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authorMark Drayton <mbd@fb.com>2015-08-26 22:18:15 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-08-28 17:47:40 +0300
commit77e0070da41f76e1ebd15291fb0254b0c174adfa (patch)
treedaf7fa3a6022da4cda64888fa90bddacdb4a1611 /tools/perf/Documentation
parentd1ee8bc195ffedbf91af0245a2406d6ebd2578f8 (diff)
downloadlinux-77e0070da41f76e1ebd15291fb0254b0c174adfa.tar.xz
perf script: Add --[no-]-demangle/--[no-]-demangle-kernel
Sometimes when post-processing output from `perf script` one does not want to demangle C++ symbol names. Add an option to allow this. Also add --[no-]demangle-kernel to be consistent with top/report/probe. Signed-off-by: Mark Drayton <mbd@fb.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440616695-32340-1-git-send-email-scientist@fb.com Signed-off-by: Yannick Brosseau <scientist@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index c0d24791a7f3..614b2c7b0293 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ OPTIONS
Display context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or
PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE.
+--demangle::
+ Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default,
+ disable with --no-demangle.
+
+--demangle-kernel::
+ Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form (for C++ kernels).
+
--header
Show perf.data header.