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1perf-lock(1)
2============
3
4NAME
5----
6perf-lock - Analyze lock events
7
8SYNOPSIS
9--------
10[verse]
11'perf lock' {record|report|trace}
12
13DESCRIPTION
14-----------
15You can analyze various lock behaviours
16and statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
17
18 'perf lock record <command>' records lock events
19 between start and end <command>. And this command
20 produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing
21 results of lock events.
22
23 'perf lock trace' shows raw lock events.
24
25 'perf lock report' reports statistical data.
26
27SEE ALSO
28--------
29linkperf:perf[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/command-list.txt b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
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@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ perf-top mainporcelain common
18perf-trace mainporcelain common 18perf-trace mainporcelain common
19perf-probe mainporcelain common 19perf-probe mainporcelain common
20perf-kmem mainporcelain common 20perf-kmem mainporcelain common
21perf-lock mainporcelain common