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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
22 files changed, 717 insertions, 141 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile index ef6d22e879e..3ba1c0b0990 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile @@ -1,12 +1,6 @@ +include ../../scripts/Makefile.include include ../config/utilities.mak -OUTPUT := ./ -ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line") - ifneq ($(O),) - OUTPUT := $(O)/ - endif -endif - MAN1_TXT= \ $(filter-out $(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \ $(wildcard perf-*.txt)) \ @@ -150,17 +144,18 @@ NO_SUBDIR = : endif ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s) -ifndef V - QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ' ASCIIDOC $@; - QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' ' XMLTO $@; - QUIET_DB2TEXI = @echo ' ' DB2TEXI $@; - QUIET_MAKEINFO = @echo ' ' MAKEINFO $@; - QUIET_DBLATEX = @echo ' ' DBLATEX $@; - QUIET_XSLTPROC = @echo ' ' XSLTPROC $@; - QUIET_GEN = @echo ' ' GEN $@; +ifneq ($(V),1) + QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ASCIIDOC '$@; + QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' XMLTO '$@; + QUIET_DB2TEXI = @echo ' DB2TEXI '$@; + QUIET_MAKEINFO = @echo ' MAKEINFO '$@; + QUIET_DBLATEX = @echo ' DBLATEX '$@; + QUIET_XSLTPROC = @echo ' XSLTPROC '$@; + QUIET_GEN = @echo ' GEN '$@; QUIET_STDERR = 2> /dev/null QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +@subdir= - QUIET_SUBDIR1 = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo ' ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \ + QUIET_SUBDIR1 = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) \ + echo ' SUBDIR ' $$subdir; \ $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir export V endif @@ -189,43 +184,43 @@ ifdef missing_tools endif do-install-man: man - $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) -# $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir) -# $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir) - $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN1) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) -# $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN5) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir) -# $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir) + $(call QUIET_INSTALL, Documentation-man) \ + $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir); \ +# $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir); \ +# $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir); \ + $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN1) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir); \ +# $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN5) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir); \ +# $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir) install-man: check-man-tools man -try-install-man: ifdef missing_tools - $(warning Please install $(missing_tools) to have the man pages installed) + DO_INSTALL_MAN = $(warning Please install $(missing_tools) to have the man pages installed) else - $(MAKE) do-install-man + DO_INSTALL_MAN = do-install-man endif +try-install-man: $(DO_INSTALL_MAN) + install-info: info - $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(infodir) - $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir) + $(call QUIET_INSTALL, Documentation-info) \ + $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(infodir); \ + $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir); \ if test -r $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; then \ - $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perf.info ;\ - $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perfman.info ;\ + $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perf.info ;\ + $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perfman.info ;\ else \ echo "No directory found in $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" >&2 ; \ fi install-pdf: pdf - $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) - $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(OUTPUT)user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) + $(call QUIET_INSTALL, Documentation-pdf) \ + $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir); \ + $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(OUTPUT)user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) #install-html: html # '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) -$(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE - $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE - --include $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE # # Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files. @@ -255,15 +250,17 @@ $(OUTPUT)cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT) $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ date >$@ +CLEAN_FILES = \ + $(MAN_XML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_XML)) \ + $(MAN_HTML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_HTML)) \ + $(DOC_HTML) $(DOC_MAN1) $(DOC_MAN5) $(DOC_MAN7) \ + $(OUTPUT)*.texi $(OUTPUT)*.texi+ $(OUTPUT)*.texi++ \ + $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info \ + $(OUTPUT)howto-index.txt $(OUTPUT)howto/*.html $(OUTPUT)doc.dep \ + $(OUTPUT)technical/api-*.html $(OUTPUT)technical/api-index.txt \ + $(cmds_txt) $(OUTPUT)*.made clean: - $(RM) $(MAN_XML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_XML)) - $(RM) $(MAN_HTML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_HTML)) - $(RM) $(DOC_HTML) $(DOC_MAN1) $(DOC_MAN5) $(DOC_MAN7) - $(RM) $(OUTPUT)*.texi $(OUTPUT)*.texi+ $(OUTPUT)*.texi++ - $(RM) $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info - $(RM) $(OUTPUT)howto-index.txt $(OUTPUT)howto/*.html $(OUTPUT)doc.dep - $(RM) $(OUTPUT)technical/api-*.html $(OUTPUT)technical/api-index.txt - $(RM) $(cmds_txt) $(OUTPUT)*.made + $(call QUIET_CLEAN, Documentation) $(RM) $(CLEAN_FILES) $(MAN_HTML): $(OUTPUT)%.html : %.txt $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ @@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ $(MAN_HTML): $(OUTPUT)%.html : %.txt $(OUTPUT)%.1 $(OUTPUT)%.5 $(OUTPUT)%.7 : $(OUTPUT)%.xml $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \ - $(XMLTO) -o $(OUTPUT) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $< + $(XMLTO) -o $(OUTPUT). -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $< $(OUTPUT)%.xml : %.txt $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ @@ -344,5 +341,3 @@ $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt #quick-install-html: # '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) - -.PHONY: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/examples.