cbuildbot: a workround for adding ts_mon_task_num to old branches.

BUG=chromium:740562
TEST=None

Change-Id: I3228856d0064dbf3bdfaf122d0d61f5ae0d18469
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/565900
Commit-Queue: Xixuan Wu <xixuan@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Xixuan Wu <xixuan@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Xixuan Wu <xixuan@chromium.org>
(cherry picked from commit fcedd74f8eaa92d2e4d8e190a07ac91d7e650222)
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/573354
Reviewed-by: YH Lin <yueherngl@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: YH Lin <yueherngl@chromium.org>
Tested-by: YH Lin <yueherngl@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/575147
diff --git a/buildbot/cbuildbot.py b/buildbot/cbuildbot.py
index bdefbcf..4588026 100755
--- a/buildbot/cbuildbot.py
+++ b/buildbot/cbuildbot.py
@@ -614,7 +614,10 @@
   parser.add_option('--profile', default=None, type='string', action='store',
                     dest='profile',
                     help=('Name of profile to sub-specify board variant.'))
-
+  parser.add_option('--ts-mon-task-num', type='int', default=0,
+                                       help='The task number of this process. Defaults to 0. '
+                                            'This argument is useful for running multiple copies '
+                                            'of cbuildbot without their metrics colliding.')
 
   # Advanced options
   group = optparse.OptionGroup(