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Message-ID: <tip-ec7ba4ea1d605029fb09601ab4ad3053bc1f519c@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:37:05 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf tools: Add missing parameters documentation

Commit-ID:  ec7ba4ea1d605029fb09601ab4ad3053bc1f519c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ec7ba4ea1d605029fb09601ab4ad3053bc1f519c
Author:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:32:03 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:04:47 +0200

perf tools: Add missing parameters documentation

Add missing documentation for the following parameters:

- perf record -R
- perf report -g

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
LKML-Reference: <1251682323-10395-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |    4 ++++
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt |   10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 6be696b..0ff23de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --no-samples::
 	Don't sample.
 
+-R::
+--raw-samples::
+Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (typically for tracepoint counters).
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 370344a..59f0b84 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	all occurances of this separator in symbol names (and other output)
 	with a '.' character, that thus it's the only non valid separator.
 
+-g [type,min]::
+--call-graph::
+        Display callchains using type and min percent threshold.
+	type can be either:
+	- flat: single column, linear exposure of callchains.
+	- 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.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1]
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