perf probe: Update perf probe document

Update perf-probe.txt to suit to current perf-probe command
and add some examples.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: systemtap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>
Cc: DLE <dle-develop@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100225133519.6725.58816.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index 2de34075f6a4..5fe63c0ca80c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -d::
 --del=::
-        Delete a probe event.
+        Delete probe events. This accepts glob wildcards('*', '?') and character
+        classes(e.g. [a-z], [!A-Z]).
 
 -l::
 --list::
@@ -50,7 +51,11 @@ OPTIONS
 -L::
 --line=::
         Show source code lines which can be probed. This needs an argument
-        which specifies a range of the source code.
+        which specifies a range of the source code. (see LINE SYNTAX for detail)
+
+-f::
+--force::
+        Forcibly add events with existing name.
 
 PROBE SYNTAX
 ------------
@@ -76,6 +81,25 @@ and 'ALN2' is end line number in the file. It is also possible to specify how
 many lines to show by using 'NUM'.
 So, "source.c:100-120" shows lines between 100th to l20th in source.c file. And "func:10+20" shows 20 lines from 10th line of func function.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+Display which lines in schedule() can be probed:
+
+ ./perf probe --line schedule
+
+Add a probe on schedule() function 12th line with recording cpu local variable:
+
+ ./perf probe schedule:12 cpu
+ or
+ ./perf probe --add='schedule:12 cpu'
+
+ this will add one or more probes which has the name start with "schedule".
+
+Delete all probes on schedule().
+
+ ./perf probe --del='schedule*'
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-trace[1], linkperf:perf-record[1]