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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt index 0921a3c67381..a0529c7fa5ef 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ SUBSYSTEM 'sched':: Scheduler and IPC mechanisms. +'syscall':: + System call performance (throughput). + 'mem':: Memory access performance. @@ -61,6 +64,9 @@ SUBSYSTEM 'epoll':: Eventpoll (epoll) stressing benchmarks. +'internals':: + Benchmark internal perf functionality. + 'all':: All benchmark subsystems. @@ -134,6 +140,14 @@ Example of *pipe* 59004 ops/sec --------------------- +SUITES FOR 'syscall' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*basic*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of core system call throughput (both usecs/op and ops/sec metrics). +This uses a single thread simply doing getppid(2), which is a simple syscall where the result is not +cached by glibc. + + SUITES FOR 'mem' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *memcpy*:: @@ -214,6 +228,11 @@ Suite for evaluating concurrent epoll_wait calls. *ctl*:: Suite for evaluating multiple epoll_ctl calls. +SUITES FOR 'internals' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*synthesize*:: +Suite for evaluating perf's event synthesis performance. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1] |