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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-20 15:54:37 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-20 15:54:37 -0700 |
commit | 467f9957d9283be40101d7255d06fae7e211ff4c (patch) | |
tree | 71d155ab52b3a78bc88d0c8088b09b3c37f9357a /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt | |
parent | 78f28b7c555359c67c2a0d23f7436e915329421e (diff) | |
parent | cdf8073d6b2c6c5a3cd6ce0e6c1297157f7f99ba (diff) | |
download | linux-467f9957d9283be40101d7255d06fae7e211ff4c.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'perfcounters-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perfcounters-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (58 commits)
perf_counter: Fix perf_copy_attr() pointer arithmetic
perf utils: Use a define for the maximum length of a trace event
perf: Add timechart help text and add timechart to "perf help"
tracing, x86, cpuidle: Move the end point of a C state in the power tracer
perf utils: Be consistent about minimum text size in the svghelper
perf timechart: Add "perf timechart record"
perf: Add the timechart tool
perf: Add a SVG helper library file
tracing, perf: Convert the power tracer into an event tracer
perf: Add a sample_event type to the event_union
perf: Allow perf utilities to have "callback" options without arguments
perf: Store trace event name/id pairs in perf.data
perf: Add a timestamp to fork events
sched_clock: Make it NMI safe
perf_counter: Fix up swcounter throttling
x86, perf_counter, bts: Optimize BTS overflow handling
perf sched: Add --input=file option to builtin-sched.c
perf trace: Sample timestamp and cpu when using record flag
perf tools: Increase MAX_EVENT_LENGTH
perf tools: Fix memory leak in read_ftrace_printk()
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..61e0104c6270 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +perf-timechart(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf timechart' {record} + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +There are two variants of perf timechart: + + 'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events + of an arbitrary workload. + + 'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file, + that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'. + +OPTIONS +------- +-o:: +--output=:: + Select the output file (default: output.svg) +-i:: +--input=:: + Select the input file (default: perf.data) + + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-record[1] |