From 836179834833272f89098c6d1e1b89e8e69797c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Galbraith Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:24:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf top: Update man page perf_counter tools: update perf top manual page to reflect current implementation. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 539d0128972..4a7d558dc30 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -3,36 +3,122 @@ perf-top(1) NAME ---- -perf-top - Run a command and profile it +perf-top - System profiling tool. SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf top' [-e | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] +'perf top' [-e | --event=EVENT] [] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile -from it. +This command generates and displays a performance counter profile in realtime. OPTIONS ------- -...:: - Any command you can specify in a shell. +-a:: +--all-cpus:: + System-wide collection. (default) --e:: ---event=:: +-c :: +--count=:: + Event period to sample. + +-C :: +--CPU=:: + CPU to profile. + +-d :: +--delay=:: + Number of seconds to delay between refreshes. + +-e :: +--event=:: Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a - hexadecimal event descriptor. + hexadecimal event descriptor. --a:: - system-wide collection +-E :: +--entries=:: + Display this many functions. + +-f :: +--count-filter=:: + Only display functions with more events than this. + +-F :: +--freq=:: + Profile at this frequency. + +-i:: +--inherit:: + Child tasks inherit counters, only makes sens with -p option. + +-k :: +--vmlinux=:: + Path to vmlinux. Required for annotation functionality. + +-m :: +--mmap-pages=:: + Number of mmapped data pages. + +-p :: +--pid=:: + Profile events on existing pid. + +-r :: +--realtime=:: + Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority. + +-s :: +--sym-annotate=:: + Annotate this symbol. Requires -k option. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc). + +-z:: +--zero:: + Zero history across display updates. + +INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS +-------------------------- + +[d]:: + Display refresh delay. + +[e]:: + Number of entries to display. + +[E]:: + Event to display when multiple counters are active. + +[f]:: + Profile display filter (>= hit count). + +[F]:: + Annotation display filter (>= % of total). + +[s]:: + Annotate symbol. + +[S]:: + Stop annotation, return to full profile display. + +[w]:: + Toggle between weighted sum and individual count[E]r profile. + +[z]:: + Toggle event count zeroing across display updates. + +[qQ]:: + Quit. + +Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and prompts for input. --l:: - scale counter values SEE ALSO --------