perf tools: Add --tui and --stdio to choose the UI

Relying just on ~/.perfconfig or rebuilding the tool disabling support
for the TUI is too cumbersome, so allow specifying which UI to use and
make the command line switch override whatever is in ~/.perfconfig.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

4 files changed, 34 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index 5164a655c39f..b2c63309a651 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-annotate - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated co
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf annotate' [-i <file> | --input=file] symbol_name
+'perf annotate' [-i <file> | --input=file] [symbol_name]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ OPTIONS
 --input=::
         Input file name. (default: perf.data)
 
+--stdio:: Use the stdio interface.
+
+--tui:: Use the TUI interface Use of --tui requires a tty, if one is not
+        present, as when piping to other commands, the stdio interface is
+        used. This interfaces starts by centering on the line with more
+        samples, TAB/UNTAB cycles thru the lines with more samples.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-linkperf:perf-record[1]
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index abfabe9147a4..12052c9ed0ba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ OPTIONS
                  the tree is considered as a new profiled object. +
         Default: fractal,0.5.
 
+--stdio:: Use the stdio interface.
+
+--tui:: Use the TUI interface, that is integrated with annotate and allows
+        zooming into DSOs or threads, among other features. Use of --tui
+        requires a tty, if one is not present, as when piping to other
+        commands, the stdio interface is used.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 20ee21d52972..6d5604d8df95 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 static char             const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
-static bool             force;
+static bool             force, use_tui, use_stdio;
 
 static bool             full_paths;
 
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                     "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
                     "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "tui", &use_tui, "Use the TUI interface"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdio", &use_stdio, "Use the stdio interface"),
         OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &symbol_conf.vmlinux_name,
                    "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modules", &symbol_conf.use_modules,
@@ -442,6 +444,11 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, annotate_usage, 0);
 
+        if (use_stdio)
+                use_browser = 0;
+        else if (use_tui)
+                use_browser = 1;
+
         setup_browser();
 
         symbol_conf.priv_size = sizeof(struct sym_priv);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 55fc1f46892a..7d35a719c950 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 static char             const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
-static bool             force;
+static bool             force, use_tui, use_stdio;
 static bool             hide_unresolved;
 static bool             dont_use_callchains;
 
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                     "Show per-thread event counters"),
         OPT_STRING(0, "pretty", &pretty_printing_style, "key",
                    "pretty printing style key: normal raw"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "tui", &use_tui, "Use the TUI interface"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdio", &use_stdio, "Use the stdio interface"),
         OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
                    "sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "showcpuutilization", &symbol_conf.show_cpu_utilization,
@@ -482,8 +484,15 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, report_usage, 0);
 
+        if (use_stdio)
+                use_browser = 0;
+        else if (use_tui)
+                use_browser = 1;
+
         if (strcmp(input_name, "-") != 0)
                 setup_browser();
+        else
+                use_browser = 0;
         /*
          * Only in the newt browser we are doing integrated annotation,
          * so don't allocate extra space that won't be used in the stdio