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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
| commit | 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch) | |
| tree | d6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | |
| parent | 8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 19aa17532..8dbee832a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -347,6 +347,19 @@ Configure all used events to run in kernel space. --all-user:: Configure all used events to run in user space. +--timestamp-filename +Append timestamp to output file name. + +--switch-output:: +Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one +when receiving a SIGUSR2. + +A possible use case is to, given an external event, slice the perf.data file +that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that +particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not. + +Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] |