1 files changed, 9 insertions, 73 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index fff985cf3852..2990570b5c6d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ static void __handle_on_exit_funcs(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-enum write_mode_t {
-        WRITE_FORCE,
-        WRITE_APPEND
-};
-
 struct perf_record {
         struct perf_tool        tool;
         struct perf_record_opts opts;
@@ -77,12 +72,9 @@ struct perf_record {
         int                     output;
         unsigned int            page_size;
         int                     realtime_prio;
-        enum write_mode_t       write_mode;
         bool                    no_buildid;
         bool                    no_buildid_cache;
         bool                    force;
-        bool                    file_new;
-        bool                    append_file;
         long                    samples;
         off_t                   post_processing_offset;
 };
@@ -200,25 +192,6 @@ static void perf_record__sig_exit(int exit_status __maybe_unused, void *arg)
         signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
 }
 
-static bool perf_evlist__equal(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-                               struct perf_evlist *other)
-{
-        struct perf_evsel *pos, *pair;
-
-        if (evlist->nr_entries != other->nr_entries)
-                return false;
-
-        pair = perf_evlist__first(other);
-
-        list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
-                if (memcmp(&pos->attr, &pair->attr, sizeof(pos->attr) != 0))
-                        return false;
-                pair = perf_evsel__next(pair);
-        }
-
-        return true;
-}
-
 static int perf_record__open(struct perf_record *rec)
 {
         char msg[512];
@@ -273,16 +246,7 @@ try_again:
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        if (rec->file_new)
-                session->evlist = evlist;
-        else {
-                if (!perf_evlist__equal(session->evlist, evlist)) {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "incompatible append\n");
-                        rc = -1;
-                        goto out;
-                }
-        }
-
+        session->evlist = evlist;
         perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session);
 out:
         return rc;
@@ -415,23 +379,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
                 if (!strcmp(output_name, "-"))
                         opts->pipe_output = true;
                 else if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
-                        if (rec->write_mode == WRITE_FORCE) {
-                                char oldname[PATH_MAX];
-                                snprintf(oldname, sizeof(oldname), "%s.old",
-                                         output_name);
-                                unlink(oldname);
-                                rename(output_name, oldname);
-                        }
-                } else if (rec->write_mode == WRITE_APPEND) {
-                        rec->write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
+                        char oldname[PATH_MAX];
+                        snprintf(oldname, sizeof(oldname), "%s.old",
+                                 output_name);
+                        unlink(oldname);
+                        rename(output_name, oldname);
                 }
         }
 
-        flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
-        if (rec->write_mode == WRITE_APPEND)
-                rec->file_new = 0;
-        else
-                flags |= O_TRUNC;
+        flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC;
 
         if (opts->pipe_output)
                 output = STDOUT_FILENO;
@@ -445,7 +401,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
         rec->output = output;
 
         session = perf_session__new(output_name, O_WRONLY,
-                                    rec->write_mode == WRITE_FORCE, false, NULL);
+                                    true, false, NULL);
         if (session == NULL) {
                 pr_err("Not enough memory for reading perf file header\n");
                 return -1;
@@ -465,12 +421,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
         if (!rec->opts.branch_stack)
                 perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BRANCH_STACK);
 
-        if (!rec->file_new) {
-                err = perf_session__read_header(session, output);
-                if (err < 0)
-                        goto out_delete_session;
-        }
-
         if (forks) {
                 err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evsel_list, &opts->target,
                                                     argv, opts->pipe_output,
@@ -498,7 +448,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
                 err = perf_header__write_pipe(output);
                 if (err < 0)
                         goto out_delete_session;
-        } else if (rec->file_new) {
+        } else {
                 err = perf_session__write_header(session, evsel_list,
                                                  output, false);
                 if (err < 0)
@@ -869,8 +819,6 @@ static struct perf_record record = {
                         .uses_mmap   = true,
                 },
         },
-        .write_mode = WRITE_FORCE,
-        .file_new   = true,
 };
 
 #define CALLCHAIN_HELP "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording: "
@@ -906,8 +854,6 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
                     "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &record.opts.target.system_wide,
                             "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
-        OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &record.append_file,
-                            "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
         OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &record.opts.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
                     "list of cpus to monitor"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &record.force,
@@ -977,16 +923,6 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         if (!argc && perf_target__none(&rec->opts.target))
                 usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
-        if (rec->force && rec->append_file) {
-                ui__error("Can't overwrite and append at the same time."
-                          " You need to choose between -f and -A");
-                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
-        } else if (rec->append_file) {
-                rec->write_mode = WRITE_APPEND;
-        } else {
-                rec->write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
-        }
-
         if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
                 ui__error("cgroup monitoring only available in"
                           " system-wide mode\n");