perf trace: Add --max-stack knob

Similar to the one in the other tools (report, script, top).

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-lh7kk5a5t3erwxw31ah0cgar@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index 1bbcf305d233..2ee0c4fee18d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
 --event::
 	Trace other events, see 'perf list' for a complete list.
 
+--max-stack::
+        Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
+        beyond the specified depth will be ignored. Note that at this point
+        this is just about the presentation part, i.e. the kernel is still
+        not limiting, the overhead of callchains needs to be set via the
+        knobs in --call-graph dwarf.
+
+        Default: 127
+
 --proc-map-timeout::
 	When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take a long time,
 	because the file may be huge. A time out is needed in such cases.