perf timechart: Add --highlight option

This option highlights tasks (using different color) that run more than
given duration or tasks with given name.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@yandex-team.ru>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131217155349.GA13021@stfomichev-desktop
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
index 367c1be0551c..bc5990c33dc0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
@@ -56,12 +56,25 @@ $ perf timechart
 
   Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
 
+Record system-wide timechart:
+
+  $ perf timechart record
+
+  then generate timechart and highlight 'gcc' tasks:
+
+  $ perf timechart --highlight gcc
+
 -n::
 --proc-num::
         Print task info for at least given number of tasks.
 -t::
 --topology::
         Sort CPUs according to topology.
+--highlight=<duration_nsecs|task_name>::
+        Highlight tasks (using different color) that run more than given
+        duration or tasks with given name. If number is given it's interpreted
+        as number of nanoseconds. If non-numeric string is given it's
+        interpreted as task name.
 
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