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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index ab333812ace..9f98b86e747 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -497,13 +497,22 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
pid = fork();
if (pid < 0)
- perror("failed to fork");
+ die("failed to fork");
if (!pid) {
if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
perror(argv[0]);
exit(-1);
}
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Wait a bit for the execv'ed child to appear
+ * and be updated in /proc
+ * FIXME: Do you know a less heuristical solution?
+ */
+ usleep(1000);
+ event__synthesize_thread(pid,
+ process_synthesized_event);
}
child_pid = pid;