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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt20
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt4
4 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
index d6b2a4f..c7f5f55 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-lock - Analyze lock events
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf lock' {record|report|trace}
+'perf lock' {record|report|script|info}
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ and statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing
results of lock events.
- 'perf lock trace' shows raw lock events.
-
'perf lock report' reports statistical data.
+ 'perf lock script' shows raw lock events.
+
+ 'perf lock info' shows metadata like threads or addresses
+ of lock instances.
+
COMMON OPTIONS
--------------
@@ -47,6 +50,17 @@ REPORT OPTIONS
Sorting key. Possible values: acquired (default), contended,
wait_total, wait_max, wait_min.
+INFO OPTIONS
+------------
+
+-t::
+--threads::
+ dump thread list in perf.data
+
+-m::
+--map::
+ dump map of lock instances (address:name table)
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 2937f7e..ff9a66e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ OPTIONS
--tid=::
Record events on existing thread ID.
+-u::
+--uid=::
+ Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
+
-r::
--realtime=::
Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 2f6cef4..e9cbfcd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ OPTIONS
-f::
--fields::
Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
- comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr.
+ comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff.
Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
e.g., -f sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -f trace:time,cpu,trace
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ OPTIONS
It currently includes: cpu and numa topology of the host system.
It can only be used with the perf script report mode.
+--show-kernel-path::
+ Try to resolve the path of [kernel.kallsyms]
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index b1a5bbb..ab1454e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
--tid=<tid>::
Profile events on existing thread ID.
+-u::
+--uid=::
+ Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
+
-r <priority>::
--realtime=<priority>::
Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.