5 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 3ee27dccfde..a91f9f9e6e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --call-graph::
 	Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
 
+-q::
+--quiet::
+	Don't print any message, useful for scripting.
+
 -v::
 --verbose::
 	Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index b530beefd9a..4e75583ddd6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -761,6 +761,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (quiet)
+		return 0;
+
 	fprintf(stderr, "[ perf record: Woken up %ld times to write data ]\n", waking);
 
 	/*
@@ -820,6 +823,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "don't print any message"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &inherit_stat,
 		    "per thread counts"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "data", &sample_address,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index deda1a93131..2f8df45c4dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -625,12 +625,13 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 			dup2(live_pipe[1], 1);
 			close(live_pipe[0]);
 
-			__argv = malloc(5 * sizeof(const char *));
+			__argv = malloc(6 * sizeof(const char *));
 			__argv[0] = "/bin/sh";
 			__argv[1] = record_script_path;
-			__argv[2] = "-o";
-			__argv[3] = "-";
-			__argv[4] = NULL;
+			__argv[2] = "-q";
+			__argv[3] = "-o";
+			__argv[4] = "-";
+			__argv[5] = NULL;
 
 			execvp("/bin/sh", (char **)__argv);
 			exit(-1);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index f9c7e3ad1aa..c8d81b00089 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-int verbose = 0;
-bool dump_trace = false;
+int verbose;
+bool dump_trace = false, quiet = false;
 
 int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index 7a17ee061bc..7b514082bba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "event.h"
 
 extern int verbose;
-extern bool dump_trace;
+extern bool quiet, dump_trace;
 
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void trace_event(event_t *event);