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@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf ftrace trace'
--graph-opts::
List of options allowed to set:
+ - args - Show function arguments.
+ - retval - Show function return value.
+ - retval-hex - Show function return value in hexadecimal format.
+ - retaddr - Show function return address.
- nosleep-time - Measure on-CPU time only for function_graph tracer.
- noirqs - Ignore functions that happen inside interrupt.
- verbose - Show process names, PIDs, timestamps, etc.
@@ -139,6 +143,12 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf ftrace latency'
Set the function name to get the histogram. Unlike perf ftrace trace,
it only allows single function to calculate the histogram.
+-e::
+--events=::
+ Set the pair of events to get the histogram. The histogram is calculated
+ by the time difference between the two events from the same thread. This
+ requires -b/--use-bpf option.
+
-b::
--use-bpf::
Use BPF to measure function latency instead of using the ftrace (it