3 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index ec3b73adbd9d..cea5b8d3c633 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #define ALIGN(x, a)             __ALIGN_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a)-1)
 #define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask)   (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
 
-static int                      default_interval = 100000;
-static int                      event_count[MAX_COUNTERS];
+static long                     default_interval = 100000;
+static long                     event_count[MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 static int                      fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
 static int                      nr_cpus                         = 0;
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                             "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force,
                         "overwrite existing data file"),
-        OPT_INTEGER('c', "count", &default_interval,
+        OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval,
                     "event period to sample"),
         OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file",
                     "output file name"),
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c
index 28b34c1c29cf..b80abd9a99bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c
@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@ static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
                         return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
                 return 0;
 
+        case OPTION_LONG:
+                if (unset) {
+                        *(long *)opt->value = 0;
+                        return 0;
+                }
+                if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+                        *(long *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+                        return 0;
+                }
+                if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+                        return -1;
+                *(long *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+                if (*s)
+                        return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+                return 0;
+
         default:
                 die("should not happen, someone must be hit on the forehead");
         }
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.h b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.h
index a81c7faff68e..a1039a6ce0eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.h
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ enum parse_opt_type {
         /* options with arguments (usually) */
         OPTION_STRING,
         OPTION_INTEGER,
+        OPTION_LONG,
         OPTION_CALLBACK,
 };
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ struct option {
 #define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { OPTION_SET_INT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (i) }
 #define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { OPTION_SET_PTR, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (p) }
 #define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_LONG(s, l, v, h)        { OPTION_LONG, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
 #define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)   { OPTION_STRING,  (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
 #define OPT_DATE(s, l, v, h) \
         { OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), "time",(h), 0, \