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/examples.txt index 77f95276242..a4e39215648 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/examples.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/examples.txt @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Furthermore, these tracepoints can be used to sample the workload as well. For example the page allocations done by a 'git gc' can be captured the following way: - titan:~/git> perf record -f -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -c 1 ./git gc + titan:~/git> perf record -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -c 1 ./git gc Counting objects: 1148, done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (450/450), done. @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Furthermore, call-graph sampling can be done too, of page allocations - to see precisely what kind of page allocations there are: - titan:~/git> perf record -f -g -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -c 1 ./git gc + titan:~/git> perf record -g -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -c 1 ./git gc Counting objects: 1148, done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (450/450), done. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt index c8ffd9fd5c6..e9cd39a92dc 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt @@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ OPTIONS --stdio:: Use the stdio interface. ---tui:: Use the TUI interface Use of --tui requires a tty, if one is not +--tui:: Use the TUI interface. Use of --tui requires a tty, if one is not present, as when piping to other commands, the stdio interface is used. This interfaces starts by centering on the line with more samples, TAB/UNTAB cycles through the lines with more samples. +--gtk:: Use the GTK interface. + -C:: --cpu:: Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of @@ -88,6 +90,12 @@ OPTIONS --objdump=<path>:: Path to objdump binary. +--skip-missing:: + Skip symbols that cannot be annotated. + +--group:: + Show event group information together + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-archive.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-archive.txt index fae174dc7d0..ac6ecbb3e66 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-archive.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-archive.txt @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command runs runs perf-buildid-list --with-hits, and collects the files -with the buildids found so that analisys of perf.data contents can be possible -on another machine. +This command runs perf-buildid-list --with-hits, and collects the files with the +buildids found so that analysis of perf.data contents can be possible on another +machine. SEE ALSO diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt index 7065cd6fbdf..4464ad770d5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ SUBSYSTEM 'mem':: Memory access performance. +'numa':: + NUMA scheduling and MM benchmarks. + +'futex':: + Futex stressing benchmarks. + 'all':: All benchmark subsystems. @@ -187,6 +193,22 @@ Show only the result with page faults before memset. --no-prefault:: Show only the result without page faults before memset. +SUITES FOR 'numa' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*mem*:: +Suite for evaluating NUMA workloads. + +SUITES FOR 'futex' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*hash*:: +Suite for evaluating hash tables. + +*wake*:: +Suite for evaluating wake calls. + +*requeue*:: +Suite for evaluating requeue calls. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt index c1057701a7d..fd77d81ea74 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt @@ -21,9 +21,29 @@ OPTIONS -a:: --add=:: Add specified file to the cache. +-k:: +--kcore:: + Add specified kcore file to the cache. For the current host that is + /proc/kcore which requires root permissions to read. Be aware that + running 'perf buildid-cache' as root may update root's build-id cache + not the user's. Use the -v option to see where the file is created. + Note that the copied file contains only code sections not the whole core + image. Note also that files "kallsyms" and "modules" must also be in the + same directory and are also copied. All 3 files are created with read + permissions for root only. kcore will not be added if there is already a + kcore in the cache (with the same build-id) that has the same modules at + the same addresses. Use the -v option to see if a copy of kcore is + actually made. -r:: --remove=:: Remove specified file from the cache. +-M:: +--missing=:: + List missing build ids in the cache for the specified file. +-u:: +--update:: + Update specified file of the cache. It can be used to update kallsyms + kernel dso to vmlinux in order to support annotation. -v:: --verbose:: Be more verbose. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt index 194f37d635d..b3b8abae62b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt @@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ perf-diff(1) NAME ---- -perf-diff - Read two perf.data files and display the differential profile +perf-diff - Read perf.data files and display the differential profile SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf diff' [oldfile] [newfile] +'perf diff' [baseline file] [data file1] [[data file2] ... ] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command displays the performance difference amongst two perf.data files -captured via perf record. +This command displays the performance difference amongst two or more perf.data +files captured via perf record. If no parameters are passed it will assume perf.data.old and perf.data. @@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ specified perf.data files. OPTIONS ------- --M:: ---displacement:: - Show position displacement relative to baseline. - -D:: --dump-raw-trace:: Dump