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@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ OPTIONS
78 78
79-c:: 79-c::
80--compute:: 80--compute::
81 Differential computation selection - delta,ratio (default is delta). 81 Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff (default is delta).
82 If '+' is specified as a first character, the output is sorted based 82 If '+' is specified as a first character, the output is sorted based
83 on the computation results. 83 on the computation results.
84 See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info. 84 See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ with:
110 110
111 - period being the hist entry period value 111 - period being the hist entry period value
112 112
113wdiff
114~~~~~
115If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as:
116
117 d = B->period * WEIGHT-A - A->period * WEIGHT-B
118
119 - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified
120 (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively.
121
122 - period being the hist entry period value
123
124 - WEIGHT-A/WEIGHT-B being user suplied weights in the the '-c' option
125 behind ':' separator like '-c wdiff:1,2'.
113 126
114SEE ALSO 127SEE ALSO
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