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authorJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2014-12-01 20:06:24 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2014-12-09 09:14:35 -0300
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parentperf buildid cache: Fix -a segfault related to kcore handling (diff)
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perf tools: Add --buildid-dir option to set cache directory
Adding --buildid-dir to be able to set specific cache directory. It's going to be handy for buildid tests coming in shortly. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1417460789-13874-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ OPTIONS
--debug verbose # sets verbose = 1
--debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2
+--buildid-dir::
+ Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than
+ buildid.dir config file option.
+
DESCRIPTION
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Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem