From 8d91c1e411f55d7ea91b1183a2e9f8088fb4d5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:52:16 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.3.2-gnu --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index c33b69f33..9c7981bfd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ OPTIONS - 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. + - srcfile: file name of the source file of the same. Requires dwarf + information. - 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. @@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ OPTIONS - mispredict: "N" for predicted branch, "Y" for mispredicted branch - in_tx: branch in TSX transaction - abort: TSX transaction abort. + - cycles: Cycles in basic block And default sort keys are changed to comm, dso_from, symbol_from, dso_to and symbol_to, see '--branch-stack'. @@ -328,31 +331,23 @@ OPTIONS --itrace:: Options for decoding instruction tracing data. The options are: - i synthesize instructions events - b synthesize branches events - c synthesize branches events (calls only) - r synthesize branches events (returns only) - x synthesize transactions events - e synthesize error events - d create a debug log - g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x) - - The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxe - - In addition, the period (default 100000) for instructions events - can be specified in units of: - - i instructions - t ticks - ms milliseconds - us microseconds - ns nanoseconds (default) - - Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or - transactions events can be specified. +include::itrace.txt[] To disable decoding entirely, use --no-itrace. +--full-source-path:: + Show the full path for source files for srcline output. + +--show-ref-call-graph:: + When multiple events are sampled, it may not be needed to collect + callgraphs for all of them. The sample sites are usually nearby, + and it's enough to collect the callgraphs on a reference event. + So user can use "call-graph=no" event modifier to disable callgraph + for other events to reduce the overhead. + However, perf report cannot show callgraphs for the event which + disable the callgraph. + This option extends the perf report to show reference callgraphs, + which collected by reference event, in no callgraph event. include::callchain-overhead-calculation.txt[] -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf