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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2019-03-11 17:45:00 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2019-03-11 22:33:20 +0300
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perf tools report: Add custom scripts to script menu
Add a way to define custom scripts through ~/.perfconfig, which are then added to the scripts menu. The scripts get the same arguments as 'perf script', in particular -i, --cpu, --tid. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190311144502.15423-10-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -590,6 +590,14 @@ samples.*::
Define how many ns worth of time to show
around samples in perf report sample context browser.
+scripts.*::
+
+ Any option defines a script that is added to the scripts menu
+ in the interactive perf browser and whose output is displayed.
+ The name of the option is the name, the value is a script command line.
+ The script gets the same options passed as a full perf script,
+ in particular -i perfdata file, --cpu, --tid
+
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf[1]