raw trace in ASCII. @@ -37,21 +33,25 @@ OPTIONS -d:: --dsos=:: Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands - file://filename entries. + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage + of the Baseline/Delta column. See --percentage for more info. -C:: --comms=:: Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands - file://filename entries. + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage + of the Baseline/Delta column. See --percentage for more info. -S:: --symbols=:: Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands - file://filename entries. + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage + of the Baseline/Delta column. See --percentage for more info. -s:: --sort=:: - Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol. + Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, cpu, parent, srcline. + Please see description of --sort in the perf-report man page. -t:: --field-separator=:: @@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ OPTIONS -c:: --compute:: Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff (default is delta). - If '+' is specified as a first character, the output is sorted based - on the computation results. See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info. -p:: @@ -91,6 +89,71 @@ OPTIONS --formula:: Show formula for given computation. +-o:: +--order:: + Specify compute sorting column number. + +--percentage:: + Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries. + Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options. + + "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the + sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains + the original value before and after the filter is applied. + +COMPARISON +---------- +The comparison is governed by the baseline file. The baseline perf.data +file is iterated for samples. All other perf.data files specified on +the command line are searched for the baseline sample pair. If the pair +is found, specified computation is made and result is displayed. + +All samples from non-baseline perf.data files, that do not match any +baseline entry, are displayed with empty space within baseline column +and possible computation results (delta) in their related column. + +Example files samples: +- file A with samples f1, f2, f3, f4, f6 +- file B with samples f2, f4, f5 +- file C with samples f1, f2, f5 + +Example output: + x - computation takes place for pair + b - baseline sample percentage + +- perf diff A B C + + baseline/A compute/B compute/C samples + --------------------------------------- + b x f1 + b x x f2 + b f3 + b x f4 + b f6 + x x f5 + +- perf diff B A C + + baseline/B compute/A compute/C samples + --------------------------------------- + b x x f2 + b x f4 + b x f5 + x x f1 + x f3 + x f6 + +- perf diff C B A + + baseline/C compute/B compute/A samples + --------------------------------------- + b x f1 + b x x f2 + b x f5 + x f3 + x x f4 + x f6 + COMPARISON METHODS ------------------ delta @@ -100,12 +163,16 @@ If specified the 'Delta' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as: d = A->period_percent - B->period_percent with: - - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified + - A/B being matching hist entry from data/baseline file specified (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively. - period_percent being the % of the hist entry period value within single data file + - with filtering by -C, -d and/or -S, period_percent might be changed + relative to how entries are filtered. Use --percentage=absolute to + prevent such fluctuation. + ratio ~~~~~ If specified the 'Ratio' column is displayed with value 'r' computed as: @@ -113,25 +180,27 @@ If specified the 'Ratio' column is displayed with value 'r' computed as: r = A->period / B->period with: - - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified + - A/B being matching hist entry from data/baseline file specified (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively. - period being the hist entry period value -wdiff -~~~~~ +wdiff:WEIGHT-B,WEIGHT-A +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as: d = B->period * WEIGHT-A - A->period * WEIGHT-B - - A/B being matching hist entry from first/second file specified + - A/B being matching hist entry from data/baseline file specified (or perf.data/perf.data.old) respectively. - period being the hist entry period value - WEIGHT-A/WEIGHT-B being user suplied weights in the the '-c' option behind ':' separator like '-c wdiff:1,2'. + - WIEGHT-A being the weight of the data file + - WIEGHT-B being the weight of the baseline data file SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-record[1] +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt index 15217345c2f..1ceb3700ffb 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ OPTIONS --verbose=:: Show all fields. +-g:: +--group:: + Show event group information. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-list[1], diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt index 326f2cb333c..52276a6d2b7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt @@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestmount=<path> [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> | --guestvmlinux=<path>]] - {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} + {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} [<options>] 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> - | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} + | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} [<options>] +'perf kvm stat [record|report|live] [<options>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,10 +24,17 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: of an arbitrary workload. 