perf-lock(1) ============ NAME ---- perf-lock - Analyze lock events SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'perf lock' {record|report|script|info} DESCRIPTION ----------- You can analyze various lock behaviours and statistics with this 'perf lock' command. 'perf lock record ' records lock events between start and end . And this command produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing results of lock events. 'perf lock report' reports statistical data. 'perf lock script' shows raw lock events. 'perf lock info' shows metadata like threads or addresses of lock instances. COMMON OPTIONS -------------- -i:: --input=:: Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo) -v:: --verbose:: Be more verbose (show symbol address, etc). -D:: --dump-raw-trace:: Dump raw trace in ASCII. -f:: --force:: Don't complain, do it. REPORT OPTIONS -------------- -k:: --key=:: Sorting key. Possible values: acquired (default), contended, avg_wait, wait_total, wait_max, wait_min. -F:: --field=:: Output fields. By default it shows all the fields but users can customize that using this. Possible values: acquired, contended, avg_wait, wait_total, wait_max, wait_min. -c:: --combine-locks:: Merge lock instances in the same class (based on name). -t:: --threads:: The -t option is to show per-thread lock stat like below: $ perf lock report -t -F acquired,contended,avg_wait Name acquired contended avg wait (ns) perf 240569 9 5784 swapper 106610 19 543 :15789 17370 2 14538 ContainerMgr 8981 6 874 sleep 5275 1 11281 ContainerThread 4416 4 944 RootPressureThr 3215 5 1215 rcu_preempt 2954 0 0 ContainerMgr 2560 0 0 unnamed 1873 0 0 EventManager_De 1845 1 636 futex-default-S 1609 0 0 INFO OPTIONS ------------ -t:: --threads:: dump thread list in perf.data -m:: --map:: dump map of lock instances (address:name table) SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1]