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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-06 04:42:12 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-06 04:42:12 +0200
commit1836ac856e4fb446e48afa4f8cae897d4856b06c (patch)
tree1b5da329b15a09e13189801c82266fb6805a90af /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
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parent3698dab1c849c7e1cd440df4fca24baa1973d53b (diff)
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Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core
Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: User visible changes: - Improve --filter support for 'perf probe', allowing using its arguments on other commands, as --add, --del, etc (Masami Hiramatsu) - Show warning when running 'perf kmem stat' on a unsuitable perf.data file, i.e. one with events that are not the ones required for the stat variant used (Namhyung Kim). Infrastructure changes: - Auxtrace support patches, paving the way to support Intel PT and BTS (Adrian Hunter) - hists browser (top, report) refactorings (Namhyung Kim) Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index 239609c09f83..a272f2e9a1cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ or
or
'perf probe' [options] --del='[GROUP:]EVENT' [...]
or
-'perf probe' --list
+'perf probe' --list[=[GROUP:]EVENT]
or
'perf probe' [options] --line='LINE'
or
'perf probe' [options] --vars='PROBEPOINT'
+or
+'perf probe' [options] --funcs
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -64,8 +66,8 @@ OPTIONS
classes(e.g. [a-z], [!A-Z]).
-l::
---list::
- List up current probe events.
+--list[=[GROUP:]EVENT]::
+ List up current probe events. This can also accept filtering patterns of event names.
-L::
--line=::
@@ -82,9 +84,10 @@ OPTIONS
variables.
-F::
---funcs::
+--funcs[=FILTER]::
Show available functions in given module or kernel. With -x/--exec,
can also list functions in a user space executable / shared library.
+ This also can accept a FILTER rule argument.
--filter=FILTER::
(Only for --vars and --funcs) Set filter. FILTER is a combination of glob