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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-02-28 10:20:25 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-02-28 10:20:25 -0800 |
commit | 6556a6743549defc32e5f90ee2cb1ecd833a44c3 (patch) | |
tree | 622306583d4a3c13235a8bfc012854c125c597f1 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt | |
parent | e0d272429a34ff143bfa04ee8e29dd4eed2964c7 (diff) | |
parent | 1dd2980d990068e20045b90c424518cc7f3657ff (diff) |
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (172 commits)
perf_event, amd: Fix spinlock initialization
perf_event: Fix preempt warning in perf_clock()
perf tools: Flush maps on COMM events
perf_events, x86: Split PMU definitions into separate files
perf annotate: Handle samples not at objdump output addr boundaries
perf_events, x86: Remove superflous MSR writes
perf_events: Simplify code by removing cpu argument to hw_perf_group_sched_in()
perf_events, x86: AMD event scheduling
perf_events: Add new start/stop PMU callbacks
perf_events: Report the MMAP pgoff value in bytes
perf annotate: Defer allocating sym_priv->hist array
perf symbols: Improve debugging information about symtab origins
perf top: Use a macro instead of a constant variable
perf symbols: Check the right return variable
perf/scripts: Tag syscall_name helper as not yet available
perf/scripts: Add perf-trace-python Documentation
perf/scripts: Remove unnecessary PyTuple resizes
perf/scripts: Add syscall tracing scripts
perf/scripts: Add Python scripting engine
perf/scripts: Remove check-perf-trace from listed scripts
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Fix trivial conflict in tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt index 60e5900da48..8879299cd9d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ There are several variants of perf trace: 'perf trace' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was recorded. + You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and + summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is + available via 'perf trace -l'). The following variants allow you to + record and run those scripts: + 'perf trace record <script>' to record the events required for 'perf trace report'. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language @@ -31,6 +36,9 @@ There are several variants of perf trace: record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to succeed. + See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific + information on how to write and run your own trace scripts. + OPTIONS ------- -D:: @@ -45,9 +53,11 @@ OPTIONS --list=:: Display a list of available trace scripts. --s:: +-s ['lang']:: --script=:: Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]). + If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a + list of supported languages will be displayed instead. -g:: --gen-script=:: @@ -56,4 +66,5 @@ OPTIONS SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-trace-perl[1] +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-trace-perl[1], +linkperf:perf-trace-python[1] |