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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/header.c9
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-options.c3
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index dc2b62565aa..4db6e1ba54e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -844,8 +844,6 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
struct perf_record *rec = &record;
char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
- perf_header__set_cmdline(argc, argv);
-
evsel_list = perf_evlist__new(NULL, NULL);
if (evsel_list == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 3a6d2044333..74ea3c2f813 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ perf_header__set_cmdline(int argc, const char **argv)
{
int i;
+ /*
+ * If header_argv has already been set, do not override it.
+ * This allows a command to set the cmdline, parse args and
+ * then call another builtin function that implements a
+ * command -- e.g, cmd_kvm calling cmd_record.
+ */
+ if (header_argv)
+ return 0;
+
header_argc = (u32)argc;
/* do not include NULL termination */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 99d02aa57db..594f8fad5ec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
#include "util.h"
#include "parse-options.h"
#include "cache.h"
+#include "header.h"
#define OPT_SHORT 1
#define OPT_UNSET 2
@@ -413,6 +414,8 @@ int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
{
struct parse_opt_ctx_t ctx;
+ perf_header__set_cmdline(argc, argv);
+
parse_options_start(&ctx, argc, argv, flags);
switch (parse_options_step(&ctx, options, usagestr)) {
case PARSE_OPT_HELP: