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72--symfs=<directory>:: 72--symfs=<directory>::
73 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory. 73 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
74 74
75-b::
76--baseline-only::
77 Show only items with match in baseline.
78
79-c::
80--compute::
81 Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff (default is delta).
82 If '+' is specified as a first character, the output is sorted based
83 on the computation results.
84 See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
85
86-p::
87--period::
88 Show period values for both compared hist entries.
89
90-F::
91--formula::
92 Show formula for given computation.
93
94COMPARISON METHODS
95------------------
96delta
97~~~~~
98If specified the 'Delta' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as:
99
100 d = A->period_percent - B->period_percent
101
102with:
103 - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified
104 (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively.
105
106 - period_percent being the % of the hist entry period value within
107 single data file
108
109ratio
110~~~~~
111If specified the 'Ratio' column is displayed with value 'r' computed as:
112
113 r = A->period / B->period
114
115with:
116 - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified
117 (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively.
118
119 - period being the hist entry period value
120
121wdiff
122~~~~~
123If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as:
124
125 d = B->period * WEIGHT-A - A->period * WEIGHT-B
126
127 - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified
128 (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively.
129
130 - period being the hist entry period value
131
132 - WEIGHT-A/WEIGHT-B being user suplied weights in the the '-c' option
133 behind ':' separator like '-c wdiff:1,2'.
134
75SEE ALSO 135SEE ALSO
76-------- 136--------
77linkperf:perf-record[1] 137linkperf:perf-record[1]