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authorDavid Ahern <daahern@cisco.com>2010-12-09 13:27:07 -0700
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2010-12-21 20:17:51 -0200
commitec5761eab318e50e69fcf8e63e9edaef5949c067 (patch)
treeb81fa986f8c61f3cdcbbf11bc1195db65e8cd036 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
parenteac23d1c384b55e4bbb89ea9e5a6bb77fb4d1140 (diff)
perf symbols: Add symfs option for off-box analysis using specified tree
The symfs argument allows analysis of perf.data file using a locally accessible filesystem tree with debug symbols - e.g., tree created during image builds, sshfs mount, loop mounted KVM disk images, USB keys, initrds, etc. Anything with an OS tree can be analyzed from anywhere without the need to populate a local data store with build-ids. Commiter notes: o Fixed up symfs="/" variants handling. o prefixed DSO__ORIG_GUEST_KMODULE case with symfs too, avoiding use of files outside the symfs directory. LKML-Reference: <1291926427-28846-1-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ OPTIONS
--force::
Don't complain, do it.
+--symfs=<directory>::
+ Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
SEE ALSO
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