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-rw-r--r--Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index 431077a6fb77..4a068664a32a 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
- if (target_pid == -1) {
+ if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
pid = fork();
if (pid < 0)
perror("failed to fork");
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
create_events_help(events_help_msg);
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage, 0);
- if (!argc)
+ if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && !system_wide)
usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
if (!nr_counters) {