'perf kvm record <command>' to record the performance counter profile - of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. If both - --host and --guest are input, the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm. - If there is no --host but --guest, the file name is perf.data.guest. - If there is no --guest but --host, the file name is perf.data.host. + of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. We set the + default behavior of perf kvm as --guest, so if neither --host nor --guest + is input, the perf data file name is perf.data.guest. If --host is input, + the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm. If you want to record data into + perf.data.host, please input --host --no-guest. The behaviors are shown as + following: + Default('') -> perf.data.guest + --host -> perf.data.kvm + --guest -> perf.data.guest + --host --guest -> perf.data.kvm + --host --no-guest -> perf.data.host 'perf kvm report' to display the performance counter profile information recorded via perf kvm record. @@ -36,7 +44,9 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: 'perf kvm buildid-list' to display the buildids found in a perf data file, so that other tools can be used to fetch packages with matching symbol tables - for use by perf report. + for use by perf report. As buildid is read from /sys/kernel/notes in os, then + if you want to list the buildid for guest, please make sure your perf data file + was captured with --guestmount in perf kvm record. 'perf kvm stat <command>' to run a command and gather performance counter statistics. @@ -50,17 +60,21 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: 'perf kvm stat report' reports statistical data which includes events handled time, samples, and so on. + 'perf kvm stat live' reports statistical data in a live mode (similar to + record + report but with statistical data updated live at a given display + rate). + OPTIONS ------- -i:: ---input=:: +--input=<path>:: Input file name. -o:: ---output:: +--output=<path>:: Output file name. ---host=:: +--host:: Collect host side performance profile. ---guest=:: +--guest:: Collect guest side performance profile. --guestmount=<path>:: Guest os root file system mount directory. Users mounts guest os @@ -79,19 +93,61 @@ OPTIONS kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest os. --guestvmlinux=<path>:: Guest os kernel vmlinux. +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc). STAT REPORT OPTIONS ------------------- --vcpu=<value>:: analyze events which occures on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus) ---events=<value>:: - events to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio, ioport. +--event=<value>:: + event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio, ioport. (default: vmexit) -k:: --key=<value>:: Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by samples number), time (sort by average time). +-p:: +--pid=:: + Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated list). + +STAT LIVE OPTIONS +----------------- +-d:: +--display:: + Time in seconds between display updates + +-m:: +--mmap-pages=:: + Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size + specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The + size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value. + +-a:: +--all-cpus:: + System-wide collection from all CPUs. + +-p:: +--pid=:: + Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated list). + +--vcpu=<value>:: + analyze events which occures on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus) + + +--event=<value>:: + event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio, ioport. + (default: vmexit) + +-k:: +--key=<value>:: + Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by samples + number), time (sort by average time). + +--duration=<value>:: + Show events other than HLT that take longer than duration usecs. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt index d1e39dc8c81..6fce6a62220 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|event_glob] +'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ counted. The following modifiers exist: G - guest counting (in KVM guests) H - host counting (not in KVM guests) p - precise level + S - read sample value (PERF_SAMPLE_READ) + D - pin the event to the PMU The 'p' modifier can be used for specifying how precise the instruction address should be. The 'p' modifier can be specified multiple times: @@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ To limit the list use: 'subsys_glob:event_glob' to filter by tracepoint subsystems such as sched, block, etc. +. 'pmu' to print the kernel supplied PMU events. + . If none of the above is matched, it will apply the supplied glob to all events, printing the ones that match. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt index c7f5f55634a..ab25be28c9d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ REPORT OPTIONS -k:: --key=<value>:: Sorting key. Possible values: acquired (default), contended, - wait_total, wait_max, wait_min. + avg_wait, wait_total, wait_max, wait_min. INFO OPTIONS ------------ diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1d78a4064da --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +perf-mem(1) +=========== + +NAME +---- +perf-mem - Profile memory accesses + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf mem' [<options>] (record [<command>] | report) + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +"perf mem -t <TYPE> record" runs a command and gathers memory operation data +from it, into perf.data. Perf record options are accepted and are passed through. + +"perf mem -t <TYPE> report" displays the result. It invokes perf report with the +right set of options to display a memory access profile. + +Note that on Intel systems the memory latency reported is the use-latency, +not the pure load (or store latency). Use latency includes any pipeline +queueing delays in addition to the memory subsystem latency. + +OPTIONS +------- +<command>...:: + Any command you can specify in a shell. + +-t:: +--type=:: + Select the memory operation type: load or store (default: load) + +-D:: +--dump-raw-samples=:: + Dump the raw decoded samples on the screen in a format that is easy to parse with + one sample per line. + +-x:: +--field-separator:: + Specify the field separator used when dump raw samples (-D option). By default, + The separator is the space character. + +-C:: +--cpu-list:: + Restrict dump of raw samples to those provided via this option. Note that the same + option can be passed in record mode. It will be interpreted the same way as perf + record. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index b715cb71592..1513935c399 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ Each probe argument follows below syntax. 