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@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ don't care how it exited, so we'll use 'perf record' to record only
93the sys_enter events: 93the sys_enter events:
94 94
95---- 95----
96# perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter 96# perf record -a -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter
97 97
98^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] 98^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
99[ perf record: Captured and wrote 56.545 MB perf.data (~2470503 samples) ] 99[ perf record: Captured and wrote 56.545 MB perf.data (~2470503 samples) ]
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ your script:
359# cat kernel-source/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-record 359# cat kernel-source/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-record
360 360
361#!/bin/bash 361#!/bin/bash
362perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter 362perf record -a -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter
363---- 363----
364 364
365The 'report' script is also a shell script with the same base name as 365The 'report' script is also a shell script with the same base name as
@@ -449,12 +449,10 @@ available as calls back into the perf executable (see below).
449As an example, the following perf record command can be used to record 449As an example, the following perf record command can be used to record
450all sched_wakeup events in the system: 450all sched_wakeup events in the system:
451 451
452 # perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e sched:sched_wakeup 452 # perf record -a -e sched:sched_wakeup
453 453
454Traces meant to be processed using a script should be recorded with 454Traces meant to be processed using a script should be recorded with
455the above options: -c 1 says to sample every event, -a to enable 455the above option: -a to enable system-wide collection.
456system-wide collection, -M to multiplex the output, and -R to collect
457raw samples.
458 456
459The format file for the sched_wakep event defines the following fields 457The format file for the sched_wakep event defines the following fields
460(see /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format): 458(see /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format):