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@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ OPTIONS
--verbose::
Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
--d::
---dsos=::
- Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
- file://filename entries.
-n::
--show-nr-samples::
Show the number of samples for each symbol
@@ -42,11 +38,18 @@ OPTIONS
-c::
--comms=::
Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
- file://filename entries.
+ file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of
+ the overhead column. See --percentage for more info.
+-d::
+--dsos=::
+ Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
+ file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of
+ the overhead column. See --percentage for more info.
-S::
--symbols=::
Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
- file://filename entries.
+ file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of
+ the overhead column. See --percentage for more info.
--symbol-filter=::
Only show symbols that match (partially) with this filter.
@@ -76,6 +79,15 @@ OPTIONS
abort cost. This is the global weight.
- local_weight: Local weight version of the weight above.
- transaction: Transaction abort flags.
+ - overhead: Overhead percentage of sample
+ - overhead_sys: Overhead percentage of sample running in system mode
+ - overhead_us: Overhead percentage of sample running in user mode
+ - overhead_guest_sys: Overhead percentage of sample running in system mode
+ on guest machine
+ - overhead_guest_us: Overhead percentage of sample running in user mode on
+ guest machine
+ - sample: Number of sample
+ - period: Raw number of event count of sample
By default, comm, dso and symbol keys are used.
(i.e. --sort comm,dso,symbol)
@@ -95,6 +107,32 @@ OPTIONS
And default sort keys are changed to comm, dso_from, symbol_from, dso_to
and symbol_to, see '--branch-stack'.
+-F::
+--fields=::
+ Specify output field - multiple keys can be specified in CSV format.
+ Following fields are available:
+ overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, overhead_children, sample and period.
+ Also it can contain any sort key(s).
+
+ By default, every sort keys not specified in -F will be appended
+ automatically.
+
+ If --mem-mode option is used, following sort keys are also available
+ (incompatible with --branch-stack):
+ symbol_daddr, dso_daddr, locked, tlb, mem, snoop, dcacheline.
+
+ - symbol_daddr: name of data symbol being executed on at the time of sample
+ - dso_daddr: name of library or module containing the data being executed
+ on at the time of sample
+ - locked: whether the bus was locked at the time of sample
+ - tlb: type of tlb access for the data at the time of sample
+ - mem: type of memory access for the data at the time of sample
+ - snoop: type of snoop (if any) for the data at the time of sample
+ - dcacheline: the cacheline the data address is on at the time of sample
+
+ And default sort keys are changed to local_weight, mem, sym, dso,
+ symbol_daddr, dso_daddr, snoop, tlb, locked, see '--mem-mode'.
+
-p::
--parent=<regex>::
A regex filter to identify parent. The parent is a caller of this
@@ -141,6 +179,11 @@ OPTIONS
Default: fractal,0.5,callee,function.
+--children::
+ Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can
+ show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column
+ and will be sorted on the data. It requires callchains are recorded.
+
--max-stack::
Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off
@@ -233,10 +276,26 @@ OPTIONS
Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default,
disable with --no-demangle.
+--mem-mode::
+ Use the data addresses of samples in addition to instruction addresses
+ to build the histograms. To generate meaningful output, the perf.data
+ file must have been obtained using perf record -d -W and using a
+ special event -e cpu/mem-loads/ or -e cpu/mem-stores/. See
+ 'perf mem' for simpler access.
+
--percent-limit::
Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent.
(Default: 0).
+--percentage::
+ Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
+ Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and
+ Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc).
+
+ "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
+ sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains
+ the original value before and after the filter is applied.
+
--header::
Show header information in the perf.data file. This includes
various information like hostname, OS and perf version, cpu/mem