'NAME' specifies the name of this argument (optional). You can use the name of local variable, local data structure member (e.g. var->field, var.field2), local array with fixed index (e.g. array[1], var->array[0], var->pointer[2]), or kprobe-tracer argument format (e.g. $retval, %ax, etc). Note that the name of this argument will be set as the last member name if you specify a local data structure member (e.g. field2 for 'var->field1.field2'.) 'TYPE' casts the type of this argument (optional). If omitted, perf probe automatically set the type based on debuginfo. You can specify 'string' type only for the local variable or structure member which is an array of or a pointer to 'char' or 'unsigned char' type. +On x86 systems %REG is always the short form of the register: for example %AX. %RAX or %EAX is not valid. + LINE SYNTAX ----------- Line range is described by following syntax. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 938e8904f64..d460049cae8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ OPTIONS -t:: --tid=:: Record events on existing thread ID (comma separated list). + This option also disables inheritance by default. Enable it by adding + --inherit. -u:: --uid=:: @@ -65,16 +67,9 @@ OPTIONS -r:: --realtime=:: Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority. --D:: ---no-delay:: - Collect data without buffering. --A:: ---append:: - Append to the output file to do incremental profiling. --f:: ---force:: - Overwrite existing data file. (deprecated) +--no-buffering:: + Collect data without buffering. -c:: --count=:: @@ -93,11 +88,25 @@ OPTIONS -m:: --mmap-pages=:: - Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two. + Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size + specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The + size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value. -g:: + Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + --call-graph:: - Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, + implies -g. + + Allows specifying "fp" (frame pointer) or "dwarf" + (DWARF's CFI - Call Frame Information) as the method to collect + the information used to show the call graphs. + + In some systems, where binaries are build with gcc + --fomit-frame-pointer, using the "fp" method will produce bogus + call graphs, using "dwarf", if available (perf tools linked to + the libunwind library) should be used instead. -q:: --quiet:: @@ -172,9 +181,13 @@ following filters are defined: - u: only when the branch target is at the user level - k: only when the branch target is in the kernel - hv: only when the target is at the hypervisor level + - in_tx: only when the target is in a hardware transaction + - no_tx: only when the target is not in a hardware transaction + - abort_tx: only when the target is a hardware transaction abort + - cond: conditional branches + -The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call. +The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond. The privilege levels may be omitted, in which case, the privilege levels of the associated event are applied to the branch filter. Both kernel (k) and hypervisor (hv) privilege levels are subject to permissions. When sampling on multiple events, branch stack sampling @@ -182,6 +195,25 @@ is enabled for all the sampling events. The sampled branch type is the same for The various filters must be specified as a comma separated list: --branch-filter any_ret,u,k Note that this feature may not be available on all processors. +--weight:: +Enable weightened sampling. An additional weight is recorded per sample and can be +displayed with the weight and local_weight sort keys. This currently works for TSX +abort events and some memory events in precise mode on modern Intel CPUs. + +--transaction:: +Record transaction flags for transaction related events. + +--per-thread:: +Use per-thread mmaps. By default per-cpu mmaps are created. This option +overrides that and uses per-thread mmaps. A side-effect of that is that +inheritance is automatically disabled. --per-thread is ignored with a warning +if combined with -a or -C options. + +-D:: +--delay=:: +After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to +filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index f4d91bebd59..d2b59af62bc 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ OPTIONS --verbose:: Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc) --d:: ---dsos=:: - Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands - file://filename entries. -n:: --show-nr-samples:: Show the number of samples for each symbol @@ -42,11 +38,18 @@ OPTIONS -c:: --comms=:: Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands - file://filename entries. + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of + the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. +-d:: +--dsos=:: + Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of + the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. -S:: --symbols=:: Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands - file://filename entries. + file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of + the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. --symbol-filter=:: Only show symbols that match (partially) with this filter. @@ -57,11 +60,85 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --sort=:: - Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline. + Sort histogram entries by given key(s) - multiple keys can be specified + in CSV format. Following sort keys are available: + pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, cpu, srcline, weight, local_weight. + + Each key has following meaning: + + - comm: command (name) of the task which can be read via /proc/<pid>/comm + - pid: command and tid of the task + - dso: name of library or module executed at the time of sample + - symbol: name of function executed at the time of sample + - parent: name of function matched to the parent regex filter. Unmatched + entries are displayed as "[other]". + - cpu: cpu number the task ran at the time of sample + - srcline: filename and line number executed at the time of sample. The + DWARF debugging info must be provided. + - weight: Event specific weight, e.g. memory latency or transaction + abort cost. This is the global weight. + - local_weight: Local