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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2018-03-01 20:25:56 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2018-03-05 15:58:44 +0300
commit7831bf236505bcb2a0a1255e7f3e902a0cb732d6 (patch)
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downloadlinux-7831bf236505bcb2a0a1255e7f3e902a0cb732d6.tar.xz
perf top: Allow asking for the maximum allowed sample rate
Add the handy '-F max' shortcut, just introduced to 'perf record', to reading and using the kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate value as the user supplied sampling frequency: Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-hz04f296zccknnb5at06a6q0@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
-F <freq>::
--freq=<freq>::
- Profile at this frequency.
+ Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' to use the currently maximum
+ allowed frequency, i.e. the value in the kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate
+ sysctl.
-i::
--inherit::