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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-07-22 11:41:56 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-07-22 11:41:56 -0700
commit3c3301083e3bea4d14c597106c7b20b4b85fc03d (patch)
tree6eabdd073bdc27eb3f0dd999ea946955afca18bf /tools/perf/Documentation
parent612e900c286a9535cc17da5171b0d8dcf8f3a12f (diff)
parent0fdc7e67dd312986e30b861adff48732bd33eb3f (diff)
Merge branch 'perf-counters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/linux-2.6-perf
* 'perf-counters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/linux-2.6-perf: (31 commits) perf_counter tools: Give perf top inherit option perf_counter tools: Fix vmlinux symbol generation breakage perf_counter: Detect debugfs location perf_counter: Add tracepoint support to perf list, perf stat perf symbol: C++ demangling perf: avoid structure size confusion by using a fixed size perf_counter: Fix throttle/unthrottle event logging perf_counter: Improve perf stat and perf record option parsing perf_counter: PERF_SAMPLE_ID and inherited counters perf_counter: Plug more stack leaks perf: Fix stack data leak perf_counter: Remove unused variables perf_counter: Make call graph option consistent perf_counter: Add perf record option to log addresses perf_counter: Log vfork as a fork event perf_counter: Synthesize VDSO mmap event perf_counter: Make sure we dont leak kernel memory to userspace perf_counter tools: Fix index boundary check perf_counter: Fix the tracepoint channel to perfcounters perf_counter, x86: Extend perf_counter Pentium M support ...
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 8aa3f8c8870..e72e9311078 100644
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+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ OPTIONS
--dsos=::
Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
+-n
+--show-nr-samples
+ Show the number of samples for each symbol
-C::
--comms=::
Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
@@ -33,6 +36,18 @@ OPTIONS
Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
+-w::
+--field-width=::
+ Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
+ readability.
+
+-t::
+--field-separator=::
+
+ Use a special separator character and don't pad with spaces, replacing
+ all occurances of this separator in symbol names (and other output)
+ with a '.' character, that thus it's the only non valid separator.
+
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-stat[1]