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2013-10-09perf lock: Account for lock average wait timeDavidlohr Bueso1-1/+1
While perf-lock currently reports both the total wait time and the number of contentions, it doesn't explicitly show the average wait time. Having this value immediately in the report can be quite useful when looking into performance issues. Furthermore, allowing report to sort by averages is another handy feature to have - and thus do not only print the value, but add it to the lock_stat structure. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Cc: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran <aswin@hp.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378693159-8747-8-git-send-email-davidlohr@hp.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2012-01-31perf lock: Document lock info subcommandNamhyung Kim1-3/+17
The commit 26242d859c9be ("perf lock: Add "info" subcommand for dumping misc information") added the subcommand but missed documentation. Add it. Also update stale 'trace' subcommand to 'script'. Cc: Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1327827356-8786-5-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-12-23perf report: Accept fifos as input fileRobert Richter1-1/+1
The default input file for perf report is not handled the same way as perf record does it for its output file. This leads to unexpected behavior of perf report, etc. E.g.: # perf record -a -e cpu-cycles sleep 2 | perf report | cat failed to open perf.data: No such file or directory (try 'perf record' first) While perf record writes to a fifo, perf report expects perf.data to be read. This patch changes this to accept fifos as input file. Applies to the following commands: perf annotate perf buildid-list perf evlist perf kmem perf lock perf report perf sched perf script perf timechart Also fixes char const* -> const char* type declaration for filename strings. v2: * Prevent potential null pointer access to input_name in builtin-report.c. Needed due to removal of patch "perf report: Setup browser if stdout is a pipe" Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323248577-11268-5-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-02-23perf lock: Document valid sort keysMarcin Slusarz1-2/+10
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <20110222205312.GA18474@joi.lan> Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-12-01perf lock: Document missing optionsShawn Bohrer1-0/+15
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <1291168642-11402-7-git-send-email-shawn.bohrer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-02-27perf lock: Fix and add misc documentally thingsHitoshi Mitake1-0/+29
I've forgot to add 'perf lock' line to command-list.txt, so users of perf could not find perf lock when they type 'perf'. Fixing command-list.txt requires document (tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt). But perf lock is too much "under construction" to write a stable document, so this is something like pseudo document for now. And I wrote description of perf lock at help section of CONFIG_LOCK_STAT, this will navigate users of lock trace events. Signed-off-by: Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> LKML-Reference: <1265267295-8388-1-git-send-email-mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>