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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-26 17:03:38 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-26 17:03:38 +0200
commit7115e3fcf45514db7525a05365b10454ff7f345e (patch)
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parentc752d04066a36ae30b29795f3fa3f536292c1f8c (diff)
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Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (121 commits) perf symbols: Increase symbol KSYM_NAME_LEN size perf hists browser: Refuse 'a' hotkey on non symbolic views perf ui browser: Use libslang to read keys perf tools: Fix tracing info recording perf hists browser: Elide DSO column when it is set to just one DSO, ditto for threads perf hists: Don't consider filtered entries when calculating column widths perf hists: Don't decay total_period for filtered entries perf hists browser: Honour symbol_conf.show_{nr_samples,total_period} perf hists browser: Do not exit on tab key with single event perf annotate browser: Don't change selection line when returning from callq perf tools: handle endianness of feature bitmap perf tools: Add prelink suggestion to dso update message perf script: Fix unknown feature comment perf hists browser: Apply the dso and thread filters when merging new batches perf hists: Move the dso and thread filters from hist_browser perf ui browser: Honour the xterm colors perf top tui: Give color hints just on the percentage, like on --stdio perf ui browser: Make the colors configurable and change the defaults perf tui: Remove unneeded call to newtCls on startup perf hists: Don't format the percentage on hist_entry__snprintf ... Fix up conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c manually. Ingo's tree did the insane "add volatile to const array", which just doesn't make sense ("volatile const"?). But we could remove the const *and* make the array volatile to make doubly sure that gcc doesn't optimize it away.. Also fix up kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c non-data-conflicts manually: the reader_lock has been turned into a raw lock by the core locking merge, and there was a new user of it introduced in this perf core merge. Make sure that new use also uses the raw accessor functions.
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@@ -106,6 +106,51 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
--zero::
Zero history across display updates.
+-s::
+--sort::
+ Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent
+
+-n::
+--show-nr-samples::
+ Show a column with the number of samples.
+
+--show-total-period::
+ Show a column with the sum of periods.
+
+--dsos::
+ Only consider symbols in these dsos.
+
+--comms::
+ Only consider symbols in these comms.
+
+--symbols::
+ Only consider these symbols.
+
+-M::
+--disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump.
+
+--source::
+ Interleave source code with assembly code. Enabled by default,
+ disable with --no-source.
+
+--asm-raw::
+ Show raw instruction encoding of assembly instructions.
+
+-G [type,min,order]::
+--call-graph::
+ Display call chains using type, min percent threshold and order.
+ type can be either:
+ - flat: single column, linear exposure of call chains.
+ - 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.
+
+ order can be either:
+ - callee: callee based call graph.
+ - caller: inverted caller based call graph.
+
+ Default: fractal,0.5,callee.
+
INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
--------------------------
@@ -130,9 +175,6 @@ INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
[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.