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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-10-29 11:23:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-10-29 11:23:32 +0100 |
| commit | aac898548d04c7bff179b79f805874b0d6f87571 (patch) | |
| tree | e8de975fd5de6c95bf4329861a872dbcfe0c7ead /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | |
| parent | 2f5e98802350627ad6f2e3cee4d177059fc0c2f2 (diff) | |
| parent | cd65718712469ad844467250e8fad20a5838baae (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Conflicts:
tools/perf/builtin-record.c
tools/perf/builtin-top.c
tools/perf/util/hist.h
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index f10ab63576d7..052f7c4dc00c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -92,8 +92,20 @@ OPTIONS 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:: |
