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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4879cf638 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -0,0 +1,328 @@ +perf-report(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +perf-report - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf report' [-i <file> | --input=file] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This command displays the performance counter profile information recorded +via perf record. + +OPTIONS +------- +-i:: +--input=:: + Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo) + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc) + +-n:: +--show-nr-samples:: + Show the number of samples for each symbol + +--showcpuutilization:: + Show sample percentage for different cpu modes. + +-T:: +--threads:: + Show per-thread event counters +-c:: +--comms=:: + Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of + the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. +--pid=:: + Only show events for given process ID (comma separated list). + +--tid=:: + Only show events for given thread ID (comma separated list). +-d:: +--dsos=:: + Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of + the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. +-S:: +--symbols=:: + Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of + the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. + +--symbol-filter=:: + Only show symbols that match (partially) with this filter. + +-U:: +--hide-unresolved:: + Only display entries resolved to a symbol. + +-s:: +--sort=:: + Sort histogram entries by given key(s) - multiple keys can be specified + in CSV format. Following sort keys are available: + pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, cpu, srcline, weight, local_weight. + + Each key has following meaning: + + - comm: command (name) of the task which can be read via /proc/<pid>/comm + - pid: command and tid of the task + - dso: name of library or module executed at the time of sample + - symbol: name of function executed at the time of sample + - parent: name of function matched to the parent regex filter. Unmatched + entries are displayed as "[other]". + - cpu: cpu number the task ran at the time of sample + - srcline: filename and line number executed at the time of sample. The + DWARF debugging info must be provided. + - weight: Event specific weight, e.g. memory latency or transaction + abort cost. This is the global weight. + - local_weight: Local weight version of the weight above. + - transaction: Transaction abort flags. + - overhead: Overhead percentage of sample + - overhead_sys: Overhead percentage of sample running in system mode + - overhead_us: Overhead percentage of sample running in user mode + - overhead_guest_sys: Overhead percentage of sample running in system mode + on guest machine + - overhead_guest_us: Overhead percentage of sample running in user mode on + guest machine + - sample: Number of sample + - period: Raw number of event count of sample + + By default, comm, dso and symbol keys are used. + (i.e. --sort comm,dso,symbol) + + If --branch-stack option is used, following sort keys are also + available: + dso_from, dso_to, symbol_from, symbol_to, mispredict. + + - dso_from: name of library or module branched from + - dso_to: name of library or module branched to + - symbol_from: name of function branched from + - symbol_to: name of function branched to + - mispredict: "N" for predicted branch, "Y" for mispredicted branch + - in_tx: branch in TSX transaction + - abort: TSX transaction abort. + + And default sort keys are changed to comm, dso_from, symbol_from, dso_to + and symbol_to, see '--branch-stack'. + +-F:: +--fields=:: + Specify output field - multiple keys can be specified in CSV format. + Following fields are available: + overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, overhead_children, sample and period. + Also it can contain any sort key(s). + + By default, every sort keys not specified in -F will be appended + automatically. + + If --mem-mode option is used, following sort keys are also available + (incompatible with --branch-stack): + symbol_daddr, dso_daddr, locked, tlb, mem, snoop, dcacheline. + + - symbol_daddr: name of data symbol being executed on at the time of sample + - dso_daddr: name of library or module containing the data being executed + on at the time of sample + - locked: whether the bus was locked at the time of sample + - tlb: type of tlb access for the data at the time of sample + - mem: type of memory access for the data at the time of sample + - snoop: type of snoop (if any) for the data at the time of sample + - dcacheline: the cacheline the data address is on at the time of sample + + And default sort keys are changed to local_weight, mem, sym, dso, + symbol_daddr, dso_daddr, snoop, tlb, locked, see '--mem-mode'. + +-p:: +--parent=<regex>:: + A regex filter to identify parent. The parent is a caller of this + function and searched through the callchain, thus it requires callchain + information recorded. The pattern is in the exteneded regex format and + defaults to "\^sys_|^do_page_fault", see '--sort parent'. + +-x:: +--exclude-other:: + Only display entries with parent-match. + +-w:: +--column-widths=<width[,width...]>:: + Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal + readability. 