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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2017-09-05 20:00:28 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2017-09-13 15:49:14 +0300
commit84c417422798c897f637b0249f64a52807b4a61b (patch)
treee68d787314c8837fd7b0bf5b44c2c752813102a7 /tools/perf/Documentation
parentb90f1333ef08d2a497ae239798868b046f4e3a97 (diff)
downloadlinux-84c417422798c897f637b0249f64a52807b4a61b.tar.xz
perf record: Support direct --user-regs arguments
USER_REGS can currently only collected implicitely with call graph recording. Sometimes it is useful to see them separately, and filter them. Add a new --user-regs option to record that is similar to --intr-regs, but acts on user regs. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170905170029.19722-1-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ symbolic names, e.g. on x86, ax, si. To list the available registers use
--intr-regs=\?. To name registers, pass a comma separated list such as
--intr-regs=ax,bx. The list of register is architecture dependent.
+--user-regs::
+Capture user registers at sample time. Same arguments as -I.
--running-time::
Record running and enabled time for read events (:S)