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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-31 17:54:18 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-31 18:05:25 +0200 |
commit | bbe69aa57a7374b51242b95a54eefcf0d0393b7e (patch) | |
tree | c45e48d11cc9cb81a57c8c27f7243863b117cec8 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | |
parent | a417887637e862b434b293404f2a31ad1f282a58 (diff) | |
parent | 326ba5010a5429a5a528b268b36a5900d4ab0eba (diff) |
Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into core/locking
Merge reason: we were on -rc4, move to -rc8 before applying
a new batch of locking infrastructure changes.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt')
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1 files changed, 57 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 1dbc1eeb4c0..6be696b0a2b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -29,13 +29,67 @@ OPTIONS Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a - hexadecimal event descriptor. + hexadecimal event descriptor. -a:: - system-wide collection + System-wide collection. -l:: - scale counter values + Scale counter values. + +-p:: +--pid=:: + Record events on existing pid. + +-r:: +--realtime=:: + Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority. +-A:: +--append:: + Append to the output file to do incremental profiling. + +-f:: +--force:: + Overwrite existing data file. + +-c:: +--count=:: + Event period to sample. + +-o:: +--output=:: + Output file name. + +-i:: +--inherit:: + Child tasks inherit counters. +-F:: +--freq=:: + Profile at this frequency. + +-m:: +--mmap-pages=:: + Number of mmap data pages. + +-g:: +--call-graph:: + Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc). + +-s:: +--stat:: + Per thread counts. + +-d:: +--data:: + Sample addresses. + +-n:: +--no-samples:: + Don't sample. SEE ALSO -------- |