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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-07-31 15:05:27 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-07-31 15:05:27 (GMT) |
commit | 1f815faec46e83bc96039797151846b60875bb06 (patch) | |
tree | 41a874f8090e3f69c8a9f13e3c85dd7a371e569b /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt | |
parent | b44d50dcacea0d485ca2ff9140f8cc28ee22f28d (diff) | |
parent | e2b34e311be3a57c9abcb927e37a57e38913714c (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-1f815faec46e83bc96039797151846b60875bb06.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/urgent
Merge in Linus's branch which already has timers/core merged.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt index a3dbadb..7065cd6 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This 'perf bench' command is general framework for benchmark suites. +This 'perf bench' command is a general framework for benchmark suites. COMMON OPTIONS -------------- @@ -45,14 +45,20 @@ SUBSYSTEM 'sched':: Scheduler and IPC mechanisms. +'mem':: + Memory access performance. + +'all':: + All benchmark subsystems. + SUITES FOR 'sched' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *messaging*:: Suite for evaluating performance of scheduler and IPC mechanisms. Based on hackbench by Rusty Russell. -Options of *pipe* -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Options of *messaging* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -p:: --pipe:: Use pipe() instead of socketpair() @@ -115,6 +121,72 @@ Example of *pipe* 59004 ops/sec --------------------- +SUITES FOR 'mem' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*memcpy*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory copy in various ways. + +Options of *memcpy* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-l:: +--length:: +Specify length of memory to copy (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--routine:: +Specify routine to copy (default: default). +Available routines are depend on the architecture. +On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-movsq and x86-64-movsb are supported. + +-i:: +--iterations:: +Repeat memcpy invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--cycle:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + +-o:: +--only-prefault:: +Show only the result with page faults before memcpy. + +-n:: +--no-prefault:: +Show only the result without page faults before memcpy. + +*memset*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory set in various ways. + +Options of *memset* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-l:: +--length:: +Specify length of memory to set (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--routine:: +Specify routine to set (default: default). +Available routines are depend on the architecture. +On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-stosq and x86-64-stosb are supported. + +-i:: +--iterations:: +Repeat memset invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--cycle:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + +-o:: +--only-prefault:: +Show only the result with page faults before memset. + +-n:: +--no-prefault:: +Show only the result without page faults before memset. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1] |