From 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:04:01 -0300 Subject: Initial import --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2b1317763 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +perf(1) +======= + +NAME +---- +perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf' [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] + +OPTIONS +------- +--debug:: + Setup debug variable (see list below) in value + range (0, 10). Use like: + --debug verbose # sets verbose = 1 + --debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2 + + List of debug variables allowed to set: + verbose - general debug messages + ordered-events - ordered events object debug messages + data-convert - data convert command debug messages + +--buildid-dir:: + Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than + buildid.dir config file option. + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem +that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It +covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features +and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1], +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], +linkperf:perf-list[1] -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf