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| author | Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> | 2010-10-21 19:13:35 +0900 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2010-10-21 16:06:42 -0200 |
| commit | fb8c5a56c7ddbc2b0d2ee7a8da60fe1355f75141 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d7575627d9fbcdeb642fbcb6ed84744fe9763f5 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
| parent | c82ec0a2bd7725a2d2ac3065d8cde13e1f717d3c (diff) | |
| download | linux-fb8c5a56c7ddbc2b0d2ee7a8da60fe1355f75141.tar.bz2 | |
perf probe: Show accessible global variables
Add --externs for allowing --vars to show accessible global (externally
defined) variables from a given probe point too.
This will give you a hint which globals can be accessible from the probe point.
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101021101335.3542.31003.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index 72f5d9e21432..148c178a35aa 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ or or 'perf probe' --line='FUNC[:RLN[+NUM|:RLN2]]|SRC:ALN[+NUM|:ALN2]' or -'perf probe' --vars='PROBEPOINT' +'perf probe' [--externs] --vars='PROBEPOINT' DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ OPTIONS Show available local variables at given probe point. The argument syntax is same as PROBE SYNTAX, but NO ARGs. +--externs:: + (Only for --vars) Show external defined variables in addition to local + variables. + -f:: --force:: Forcibly add events with existing name. |