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authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>2014-03-04 09:06:42 +0900
committerJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2014-05-21 11:45:34 +0200
commita2ce067e55e328f1a6fe3dddf77a173381ffdfe1 (patch)
treeb63fb28811cd81b4ae6559db7d648a0d143bd65c /tools/perf/Documentation
parentperf ui: Get rid of callback from __hpp__fmt() (diff)
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perf tools: Allow hpp fields to be sort keys
Add overhead{,_sys,_us,_guest_sys,_guest_us}, sample and period sort keys so that they can be selected with --sort/-s option. $ perf report -s period,comm --stdio ... # Overhead Period Command # ........ ............ ............... # 47.06% 152 swapper 13.93% 45 qemu-system-arm 12.38% 40 synergys 3.72% 12 firefox 2.48% 8 xchat Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1400480762-22852-9-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt9
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt5
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index fbfa1192923c..b3b8abae62b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ OPTIONS
-s::
--sort=::
- Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol.
+ Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, cpu, parent, srcline.
+ Please see description of --sort in the perf-report man page.
-t::
--field-separator=::
@@ -202,4 +203,4 @@ If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as:
SEE ALSO
--------
-linkperf:perf-record[1]
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 09af66298564..9babe915b6c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -79,6 +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)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 64ed79c43639..df863288752a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
-s::
--sort::
Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline, weight,
- local_weight, abort, in_tx, transaction
+ local_weight, abort, in_tx, transaction, overhead, sample, period.
+ Please see description of --sort in the perf-report man page.
-n::
--show-nr-samples::
@@ -212,4 +213,4 @@ Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and prompts for input.
SEE ALSO
--------
-linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]