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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-12 04:47:30 (GMT) |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-12 04:47:30 (GMT) |
| commit | 6f696eb17be741668810fe1f798135c7cf6733e2 (patch) | |
| tree | f9bcfe5831dfcaaad50ca68d7f04d80d8236fa56 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
| parent | c4e194e3b71ff4fed01d727c32ee1071921d28a3 (diff) | |
| parent | 125580380f418000b1a06d9a54700f1191b6e561 (diff) | |
| download | linux-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
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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 21 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 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...]>:: diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index 9270594..8fa6bf9 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ perf-probe - Define new dynamic tracepoints SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf probe' [options] --add 'PROBE' [--add 'PROBE' ...] +'perf probe' [options] --add='PROBE' [...] or -'perf probe' [options] 'PROBE' ['PROBE' ...] - +'perf probe' [options] PROBE +or +'perf probe' [options] --del='[GROUP:]EVENT' [...] +or +'perf probe' --list DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,8 +34,16 @@ OPTIONS Be more verbose (show parsed arguments, etc). -a:: ---add:: - Define a probe point (see PROBE SYNTAX for detail) +--add=:: + Define a probe event (see PROBE SYNTAX for detail). + +-d:: +--del=:: + Delete a probe event. + +-l:: +--list:: + List up current probe events. PROBE SYNTAX ------------ |