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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-02-28 19:23:06 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-02-28 19:23:06 -0800 |
| commit | 47871889c601d8199c51a4086f77eebd77c29b0b (patch) | |
| tree | 40cdcac3bff0ee40cc33dcca61d0577cdf965f77 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt | |
| parent | c16cc0b464b8876cfd57ce1c1dbcb6f9a6a0bce3 (diff) | |
| parent | 30ff056c42c665b9ea535d8515890857ae382540 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts:
drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt index 60e5900da48..8879299cd9d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ There are several variants of perf trace: 'perf trace' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was recorded. + You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and + summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is + available via 'perf trace -l'). The following variants allow you to + record and run those scripts: + 'perf trace record <script>' to record the events required for 'perf trace report'. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language @@ -31,6 +36,9 @@ There are several variants of perf trace: record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to succeed. + See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific + information on how to write and run your own trace scripts. + OPTIONS ------- -D:: @@ -45,9 +53,11 @@ OPTIONS --list=:: Display a list of available trace scripts. --s:: +-s ['lang']:: --script=:: Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]). + If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a + list of supported languages will be displayed instead. -g:: --gen-script=:: @@ -56,4 +66,5 @@ OPTIONS SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-trace-perl[1] +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-trace-perl[1], +linkperf:perf-trace-python[1] |