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authorShawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@gmail.com>2010-11-30 19:57:17 -0600
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2010-12-01 18:22:47 -0200
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perf report: Document missing options
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <1291168642-11402-10-git-send-email-shawn.bohrer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 12052c9ed0ba..59a1f57f2bb7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ OPTIONS
-i::
--input=::
Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+ Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
+
-d::
--dsos=::
Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
@@ -27,6 +32,10 @@ OPTIONS
-n::
--show-nr-samples::
Show the number of samples for each symbol
+
+--showcpuutilization::
+ Show sample percentage for different cpu modes.
+
-T::
--threads::
Show per-thread event counters
@@ -39,12 +48,24 @@ OPTIONS
Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
+-U::
+--hide-unresolved::
+ Only display entries resolved to a symbol.
+
-s::
--sort=::
Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent.
+-p::
+--parent=<regex>::
+ regex filter to identify parent, see: '--sort parent'
+
+-x::
+--exclude-other::
+ Only display entries with parent-match.
+
-w::
---field-width=::
+--column-widths=<width[,width...]>::
Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
readability.
@@ -52,19 +73,26 @@ OPTIONS
--field-separator=::
Use a special separator character and don't pad with spaces, replacing
- all occurances of this separator in symbol names (and other output)
+ all occurrences of this separator in symbol names (and other output)
with a '.' character, that thus it's the only non valid separator.
+-D::
+--dump-raw-trace::
+ Dump raw trace in ASCII.
+
-g [type,min]::
--call-graph::
- Display callchains using type and min percent threshold.
+ Display call chains using type and min percent threshold.
type can be either:
- - flat: single column, linear exposure of callchains.
+ - 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. +
Default: fractal,0.5.
+--pretty=<key>::
+ Pretty printing style. key: normal, raw
+
--stdio:: Use the stdio interface.
--tui:: Use the TUI interface, that is integrated with annotate and allows
@@ -72,6 +100,19 @@ OPTIONS
requires a tty, if one is not present, as when piping to other
commands, the stdio interface is used.
+-k::
+--vmlinux=<file>::
+ vmlinux pathname
+
+-m::
+--modules::
+ Load module symbols. WARNING: This should only be used with -k and
+ a LIVE kernel.
+
+-f::
+--force::
+ Don't complain, do it.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-stat[1]
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