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authorDavid Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>2013-09-04 22:37:43 +0400
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2013-10-09 18:10:49 +0400
commit4bb09192d38ef08f0619667527cabb26354fff89 (patch)
tree5f2048a7b56619080f353c12af7ef80508f5375c /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
parentc045bf02e47664af67f8970a6a67065ff51acf62 (diff)
downloadlinux-4bb09192d38ef08f0619667527cabb26354fff89.tar.xz
perf trace: Add option to show full timestamp
Current timestamp shown for output is time relative to firt sample. This patch adds an option to show the absolute perf_clock timestamp which is useful when comparing output across commands (e.g., perf-trace to perf-script). Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378319865-55695-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
--input
Process events from a given perf data file.
+-T
+--time
+ Print full timestamp rather time relative to first sample.
+
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script[1]