diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 8fe4dffcadd0..58986f4cc190 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -459,6 +459,25 @@ Set affinity mask of trace reading thread according to the policy defined by 'mo
   node - thread affinity mask is set to NUMA node cpu mask of the processed mmap buffer
   cpu  - thread affinity mask is set to cpu of the processed mmap buffer
 
+--mmap-flush=number::
+
+Specify minimal number of bytes that is extracted from mmap data pages and
+processed for output. One can specify the number using B/K/M/G suffixes.
+
+The maximal allowed value is a quarter of the size of mmaped data pages.
+
+The default option value is 1 byte which means that every time that the output
+writing thread finds some new data in the mmaped buffer the data is extracted,
+possibly compressed (-z) and written to the output, perf.data or pipe.
+
+Larger data chunks are compressed more effectively in comparison to smaller
+chunks so extraction of larger chunks from the mmap data pages is preferable
+from the perspective of output size reduction.
+
+Also at some cases executing less output write syscalls with bigger data size
+can take less time than executing more output write syscalls with smaller data
+size thus lowering runtime profiling overhead.
+
 --all-kernel::
 Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4e2d953d4bc5..c5e10552776a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -337,6 +337,41 @@ static int record__aio_enabled(struct record *rec)
 	return rec->opts.nr_cblocks > 0;
 }
 
+#define MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT 1
+static int record__mmap_flush_parse(const struct option *opt,
+				    const char *str,
+				    int unset)
+{
+	int flush_max;
+	struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
+	static struct parse_tag tags[] = {
+			{ .tag  = 'B', .mult = 1       },
+			{ .tag  = 'K', .mult = 1 << 10 },
+			{ .tag  = 'M', .mult = 1 << 20 },
+			{ .tag  = 'G', .mult = 1 << 30 },
+			{ .tag  = 0 },
+	};
+
+	if (unset)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (str) {
+		opts->mmap_flush = parse_tag_value(str, tags);
+		if (opts->mmap_flush == (int)-1)
+			opts->mmap_flush = strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+	}
+
+	if (!opts->mmap_flush)
+		opts->mmap_flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT;
+
+	flush_max = perf_evlist__mmap_size(opts->mmap_pages);
+	flush_max /= 4;
+	if (opts->mmap_flush > flush_max)
+		opts->mmap_flush = flush_max;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				     union perf_event *event,
 				     struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
@@ -546,7 +581,8 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
 	if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages,
 				 opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
 				 opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode,
-				 opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity) < 0) {
+				 opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity,
+				 opts->mmap_flush) < 0) {
 		if (errno == EPERM) {
 			pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
 			       "Consider increasing "
@@ -736,7 +772,7 @@ static void record__adjust_affinity(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map)
 }
 
 static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-				    bool overwrite)
+				    bool overwrite, bool synch)
 {
 	u64 bytes_written = rec->bytes_written;
 	int i;
@@ -759,12 +795,19 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
 		off = record__aio_get_pos(trace_fd);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+		u64 flush = 0;
 		struct perf_mmap *map = &maps[i];
 
 		if (map->base) {
 			record__adjust_affinity(rec, map);
+			if (synch) {
+				flush = map->flush;
+				map->flush = 1;
+			}
 			if (!record__aio_enabled(rec)) {
 				if (perf_mmap__push(map, rec, record__pushfn) != 0) {
+					if (synch)
+						map->flush = flush;
 					rc = -1;
 					goto out;
 				}
@@ -777,10 +820,14 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
 				idx = record__aio_sync(map, false);
 				if (perf_mmap__aio_push(map, rec, idx, record__aio_pushfn, &off) != 0) {
 					record__aio_set_pos(trace_fd, off);
+					if (synch)
+						map->flush = flush;
 					rc = -1;
 					goto out;
 				}
 			}
+			if (synch)
+				map->flush = flush;
 		}
 
 		if (map->auxtrace_mmap.base && !rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode &&
@@ -806,15 +853,15 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec)
+static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec, bool synch)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, false);
+	err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, false, synch);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	return record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, true);
+	return record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, true, synch);
 }
 
 static void record__init_features(struct record *rec)
@@ -1340,7 +1387,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		if (trigger_is_hit(&switch_output_trigger) || done || draining)
 			perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(rec->evlist, BKW_MMAP_DATA_PENDING);
 
