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@@ -123,13 +123,16 @@ 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 +168,15 @@ 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.
+
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