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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-06-08 11:31:16 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-06-08 11:31:16 -0700 |
commit | 3f17ea6dea8ba5668873afa54628a91aaa3fb1c0 (patch) | |
tree | afbeb2accd4c2199ddd705ae943995b143a0af02 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | |
parent | 1860e379875dfe7271c649058aeddffe5afd9d0d (diff) | |
parent | 1a5700bc2d10cd379a795fd2bb377a190af5acd4 (diff) |
Merge branch 'next' (accumulated 3.16 merge window patches) into master
Now that 3.15 is released, this merges the 'next' branch into 'master',
bringing us to the normal situation where my 'master' branch is the
merge window.
* accumulated work in next: (6809 commits)
ufs: sb mutex merge + mutex_destroy
powerpc: update comments for generic idle conversion
cris: update comments for generic idle conversion
idle: remove cpu_idle() forward declarations
nbd: zero from and len fields in NBD_CMD_DISCONNECT.
mm: convert some level-less printks to pr_*
MAINTAINERS: adi-buildroot-devel is moderated
MAINTAINERS: add linux-api for review of API/ABI changes
mm/kmemleak-test.c: use pr_fmt for logging
fs/dlm/debug_fs.c: replace seq_printf by seq_puts
fs/dlm/lockspace.c: convert simple_str to kstr
fs/dlm/config.c: convert simple_str to kstr
mm: mark remap_file_pages() syscall as deprecated
mm: memcontrol: remove unnecessary memcg argument from soft limit functions
mm: memcontrol: clean up memcg zoneinfo lookup
mm/memblock.c: call kmemleak directly from memblock_(alloc|free)
mm/mempool.c: update the kmemleak stack trace for mempool allocations
lib/radix-tree.c: update the kmemleak stack trace for radix tree allocations
mm: introduce kmemleak_update_trace()
mm/kmemleak.c: use %u to print ->checksum
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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 976b00c6cdb..dcfa54c851e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -113,7 +113,17 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. -s:: --sort:: Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline, weight, - local_weight, abort, in_tx, transaction + 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, 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:: @@ -123,13 +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. @@ -165,6 +178,15 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. 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. + INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS -------------------------- @@ -200,4 +222,4 @@ 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] |