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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-06 11:02:58 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-06 11:02:58 -0500
commit35b740e4662ef386f0c60e1b60aaf5b44db9914c (patch)
tree502a8f9499bc1b4cb3300d666dab2d01a1921224 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
parent423d091dfe58d3109d84c408810a7cfa82f6f184 (diff)
parent9e183426bfb52bb44bf3c443d6587e4d02478603 (diff)
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (106 commits) perf kvm: Fix copy & paste error in description perf script: Kill script_spec__delete perf top: Fix a memory leak perf stat: Introduce get_ratio_color() helper perf session: Remove impossible condition check perf tools: Fix feature-bits rework fallout, remove unused variable perf script: Add generic perl handler to process events perf tools: Use for_each_set_bit() to iterate over feature flags perf tools: Unify handling of features when writing feature section perf report: Accept fifos as input file perf tools: Moving code in some files perf tools: Fix out-of-bound access to struct perf_session perf tools: Continue processing header on unknown features perf tools: Improve macros for struct feature_ops perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two. perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap'ing fails with EPERM. perf tools: Fix truncated annotation perf script: look up thread using tid instead of pid perf tools: Look up thread names for system wide profiling perf tools: Fix comm for processes with named threads ...
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ OPTIONS
19------- 19-------
20-i:: 20-i::
21--input=:: 21--input=::
22 Input file name. (default: perf.data) 22 Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
23 23
24-v:: 24-v::
25--verbose:: 25--verbose::
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS
39-T:: 39-T::
40--threads:: 40--threads::
41 Show per-thread event counters 41 Show per-thread event counters
42-C:: 42-c::
43--comms=:: 43--comms=::
44 Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands 44 Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
45 file://filename entries. 45 file://filename entries.
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ OPTIONS
80--dump-raw-trace:: 80--dump-raw-trace::
81 Dump raw trace in ASCII. 81 Dump raw trace in ASCII.
82 82
83-g [type,min,order]:: 83-g [type,min[,limit],order]::
84--call-graph:: 84--call-graph::
85 Display call chains using type, min percent threshold and order. 85 Display call chains using type, min percent threshold, optional print
86 limit and order.
86 type can be either: 87 type can be either:
87 - flat: single column, linear exposure of call chains. 88 - flat: single column, linear exposure of call chains.
88 - graph: use a graph tree, displaying absolute overhead rates. 89 - graph: use a graph tree, displaying absolute overhead rates.
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ OPTIONS
128--symfs=<directory>:: 129--symfs=<directory>::
129 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory. 130 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
130 131
131-c:: 132-C::
132--cpu:: Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can 133--cpu:: Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can
133 be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of 134 be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of
134 CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all 135 CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all