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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2017-09-05 10:00:28 -0700
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2017-09-13 09:49:14 -0300
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parentperf stat: Update walltime_nsecs_stats in interval mode (diff)
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perf record: Support direct --user-regs arguments
USER_REGS can currently only collected implicitely with call graph recording. Sometimes it is useful to see them separately, and filter them. Add a new --user-regs option to record that is similar to --intr-regs, but acts on user regs. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170905170029.19722-1-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ symbolic names, e.g. on x86, ax, si. To list the available registers use
--intr-regs=\?. To name registers, pass a comma separated list such as
--intr-regs=ax,bx. The list of register is architecture dependent.
+--user-regs::
+Capture user registers at sample time. Same arguments as -I.
--running-time::
Record running and enabled time for read events (:S)