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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 |
5 files changed, 48 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index 5b4fff3adc4b..32f4a898e3f2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt @@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ annotate.*:: 99.93 │ mov %eax,%eax + annotate.offset_level:: + Default is '1', meaning just jump targets will have offsets show right beside + the instruction. When set to '2' 'call' instructions will also have its offsets + shown, 3 or higher will show offsets for all instructions. + hist.*:: hist.percentage:: This option control the way to calculate overhead of filtered entries - diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt index b0211410969b..f8d2167cf3e7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt @@ -28,29 +28,46 @@ OPTIONS <command>...:: Any command you can specify in a shell. +-i:: +--input=<file>:: + Input file name. + -f:: --force:: Don't do ownership validation -t:: ---type=:: +--type=<type>:: Select the memory operation type: load or store (default: load,store) -D:: ---dump-raw-samples=:: +--dump-raw-samples:: Dump the raw decoded samples on the screen in a format that is easy to parse with one sample per line. -x:: ---field-separator:: +--field-separator=<separator>:: Specify the field separator used when dump raw samples (-D option). By default, The separator is the space character. -C:: ---cpu-list:: - Restrict dump of raw samples to those provided via this option. Note that the same - option can be passed in record mode. It will be interpreted the same way as perf - record. +--cpu=<cpu>:: + Monitor only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a + comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default + is to monitor all CPUS. +-U:: +--hide-unresolved:: + Only display entries resolved to a symbol. + +-p:: +--phys-data:: + Record/Report sample physical addresses + +RECORD OPTIONS +-------------- +-e:: +--event <event>:: + Event selector. Use 'perf mem record -e list' to list available events. -K:: --all-kernel:: @@ -60,12 +77,15 @@ OPTIONS --all-user:: Configure all used events to run in user space. ---ldload:: +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc) + +--ldlat <n>:: Specify desired latency for loads event. --p:: ---phys-data:: - Record/Report sample physical addresses +In addition, for report all perf report options are valid, and for record +all perf record options. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt index bb33601a823b..63f938b887dd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist' kallsyms pathname -g:: ---no-call-graph:: - Do not display call chains if present. +--call-graph:: + Display call chains if present (default on). --max-stack:: Maximum number of functions to display in backtrace, default 5. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index 36ec0257f8d3..afdafe2110a1 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt @@ -228,14 +228,15 @@ OPTIONS For sample events it's possible to display misc field with -F +misc option, following letters are displayed for each bit: - PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL K - PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER U - PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR H - PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL G - PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER g - PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA* M - PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC E - PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT S + PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL K + PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER U + PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR H + PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL G + PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER g + PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA* M + PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC E + PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT S + PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT_PREEMPT Sp $ perf script -F +misc ... sched-messaging 1414 K 28690.636582: 4590 cycles ... diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index f15b306be183..e6c3b4e555c2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ perf stat --repeat 10 --null --sync --pre 'make -s O=defconfig-build/clean' -- m -I msecs:: --interval-print msecs:: -Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 10ms) +Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 1ms) The overhead percentage could be high in some cases, for instance with small, sub 100ms intervals. Use with caution. example: 'perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5' |