perf report: Accept fifos as input file

The default input file for perf report is not handled the same way as
perf record does it for its output file. This leads to unexpected
behavior of perf report, etc. E.g.:

 # perf record -a -e cpu-cycles sleep 2 | perf report | cat
 failed to open perf.data: No such file or directory  (try 'perf record' first)

While perf record writes to a fifo, perf report expects perf.data to be
read. This patch changes this to accept fifos as input file.

Applies to the following commands:

 perf annotate
 perf buildid-list
 perf evlist
 perf kmem
 perf lock
 perf report
 perf sched
 perf script
 perf timechart

Also fixes char const* -> const char* type declaration for filename
strings.

v2:
* Prevent potential null pointer access to input_name in
  builtin-report.c. Needed due to removal of patch "perf report: Setup
  browser if stdout is a pipe"

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323248577-11268-5-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

9 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index 476029d30621..c89f9e1453f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 -d::
 --dsos=<dso[,dso...]>::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-list.txt
index cc22325ffd1b..25c52efcc7f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-list.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ OPTIONS
         Show only DSOs with hits.
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 -f::
 --force::
 	Don't do ownership validation.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
index 0cada9e053dc..0507ec7bad71 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
index a52fcde894c7..7c8fbbf3f61c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i <file>::
 --input=<file>::
-	Select the input file (default: perf.data)
+	Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 --caller::
 	Show per-callsite statistics
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
index 4a26a2f3a6a3..d6b2a4f2108b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ COMMON OPTIONS
 
 -i::
 --input=<file>::
-        Input file name.
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 35af0dc8ccb4..9b430e98712e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
index 5b212b57f70b..8ff4df956951 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
 --input=<file>::
-        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 7f61eaaf9ab8..2f6cef43da25 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Input file name.
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
 -d::
 --debug-mode::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
index d7b79e2ba2ad..1632b0efc757 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OPTIONS
         Select the output file (default: output.svg)
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Select the input file (default: perf.data)
+        Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 -w::
 --width=::
         Select the width of the SVG file (default: 1000)