linux/tools/perf/util/usage.c, branch v3.4.33

perf tools: Allow multiple threads or processes in record, stat, top

2012-02-14T00:54:11Z

Allow a user to collect events for multiple threads or processes using a comma separated list. e.g., collect data on a VM and its vhost thread: perf top -p 21483,21485 perf stat -p 21483,21485 -ddd perf record -p 21483,21485 or monitoring vcpu threads perf top -t 21488,21489 perf stat -t 21488,21489 -ddd perf record -t 21488,21489 Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328718772-16688-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Introduce per user view

2012-01-24T21:47:37Z

The new --uid command line option will show only the tasks for a given user, using the proc interface to figure out the existing tasks. Kernel work is needed to close races at startup, but this should already be useful in many use cases. Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-bdnspm000gw2l984a2t53o8z@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Remove stale git headlines from top comment

2011-12-20T15:43:36Z

These files are part of PERF not GIT although they're come from there :) Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Johannes Schindelin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323784323-2150-1-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf top: Fall back to cpu-clock-tick hrtimer sampling if no cycle counter available

2009-06-07T15:31:52Z

On architectures/CPUs without PMU support but with perfcounters enabled 'perf top' currently fails because it cannot create a cycle based hw-perfcounter. Fall back to the cpu-clock-tick sw-perfcounter in this case, which is hrtimer based and will always work (as long as perfcounters is enabled). Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/

2009-06-06T18:33:43Z

Several people have suggested that 'perf' has become a full-fledged tool that should be moved out of Documentation/. Move it to the (new) tools/ directory. Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar