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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/event.h | 2 |
6 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt index 2da07e51e119..822414235170 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ REPORT OPTIONS -c:: --coalesce:: - Specify sorintg fields for single cacheline display. + Specify sorting fields for single cacheline display. Following fields are available: tid,pid,iaddr,dso (see COALESCE) @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ REPORT OPTIONS -d:: --display:: - Siwtch to HITM type (rmt, lcl) to display and sort on. Total HITMs as default. + Switch to HITM type (rmt, lcl) to display and sort on. Total HITMs as default. C2C RECORD ---------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index ea3789d05e5e..b0e9e921d534 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ OPTIONS the libunwind or libdw library) should be used instead. Using the "lbr" method doesn't require any compiler options. It will produce call graphs from the hardware LBR registers. The - main limition is that it is only available on new Intel + main limitation is that it is only available on new Intel platforms, such as Haswell. It can only get user call chain. It doesn't work with branch stack sampling at the same time. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index 37a175914157..9fa84617181e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ OPTIONS --parent=<regex>:: A regex filter to identify parent. The parent is a caller of this function and searched through the callchain, thus it requires callchain - information recorded. The pattern is in the exteneded regex format and + information recorded. The pattern is in the extended regex format and defaults to "\^sys_|^do_page_fault", see '--sort parent'. -x:: @@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ OPTIONS -g:: --call-graph=<print_type,threshold[,print_limit],order,sort_key[,branch],value>:: Display call chains using type, min percent threshold, print limit, - call order, sort key, optional branch and value. Note that ordering of - parameters is not fixed so any parement can be given in an arbitraty order. + call order, sort key, optional branch and value. Note that ordering + is not fixed so any parameter can be given in an arbitrary order. One exception is the print_limit which should be preceded by threshold. print_type can be either: diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt index fa2a9132f0a9..de8b39dda7b8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ When the event stream contains multiple events each event is identified by an ID. This can be either through the PERF_SAMPLE_ID or the PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER header. The PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER header is at a fixed offset from the event header, which allows reliable -parsing of the header. Relying on ID may be ambigious. +parsing of the header. Relying on ID may be ambiguous. IDENTIFIER is only supported by newer Linux kernels. Perf record specific events: @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ struct attr_event { uint64_t id[]; }; - PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE = 65, /* depreceated */ + PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE = 65, /* deprecated */ #define MAX_EVENT_NAME 64 diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt index 170b0289a7bc..db0ca3063eae 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ For memory address profiling, try: perf mem record / perf mem report For tracepoint events, try: perf report -s trace_fields To record callchains for each sample: perf record -g To record every process run by a user: perf record -u <user> -Skip collecing build-id when recording: perf record -B +Skip collecting build-id when recording: perf record -B To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf record -F 100 See assembly instructions with percentage: perf annotate <symbol> If you prefer Intel style assembly, try: perf annotate -M intel diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h index 27ac047490c3..7c3fa1c8cbcd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/event.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ struct build_id_event { enum perf_user_event_type { /* above any possible kernel type */ PERF_RECORD_USER_TYPE_START = 64, PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR = 64, - PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE = 65, /* depreceated */ + PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE = 65, /* deprecated */ PERF_RECORD_HEADER_TRACING_DATA = 66, PERF_RECORD_HEADER_BUILD_ID = 67, PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_ROUND = 68, |