> /tmp/debug
  [root@zoo ~]# tail /tmp/debug
  dso open failed, mmap: No such file or directory
  dso open failed, mmap: No such file or directory
  dso open failed, mmap: No such file or directory
  dso open failed, mmap: No such file or directory
  dso open failed, mmap: No such file or directory
  Using /root/.debug/.build-id/4e/841948927029fb650132253642d5dbb2c1fb93 for symbols
  Failed to open /tmp/perf-8831.map, continuing without symbols
  Failed to open /tmp/perf-12721.map, continuing without symbols
  Failed to open /tmp/perf-6966.map, continuing without symbols
  Failed to open /tmp/perf-8802.map, continuing without symbols
  [root@zoo ~]#

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1416605880-25055-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index ba357f3226c6..ad60b2f20258 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
 int verbose;
 bool dump_trace = false, quiet = false;
 int debug_ordered_events;
+static int redirect_to_stderr;
 
 static int _eprintf(int level, int var, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
         int ret = 0;
 
         if (var >= level) {
-                if (use_browser >= 1)
+                if (use_browser >= 1 && !redirect_to_stderr)
                         ui_helpline__vshow(fmt, args);
                 else
                         ret = vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ static struct debug_variable {
 } debug_variables[] = {
         { .name = "verbose",            .ptr = &verbose },
         { .name = "ordered-events",     .ptr = &debug_ordered_events},
+        { .name = "stderr",             .ptr = &redirect_to_stderr},
         { .name = NULL, }
 };