diff options
| author | David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> | 2013-08-07 21:56:39 -0400 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2013-08-12 10:31:05 -0300 |
| commit | 9a6d316692d59c4400a66b01db675abac432b4b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 221c828389dd9a602ce151a5df985b56b70fd5a8 /tools | |
| parent | 70f7b4a7f3f9a46807b644aa0fcfa7daa0d553e4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-9a6d316692d59c4400a66b01db675abac432b4b2.tar.bz2 | |
perf kvm: Update documentation with live command
Update perf-kvm documentation with new live subcommand. Add -p/--pid
option for perf-kvm-stat-report as well.
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Requested-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Runzhen Wang <runzhen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375926999-75129-2-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt | 46 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt index 326f2cb333cb..ac84db2d2334 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} +'perf kvm stat [record|report|live] [<options>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: 'perf kvm stat report' reports statistical data which includes events handled time, samples, and so on. + 'perf kvm stat live' reports statistical data in a live mode (similar to + record + report but with statistical data updated live at a given display + rate). + OPTIONS ------- -i:: @@ -85,13 +90,50 @@ STAT REPORT OPTIONS --vcpu=<value>:: analyze events which occures on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus) ---events=<value>:: - events to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio, ioport. +--event=<value>:: + event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio, ioport. (default: vmexit) -k:: --key=<value>:: Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by samples number), time (sort by average time). +-p:: +--pid=:: + Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated list). + +STAT LIVE OPTIONS +----------------- +-d:: +--display:: + Time in seconds between display updates + +-m:: +--mmap-pages=:: + Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two. + +-a:: +--all-cpus:: + System-wide collection from all CPUs. + +-p:: +--pid=:: + Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated list). + +--vcpu=<value>:: + analyze events which occures on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus) + + +--event=<value>:: + event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio, ioport. + (default: vmexit) + +-k:: +--key=<value>:: + Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by samples + number), time (sort by average time). + +--duration=<value>:: + Show events other than HLT that take longer than duration usecs. SEE ALSO -------- |