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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2020-04-04 10:35:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2020-04-04 10:35:15 +0200 |
| commit | 7dc41b9b99cd0037a418ac47e342d56a438df649 (patch) | |
| tree | e257a65d57043746503d55e877697339e0eea80a /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | |
| parent | 42595ce90b9d4a6b9d8c5a1ea78da4eeaf7e086a (diff) | |
| parent | 9ff76cea4e9e6d49a6f764ae114fc0fb8de97816 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'perf-urgent-for-mingo-5.7-20200403' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/urgentperf-urgent-2020-04-05
Pull perf/urgent fixes and improvements from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
perf python:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
- Fix clang detection to strip out options passed in $CC.
build:
He Zhe:
- Normalize gcc parameter when generating arch errno table, fixing
the build by removing options from $(CC).
Sam Lunt:
- Support Python 3.8+ in Makefile.
perf report/top:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
- Fix title line formatting.
perf script:
Andreas Gerstmayr:
- Fix SEGFAULT when using DWARF mode.
- Fix invalid read of directory entry after closedir(), found with valgrind.
Hagen Paul Pfeifer:
- Introduce --deltatime option.
Stephane Eranian:
- Allow --symbol to accept hexadecimal addresses.
Ian Rogers:
- Add -S/--symbols documentation
Namhyung Kim:
- Add --show-cgroup-events option.
perf python:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
- Include rwsem.c in the python binding, needed by the cgroups improvements.
build-test:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
- Honour JOBS to override detection of number of cores
perf top:
Jin Yao:
- Support --group-sort-idx to change the sort order
- perf top: Support hotkey to change sort order
perf pmu-events x86:
Jin Yao:
- Use CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD in Kernel_Utilization metric
perf symbols arm64:
Kemeng Shi:
- Fix arm64 gap between kernel start and module end
kernel perf subsystem:
Namhyung Kim:
- Add PERF_RECORD_CGROUP event and Add PERF_SAMPLE_CGROUP feature,
to allow cgroup tracking, saving a link between cgroup path and
its id number.
perf cgroup:
Namhyung Kim:
- Maintain cgroup hierarchy.
perf report:
Namhyung Kim:
- Add 'cgroup' sort key.
perf record:
Namhyung Kim:
- Support synthesizing cgroup events for pre-existing cgroups.
- Add --all-cgroups option
Documentation:
Tony Jones:
- Update docs regarding kernel/user space unwinding.
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index 8ead55593984..f16d8a71d3f5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt @@ -405,14 +405,16 @@ ui.*:: This option is only applied to TUI. call-graph.*:: - When sub-commands 'top' and 'report' work with -g/—-children - there're options in control of call-graph. + The following controls the handling of call-graphs (obtained via the + -g/--call-graph options). call-graph.record-mode:: - The record-mode can be 'fp' (frame pointer), 'dwarf' and 'lbr'. - The value of 'dwarf' is effective only if perf detect needed library - (libunwind or a recent version of libdw). - 'lbr' only work for cpus that support it. + The mode for user space can be 'fp' (frame pointer), 'dwarf' + and 'lbr'. The value 'dwarf' is effective only if libunwind + (or a recent version of libdw) is present on the system; + the value 'lbr' only works for certain cpus. The method for + kernel space is controlled not by this option but by the + kernel config (CONFIG_UNWINDER_*). call-graph.dump-size:: The size of stack to dump in order to do post-unwinding. Default is 8192 (byte). |