-		if (record__mmap_read_all(rec) < 0) {
+		if (record__mmap_read_all(rec, false) < 0) {
 			trigger_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
 			trigger_error(&switch_output_trigger);
 			err = -1;
@@ -1441,6 +1488,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		record__synthesize_workload(rec, true);
 
 out_child:
+	record__mmap_read_all(rec, true);
 	record__aio_mmap_read_sync(rec);
 
 	if (forks) {
@@ -1846,6 +1894,7 @@ static struct record record = {
 			.uses_mmap   = true,
 			.default_per_cpu = true,
 		},
+		.mmap_flush          = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT,
 	},
 	.tool = {
 		.sample		= process_sample_event,
@@ -1912,6 +1961,9 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &record.opts, "pages[,pages]",
 		     "number of mmap data pages and AUX area tracing mmap pages",
 		     record__parse_mmap_pages),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "mmap-flush", &record.opts, "number",
+		     "Minimal number of bytes that is extracted from mmap data pages (default: 1)",
+		     record__mmap_flush_parse),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record.opts.group,
 		    "put the counters into a counter group"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('g', NULL, &callchain_param,
@@ -2224,6 +2276,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		pr_info("nr_cblocks: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);
 
 	pr_debug("affinity: %s\n", affinity_tags[rec->opts.affinity]);
+	pr_debug("mmap flush: %d\n", rec->opts.mmap_flush);
 
 	err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
 out:
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index c59743def8d3..369eae61068d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct record_opts {
 	u64          clockid_res_ns;
 	int	     nr_cblocks;
 	int	     affinity;
+	int	     mmap_flush;
 };
 
 enum perf_affinity {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 6689378ee577..f2bbae38278d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
  */
 int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
 			 unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
-			 bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity)
+			 bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity, int flush)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
 	 * Its value is decided by evsel's write_backward.
 	 * So &mp should not be passed through const pointer.
 	 */
-	struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks, .affinity = affinity };
+	struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks, .affinity = affinity, .flush = flush };
 
 	if (!evlist->mmap)
 		evlist->mmap = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist, false);
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
 
 int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages)
 {
-	return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 0, PERF_AFFINITY_SYS);
+	return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 0, PERF_AFFINITY_SYS, 1);
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 6a94785b9100..c9a0f72677fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ unsigned long perf_event_mlock_kb_in_pages(void);
 
 int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
 			 unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
-			 bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity);
+			 bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks,
+			 int affinity, int flush);
 int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages);
 void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index cdc7740fc181..ef3d79b2c90b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd, int c
 
 	perf_mmap__setup_affinity_mask(map, mp);
 
+	map->flush = mp->flush;
+
 	if (auxtrace_mmap__mmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap,
 				&mp->auxtrace_mp, map->base, fd))
 		return -1;
@@ -492,7 +494,7 @@ static int __perf_mmap__read_init(struct perf_mmap *md)
 	md->start = md->overwrite ? head : old;
 	md->end = md->overwrite ? old : head;
 
-	if (md->start == md->end)
+	if ((md->end - md->start) < md->flush)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	size = md->end - md->start;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
index e566c19b242b..b82f8c2d55c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct perf_mmap {
 	} aio;
 #endif
 	cpu_set_t	affinity_mask;
+	u64		flush;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ enum bkw_mmap_state {
 };
 
 struct mmap_params {
-	int			    prot, mask, nr_cblocks, affinity;
+	int			    prot, mask, nr_cblocks, affinity, flush;
 	struct auxtrace_mmap_params auxtrace_mp;
 };