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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2009-06-06 14:56:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-06 15:23:49 +0200 |
| commit | 386b05e3a2f3c5b0a9c5575060421cca0911648a (patch) | |
| tree | b45cbf51442943e24ddca84f19d53a83ba49cf4a | |
| parent | 8faf3b547593bf6ea10df631e73204975273c4e0 (diff) | |
perf_counter tools: Add help for perf list
Also update other areas of the help texts.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
5 files changed, 42 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-list.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..aa55a71184f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-list.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +perf-list(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +perf-list - List all symbolic event types + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf list + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the +various perf commands with the -e option. + +OPTIONS +------- +None + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1], +linkperf:perf-record[1] diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 4d3416fc764..1dbc1eeb4c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -26,26 +26,10 @@ OPTIONS -e:: --event=:: - 0:0: cpu-cycles - 0:0: cycles - 0:1: instructions - 0:2: cache-references - 0:3: cache-misses - 0:4: branch-instructions - 0:4: branches - 0:5: branch-misses - 0:6: bus-cycles - 1:0: cpu-clock - 1:1: task-clock - 1:2: page-faults - 1:2: faults - 1:5: minor-faults - 1:6: major-faults - 1:3: context-switches - 1:3: cs - 1:4: cpu-migrations - 1:4: migrations - rNNN: raw PMU events (eventsel+umask) + Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name + (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU + event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a + hexadecimal event descriptor. -a:: system-wide collection @@ -55,4 +39,4 @@ OPTIONS SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-stat[1] +linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index a340e7be83d..5d95784cce4 100644 --- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -25,26 +25,10 @@ OPTIONS -e:: --event=:: - 0:0: cpu-cycles - 0:0: cycles - 0:1: instructions - 0:2: cache-references - 0:3: cache-misses - 0:4: branch-instructions - 0:4: branches - 0:5: branch-misses - 0:6: bus-cycles - 1:0: cpu-clock - 1:1: task-clock - 1:2: page-faults - 1:2: faults - 1:5: minor-faults - 1:6: major-faults - 1:3: context-switches - 1:3: cs - 1:4: cpu-migrations - 1:4: migrations - rNNN: raw PMU events (eventsel+umask) + Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name + (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU + event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a + hexadecimal event descriptor. -i:: --inherit:: @@ -79,4 +63,4 @@ $ perf stat -- make -j SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-tops[1] +linkperf:perf-top[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 15251e40e4f..c8eb7cfffcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -23,26 +23,10 @@ OPTIONS -e:: --event=:: - 0:0: cpu-cycles - 0:0: cycles - 0:1: instructions - 0:2: cache-references - 0:3: cache-misses - 0:4: branch-instructions - 0:4: branches - 0:5: branch-misses - 0:6: bus-cycles - 1:0: cpu-clock - 1:1: task-clock - 1:2: page-faults - 1:2: faults - 1:5: minor-faults - 1:6: major-faults - 1:3: context-switches - 1:3: cs - 1:4: cpu-migrations - 1:4: migrations - rNNN: raw PMU events (eventsel+umask) + Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name + (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU + event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a + hexadecimal event descriptor. -a:: system-wide collection @@ -52,4 +36,4 @@ OPTIONS SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-stat[1] +linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1] diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf.txt index e3d8b3832c6..69c83255719 100644 --- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf.txt +++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf.txt @@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well. SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1], -linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1] +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], +linkperf:perf-list[1] |