0 means no limit (default behavior). + +-t:: +--field-separator=:: + Use a special separator character and don't pad with spaces, replacing + all occurrences of this separator in symbol names (and other output) + with a '.' character, that thus it's the only non valid separator. + +-D:: +--dump-raw-trace:: + Dump raw trace in ASCII. + +-g [type,min[,limit],order[,key][,branch]]:: +--call-graph:: + Display call chains using type, min percent threshold, optional print + limit and order. + type can be either: + - flat: single column, linear exposure of call chains. + - graph: use a graph tree, displaying absolute overhead rates. + - fractal: like graph, but displays relative rates. Each branch of + the tree is considered as a new profiled object. + + + order can be either: + - callee: callee based call graph. + - caller: inverted caller based call graph. + + key can be: + - function: compare on functions + - address: compare on individual code addresses + + branch can be: + - branch: include last branch information in callgraph + when available. Usually more convenient to use --branch-history + for this. + + Default: fractal,0.5,callee,function. + +--children:: + Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can + show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column + and will be sorted on the data. It requires callchains are recorded. + +--max-stack:: + Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything + beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off + between information loss and faster processing especially for + workloads that can have a very long callchain stack. + + Default: 127 + +-G:: +--inverted:: + alias for inverted caller based call graph. + +--ignore-callees=<regex>:: + Ignore callees of the function(s) matching the given regex. + This has the effect of collecting the callers of each such + function into one place in the call-graph tree. + +--pretty=<key>:: + Pretty printing style. key: normal, raw + +--stdio:: Use the stdio interface. + +--tui:: Use the TUI interface, that is integrated with annotate and allows + zooming into DSOs or threads, among other features. Use of --tui + requires a tty, if one is not present, as when piping to other + commands, the stdio interface is used. + +--gtk:: Use the GTK2 interface. + +-k:: +--vmlinux=<file>:: + vmlinux pathname + +--kallsyms=<file>:: + kallsyms pathname + +-m:: +--modules:: + Load module symbols. WARNING: This should only be used with -k and + a LIVE kernel. + +-f:: +--force:: + Don't complain, do it. + +--symfs=<directory>:: + Look for files with symbols relative to this directory. + +-C:: +--cpu:: Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can + be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of + CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all + CPUs. + +-M:: +--disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump. + +--source:: + Interleave source code with assembly code. Enabled by default, + disable with --no-source. + +--asm-raw:: + Show raw instruction encoding of assembly instructions. + +--show-total-period:: Show a column with the sum of periods. + +-I:: +--show-info:: + Display extended information about the perf.data file. This adds + information which may be very large and thus may clutter the display. + It currently includes: cpu and numa topology of the host system. + +-b:: +--branch-stack:: + Use the addresses of sampled taken branches instead of the instruction + address to build the histograms. To generate meaningful output, the + perf.data file must have been obtained using perf record -b or + perf record --branch-filter xxx where xxx is a branch filter option. + perf report is able to auto-detect whether a perf.data file contains + branch stacks and it will automatically switch to the branch view mode, + unless --no-branch-stack is used. + +--branch-history:: + Add the addresses of sampled taken branches to the callstack. + This allows to examine the path the program took to each sample. + The data collection must have used -b (or -j) and -g. + +--objdump=<path>:: + Path to objdump binary. + +--group:: + Show event group information together. + +--demangle:: + Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default, + disable with --no-demangle. + +--demangle-kernel:: + Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form (for C++ kernels). + +--mem-mode:: + Use the data addresses of samples in addition to instruction addresses + to build the histograms. To generate meaningful output, the perf.data + file must have been obtained using perf record -d -W and using a + special event -e cpu/mem-loads/ or -e cpu/mem-stores/. See + 'perf mem' for simpler access. + +--percent-limit:: + Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent. + (Default: 0). + +--percentage:: + Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries. + Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and + Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc). + + "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the + sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains + the original value before and after the filter is applied. + +--header:: + Show header information in the perf.data file. This includes + various information like hostname, OS and perf version, cpu/mem + info, perf command line, event list and so on. Currently only + --stdio output supports this feature. + +--header-only:: + Show only perf.data header (forces --stdio). + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-annotate[1] |