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@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ The letters are:
d create a debug log
g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
l synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
+ s skip initial number of events
"Instructions" events look like they were recorded by "perf record -e
instructions".
@@ -730,6 +731,12 @@ from one sample to the next.
To disable trace decoding entirely, use the option --no-itrace.
+It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions)
+at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code.
+
+ --itrace=i0nss1000000
+
+skips the first million instructions.
dump option
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