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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-06-12 16:53:38 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-06-12 16:53:38 +1000 |
| commit | bc47ab0241c7c86da4f5e5f82fbca7d45387c18d (patch) | |
| tree | b9c33ae8b6de43e44cc5fcbaa3e4a15f18a5ed42 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt | |
| parent | 37f9ef553bed630957e025504cdcbc76f5de49d5 (diff) | |
| parent | 8ebf975608aaebd7feb33d77f07ba21a6380e086 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
Manual merge of:
arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..69c83255719 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +perf(1) +======= + +NAME +---- +perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf' [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Performance counters for Linux are are a new kernel-based subsystem +that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It +covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features +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-list[1] |