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Message-ID: <tip-ca52babe033f2a0a535ce7c814e54a44cead1f15@git.kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:15:52 -0700
From: tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: ak@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org, acme@...hat.com,
mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
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Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Add some new tips describing the new
options
Commit-ID: ca52babe033f2a0a535ce7c814e54a44cead1f15
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ca52babe033f2a0a535ce7c814e54a44cead1f15
Author: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:44:59 -0700
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:33:19 -0300
perf tools: Add some new tips describing the new options
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190311144502.15423-9-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
index 849599f39c5e..869965d629ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ To see callchains in a more compact form: perf report -g folded
Show individual samples with: perf script
Limit to show entries above 5% only: perf report --percent-limit 5
Profiling branch (mis)predictions with: perf record -b / perf report
+To show assembler sample contexts use perf record -b / perf script -F +brstackinsn --xed
Treat branches as callchains: perf report --branch-history
To count events in every 1000 msec: perf stat -I 1000
Print event counts in CSV format with: perf stat -x,
@@ -34,3 +35,9 @@ Show current config key-value pairs: perf config --list
Show user configuration overrides: perf config --user --list
To add Node.js USDT(User-Level Statically Defined Tracing): perf buildid-cache --add `which node`
To report cacheline events from previous recording: perf c2c report
+To browse sample contexts use perf report --sample 10 and select in context menu
+To separate samples by time use perf report --sort time,overhead,sym
+To set sample time separation other than 100ms with --sort time use --time-quantum
+Add -I to perf report to sample register values visible in perf report context.
+To show IPC for sampling periods use perf record -e '{cycles,instructions}:S' and then browse context
+To show context switches in perf report sample context add --switch-events to perf record.
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