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authorStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>2010-05-28 12:00:01 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2010-06-05 09:33:01 -0300
commitc45c6ea2e5c57960dc67e00294c2b78e9540c007 (patch)
tree27c56577862cbb95fb8db4b34cfe99878d5dc9a0 /tools/perf/Documentation
parent761844b9c68b3c67b085265f92ac0675706cc3b3 (diff)
perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor
This patch adds a -C option to stat, record, top to designate a list of CPUs to monitor. CPUs can be specified as a comma-separated list or ranges, no space allowed. Examples: $ perf record -a -C0-1,4-7 sleep 1 $ perf top -C0-4 $ perf stat -a -C1,2,3,4 sleep 1 With perf record in per-thread mode with inherit mode on, samples are collected only when the thread runs on the designated CPUs. The -C option does not turn on system-wide mode automatically. Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4bff9496.d345d80a.41fe.7b00@mx.google.com> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt7
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt7
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt8
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 34e255fc3e2..25576b477c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ OPTIONS
--raw-samples::
Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (default for tracepoint counters).
+-C::
+--cpu::
+Collect samples only on the list of cpus provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
+comma-sperated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
+In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), samples are captured only when
+the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 909fa766fa1..4b3a2d46b43 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ OPTIONS
-B::
print large numbers with thousands' separators according to locale
+-C::
+--cpu=::
+Count only on the list of cpus provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
+comma-sperated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
+In per-thread mode, this option is ignored. The -a option is still necessary
+to activate system-wide monitoring. Default is to count on all CPUs.
+
EXAMPLES
--------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 785b9fc32a4..1f9687663f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ OPTIONS
--count=<count>::
Event period to sample.
--C <cpu>::
---CPU=<cpu>::
- CPU to profile.
+-C <cpu-list>::
+--cpu=<cpu>::
+Monitor only on the list of cpus provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
+comma-sperated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
+Default is to monitor all CPUS.
-d <seconds>::
--delay=<seconds>::