summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-12 04:47:30 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-12 04:47:30 (GMT)
commit6f696eb17be741668810fe1f798135c7cf6733e2 (patch)
treef9bcfe5831dfcaaad50ca68d7f04d80d8236fa56 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
parentc4e194e3b71ff4fed01d727c32ee1071921d28a3 (diff)
parent125580380f418000b1a06d9a54700f1191b6e561 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-6f696eb17be741668810fe1f798135c7cf6733e2.tar.xz
Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (57 commits) x86, perf events: Check if we have APIC enabled perf_event: Fix variable initialization in other codepaths perf kmem: Fix unused argument build warning perf symbols: perf_header__read_build_ids() offset'n'size should be u64 perf symbols: dsos__read_build_ids() should read both user and kernel buildids perf tools: Align long options which have no short forms perf kmem: Show usage if no option is specified sched: Mark sched_clock() as notrace perf sched: Add max delay time snapshot perf tools: Correct size given to memset perf_event: Fix perf_swevent_hrtimer() variable initialization perf sched: Fix for getting task's execution time tracing/kprobes: Fix field creation's bad error handling perf_event: Cleanup for cpu_clock_perf_event_update() perf_event: Allocate children's perf_event_ctxp at the right time perf_event: Clean up __perf_event_init_context() hw-breakpoints: Modify breakpoints without unregistering them perf probe: Update perf-probe document perf probe: Support --del option trace-kprobe: Support delete probe syntax ...
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
index 44b0ce3..eac4d852e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ perf-kmem - Tool to trace/measure kernel memory(slab) properties
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf kmem' {record} [<options>]
+'perf kmem' {record|stat} [<options>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-There's two variants of perf kmem:
+There are two variants of perf kmem:
'perf kmem record <command>' to record the kmem events
of an arbitrary workload.
- 'perf kmem' to report kernel memory statistics.
+ 'perf kmem stat' to report kernel memory statistics.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ OPTIONS
--input=<file>::
Select the input file (default: perf.data)
---stat=<caller|alloc>::
- Select per callsite or per allocation statistics
+--caller::
+ Show per-callsite statistics
+
+--alloc::
+ Show per-allocation statistics
-s <key[,key2...]>::
--sort=<key[,key2...]>::