kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt, branch v4.0.8

perf Documentation: Fix typos in perf/Documentation

2014-10-15T20:39:02+00:00

This patch fix spelling typos found in tool/perf/Documentation. Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Randy Dunlap Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1410275930-17207-1-git-send-email-standby24x7@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Allow hpp fields to be sort keys

2014-05-21T09:45:34+00:00

Add overhead{,_sys,_us,_guest_sys,_guest_us}, sample and period sort keys so that they can be selected with --sort/-s option. $ perf report -s period,comm --stdio ... # Overhead Period Command # ........ ............ ............... # 47.06% 152 swapper 13.93% 45 qemu-system-arm 12.38% 40 synergys 3.72% 12 firefox 2.48% 8 xchat Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1400480762-22852-9-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf diff: Add --percentage option

2014-04-16T15:16:03+00:00

The --percentage option is for controlling overhead percentage displayed. It can only receive either of "relative" or "absolute" and affects -c delta output only. For more information, please see previous commit same thing done to "perf report". Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1397145720-8063-5-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf diff: Add generic order option for compute sorting

2013-07-12T16:54:16+00:00

Adding option 'o' to allow sorting based on the input file number. By default (without -o option) the output is sorted on baseline. Also removing '+' sorting support from -c option, because it's not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-l7dvhgt0azm7yiqg3fbn4dxw@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf diff: Update perf diff documentation for multiple data comparison

2013-07-12T16:54:13+00:00

Updating perf diff documentation to include multiple perf data files comparison. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tr6su3wfm20k2m5npjggyvtw@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf diff: Remove displacement output option

2012-12-09T11:46:07+00:00

It seems not very useful, because it's possible and event more convenient to lookup related symbol by name. Also the output value for both 'baseline' and 'new' data is quite apparent from diff output. And above all it complicates hist code factoring ;) Ditching out PERF_HPP__DISPL column with related output functions. Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121206132228.GB1080@krava.brq.redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf diff: Add -F option to display formula for computation

2012-10-05T17:13:36+00:00

Adding -F option to display the formula for specified computation. This is mainly to facilitate debugging, but can be useful anyway. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1349448287-18919-7-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf diff: Add -p option to display period values for hist entries

2012-10-05T17:11:47+00:00

Adding -p option to show period values for both compared hist entries. Showing hist column PERF_HPP__PERIOD and newly added hist column PERF_HPP__PERIOD_BASELINE. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1349448287-18919-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf diff: Add weighted diff computation way to compare hist entries

2012-10-05T17:10:42+00:00

Adding 'wdiff' as new computation way to compare hist entries. If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as: d = B->period * WEIGHT-A - A->period * WEIGHT-B - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively. - period being the hist entry period value - WEIGHT-A/WEIGHT-B being user suplied weights in the the '-c' option behind ':' separator like '-c wdiff:1,2'. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1349448287-18919-5-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf diff: Add option to sort entries based on diff computation

2012-10-05T17:08:54+00:00

Adding support to sort hist entries based on the outcome of selected computation. It's now possible to specify '+' as a first character of '-c' option value to make such sort. Example: $ perf diff -c ratio -b # Event 'cache-misses' # # Baseline Ratio Shared Object Symbol # ........ .............. ................. ................................ # 19.64% 0.69 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] clear_page 0.30% 0.17 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] mm_alloc 0.04% 0.20 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kmem_cache_alloc $ perf diff -c +ratio -b # Event 'cache-misses' # # Baseline Ratio Shared Object Symbol # ........ .............. ................. ................................ # 19.64% 0.69 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] clear_page 0.04% 0.20 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kmem_cache_alloc 0.30% 0.17 [kernel.kallsyms] [k] mm_alloc Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1349448287-18919-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo