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authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>2022-06-15 19:32:21 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2022-07-12 15:56:05 +0300
commit7cb2a53f7f413734734bac214c4855e9863b9853 (patch)
treeb7ed211604d0a98cfcfb3c24089e205024cb5694 /tools/perf/Documentation
parent3ae03f2650b8d87242906f6c160732bc9d991ca1 (diff)
downloadlinux-7cb2a53f7f413734734bac214c4855e9863b9853.tar.xz
perf record: Allow to specify max stack depth of fp callchain
Currently it has no interface to specify the max stack depth for perf record. Extend the command line parameter to accept a number after 'fp' to specify the depth like '--call-graph fp,32'. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220615163222.1275500-7-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ OPTIONS
User can change the size by passing the size after comma like
"--call-graph dwarf,4096".
+ When "fp" recording is used, perf tries to save stack enties
+ up to the number specified in sysctl.kernel.perf_event_max_stack
+ by default. User can change the number by passing it after comma
+ like "--call-graph fp,32".
+
-q::
--quiet::
Don't print any message, useful for scripting.