weight version of the weight above. + - transaction: Transaction abort flags. + - overhead: Overhead percentage of sample + - overhead_sys: Overhead percentage of sample running in system mode + - overhead_us: Overhead percentage of sample running in user mode + - overhead_guest_sys: Overhead percentage of sample running in system mode + on guest machine + - overhead_guest_us: Overhead percentage of sample running in user mode on + guest machine + - sample: Number of sample + - period: Raw number of event count of sample + + By default, comm, dso and symbol keys are used. + (i.e. --sort comm,dso,symbol) + + If --branch-stack option is used, following sort keys are also + available: + dso_from, dso_to, symbol_from, symbol_to, mispredict. + + - dso_from: name of library or module branched from + - dso_to: name of library or module branched to + - symbol_from: name of function branched from + - symbol_to: name of function branched to + - mispredict: "N" for predicted branch, "Y" for mispredicted branch + - in_tx: branch in TSX transaction + - abort: TSX transaction abort. + + And default sort keys are changed to comm, dso_from, symbol_from, dso_to + and symbol_to, see '--branch-stack'. + +-F:: +--fields=:: + Specify output field - multiple keys can be specified in CSV format. + Following fields are available: + overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, overhead_children, sample and period. + Also it can contain any sort key(s). + + By default, every sort keys not specified in -F will be appended + automatically. + + If --mem-mode option is used, following sort keys are also available + (incompatible with --branch-stack): + symbol_daddr, dso_daddr, locked, tlb, mem, snoop, dcacheline. + + - symbol_daddr: name of data symbol being executed on at the time of sample + - dso_daddr: name of library or module containing the data being executed + on at the time of sample + - locked: whether the bus was locked at the time of sample + - tlb: type of tlb access for the data at the time of sample + - mem: type of memory access for the data at the time of sample + - snoop: type of snoop (if any) for the data at the time of sample + - dcacheline: the cacheline the data address is on at the time of sample + + And default sort keys are changed to local_weight, mem, sym, dso, + symbol_daddr, dso_daddr, snoop, tlb, locked, see '--mem-mode'. -p:: --parent=<regex>:: - regex filter to identify parent, see: '--sort parent' + A regex filter to identify parent. The parent is a caller of this + function and searched through the callchain, thus it requires callchain + information recorded. The pattern is in the exteneded regex format and + defaults to "\^sys_|^do_page_fault", see '--sort parent'. -x:: --exclude-other:: @@ -74,7 +151,6 @@ OPTIONS -t:: --field-separator=:: - Use a special separator character and don't pad with spaces, replacing all occurrences of this separator in symbol names (and other output) with a '.' character, that thus it's the only non valid separator. @@ -83,7 +159,7 @@ OPTIONS --dump-raw-trace:: Dump raw trace in ASCII. --g [type,min[,limit],order]:: +-g [type,min[,limit],order[,key]]:: --call-graph:: Display call chains using type, min percent threshold, optional print limit and order. @@ -97,12 +173,34 @@ OPTIONS - callee: callee based call graph. - caller: inverted caller based call graph. - Default: fractal,0.5,callee. + key can be: + - function: compare on functions + - address: compare on individual code addresses + + Default: fractal,0.5,callee,function. + +--children:: + Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can + show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column + and will be sorted on the data. It requires callchains are recorded. + +--max-stack:: + Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything + beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off + between information loss and faster processing especially for + workloads that can have a very long callchain stack. + + Default: 127 -G:: --inverted:: alias for inverted caller based call graph. +--ignore-callees=<regex>:: + Ignore callees of the function(s) matching the given regex. + This has the effect of collecting the callers of each such + function into one place in the call-graph tree. + --pretty=<key>:: Pretty printing style. key: normal, raw @@ -171,6 +269,42 @@ OPTIONS --objdump=<path>:: Path to objdump binary. +--group:: + Show event group information together. + +--demangle:: + Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default, + disable with --no-demangle. + +--mem-mode:: + Use the data addresses of samples in addition to instruction addresses + to build the histograms. To generate meaningful output, the perf.data + file must have been obtained using perf record -d -W and using a + special event -e cpu/mem-loads/ or -e cpu/mem-stores/. See + 'perf mem' for simpler access. + +--percent-limit:: + Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent. + (Default: 0). + +--percentage:: + Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries. + Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and + Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc). + + "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the + sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains + the original value before and after the filter is applied. + +--header:: + Show header information in the perf.data file. This includes + various information like hostname, OS and perf version, cpu/mem + info, perf command line, event list and so on. Currently only + --stdio output supports this feature. + +--header-only:: + Show only perf.data header (forces --stdio). + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-annotate[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script-python.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script-python.txt index a4027f221a5..9f1f054b843 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script-python.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script-python.txt @@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ scripts listed by the 'perf script -l' command e.g.: ---- root@tropicana:~# perf script -l List of available trace scripts: - workqueue-stats workqueue stats (ins/exe/create/destroy) wakeup-latency system-wide min/max/avg wakeup latency rw-by-file <comm> r/w activity for a program, by file rw-by-pid system-wide r/w activity @@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ should show a new entry for your script: ---- root@tropicana:~# perf script -l List of available trace scripts: - workqueue-stats workqueue stats (ins/exe/create/destroy) wakeup-latency system-wide min/max/avg wakeup latency rw-by-file <comm> r/w activity for a program, by file rw-by-pid system-wide r/w activity diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index e9cbfcddfa3..05f9a0a6784 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, symoff. + comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff, srcline. 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 @@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ OPTIONS --show-kernel-path:: Try to resolve the path of [kernel.kallsyms] +--show-task-events + Display task related events (e.g. FORK, COMM, EXIT). + +--show-mmap-events + Display mmap related events (e.g. MMAP, MMAP2). + +--header + Show perf.data header. + +--header-only + Show only perf.data header. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1], diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index cf0c3107e06..29ee857c09c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ OPTIONS -r:: --repeat=<n>:: - repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100) + repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100). 0 means forever. -B:: --big-num:: @@ -114,6 +114,33 @@ with it. --append may be used here. Examples: perf stat --repeat 10 --null --sync --pre 'make -s O=defconfig-build/clean' -- make -s -j64 O=defconfig-build/ bzImage +-I msecs:: +--interval-print msecs:: + Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 100ms) + example: perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5 + +--per-socket:: +Aggregate counts per processor socket for system-wide mode measurements. This +is a useful mode to detect imbalance between sockets. To enable this mode, +use --per-socket in addition to -a. (system-wide). The output includes the +socket number and the number of online processors on that socket. This is +useful to gauge the amount of aggregation. + +--per-core:: +Aggregate counts per physical processor for system-wide mode measurements. This +is a useful mode to detect imbalance between physical cores. To enable this mode, +use --per-core in addition to -a. (system-wide). The output includes the +core number and the number of online logical processors on that physical processor. + +-D msecs:: +--delay msecs:: +After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to +filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different. + +-T:: +--transaction:: + +Print statistics of transactional execution if supported. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt index b24ac40fcd5..d1d3e5121f8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ from 'perf test list'. OPTIONS ------- +-s:: +--skip:: + Tests to skip (comma separater numeric list). + -v:: --verbose:: Be more verbose. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt index 1632b0efc75..5e0f986dff3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf timechart' {record} +'perf timechart' [<timechart options>] {record} [<record options>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ There are two variants of perf timechart: 'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file, that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'. -OPTIONS -------- +TIMECHART OPTIONS +----------------- -o:: --output=:: Select the output file (default: output.svg) @@ -34,12 +34,58 @@ OPTIONS -P:: --power-only:: Only output the CPU power section of the diagram +-T:: +--tasks-only:: + Don't output processor state transitions -p:: --process:: Select the processes to display, by name or PID --symfs=<directory>:: Look for files with symbols relative to this directory. +-n:: +--proc-num:: + Print task info for at least given number of tasks. +-t:: +--topology:: + Sort CPUs according to topology. +--highlight=<duration_nsecs|task_name>:: + Highlight tasks (using different color) that run more than given + duration or tasks with given name. If number is given it's interpreted + as number of nanoseconds. If non-numeric string is given it's + interpreted as task name. + +RECORD OPTIONS +-------------- +-P:: +--power-only:: + Record only power-related events +-T:: +--tasks-only:: + Record only tasks-related events +-g:: +--callchain:: + Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +$ perf timechart record git pull + + [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ] + [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ] + +$ perf timechart + + Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg. + +Record system-wide timechart: + + $ perf timechart record + + then generate timechart and highlight 'gcc' tasks: + + $ perf timechart --highlight gcc SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 5b80d84d6b4..180ae02137a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. --count-filter=<count>:: Only display functions with more events than this. --g:: --group:: Put the counters into a counter group. @@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. -i:: --inherit:: - Child tasks inherit counters, only makes sens with -p option. + Child tasks do not inherit counters. -k <path>:: --vmlinux=<path>:: @@ -68,7 +67,9 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. -m <pages>:: --mmap-pages=<pages>:: - Number of mmapped data pages. + Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size + specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The + size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value. -p <pid>:: --pid=<pid>:: @@ -86,7 +87,6 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. --realtime=<priority>:: Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority. --s <symbol>:: --sym-annotate=<symbol>:: Annotate this symbol. @@ -112,7 +112,18 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. -s:: --sort:: - Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline. + Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline, weight, + local_weight, abort, in_tx, transaction, overhead, sample, period. + Please see description of --sort in the perf-report man page. + +--fields=:: + Specify output field - multiple keys can be specified in CSV format. + Following fields are available: + overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, overhead_children, sample and period. + Also it can contain any sort key(s). + + By default, every sort keys not specified in --field will be appended + automatically. -n:: --show-nr-samples:: @@ -122,13 +133,16 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. Show a column with the sum of periods. --dsos:: - Only consider symbols in these dsos. + Only consider symbols in these dsos. This option will affect the + percentage of the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. --comms:: - Only consider symbols in these comms. + Only consider symbols in these comms. This option will affect the + percentage of the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. --symbols:: - Only consider these symbols. + Only consider these symbols. This option will affect the + percentage of the overhead column. See --percentage for more info. -M:: --disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump. @@ -140,20 +154,44 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. --asm-raw:: Show raw instruction encoding of assembly instructions. --G [type,min,order]:: +-g:: + Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + --call-graph:: - Display call chains using type, min percent threshold and order. - type can be either: - - flat: single column, linear exposure of call chains. - - graph: use a graph tree, displaying absolute overhead rates. - - fractal: like graph, but displays relative rates. Each branch of - the tree is considered as a new profiled object. + Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, + implies -g. + +--children:: + Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can + show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column + and will be sorted on the data. It requires -g/--call-graph option + enabled. + +--max-stack:: + Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything + beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off + between information loss and faster processing especially for + workloads that can have a very long callchain stack. + + Default: 127 + +--ignore-callees=<regex>:: + Ignore callees of the function(s) matching the given regex. + This has the effect of collecting the callers of each such + function into one place in the call-graph tree. + +--percent-limit:: + Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent. + (Default: 0). - order can be either: - - callee: callee based call graph. - - caller: inverted caller based call graph. +--percentage:: + Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries. + Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and + Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc). - Default: fractal,0.5,callee. + "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the + sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains + the original value before and after the filter is applied. INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS -------------------------- @@ -190,4 +228,4 @@ Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and prompts for input. SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] +linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1], linkperf:perf-report[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt index 68718ccdd17..fae38d9a44a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'perf trace' +'perf trace record' DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,32 +17,59 @@ This command will show the events associated with the target, initially syscalls, but other system events like pagefaults, task lifetime events, scheduling events, etc. -Initially this is a live mode only tool, but eventually will work with -perf.data files like the other tools, allowing a detached 'record' from -analysis phases. +This is a live mode tool in addition to working with perf.data files like +the other perf tools. Files can be generated using the 'perf record' command +but the session needs to include the raw_syscalls events (-e 'raw_syscalls:*'). +Alernatively, the 'perf trace record' can be used as a shortcut to +automatically include the raw_syscalls events when writing events to a file. + +The following options apply to perf trace; options to perf trace record are +found in the perf record man page. OPTIONS ------- +-a:: --all-cpus:: System-wide collection from all CPUs. +-e:: +--expr:: + List of events to show, currently only syscall names. + Prefixing with ! shows all syscalls but the ones specified. You may + need to escape it. + +-o:: +--output=:: + Output file name. + -p:: --pid=:: Record events on existing process ID (comma separated list). +-t:: --tid=:: Record events on existing thread ID (comma separated list). +-u:: --uid=:: Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number. +-v:: +--verbose=:: + Verbosity level. + +-i:: --no-inherit:: Child tasks do not inherit counters. +-m:: --mmap-pages=:: - Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two. + Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size + specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The + size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value. +-C:: --cpu:: Collect samples only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. @@ -54,6 +82,31 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs. --sched: Accrue thread runtime and provide a summary at the end of the session. +-i +--input + Process events from a given perf data file. + +-T +--time + Print full timestamp rather time relative to first sample. + +--comm:: + Show process COMM right beside its ID, on by default, disable with --no-comm. + +-s:: +--summary:: + Show only a summary of syscalls by thread with min, max, and average times + (in msec) and relative stddev. + +-S:: +--with-summary:: + Show all syscalls followed by a summary by thread with min, max, and + average times (in msec) and relative stddev. + +--tool_stats:: + Show tool stats such as number of times fd->pathname was discovered thru + hooking the open syscall return + vfs_getname or via reading /proc/pid/fd, etc. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script[1] |