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2019-07-02perf tools: Fix typos / broken sentencesAndi Kleen1-1/+1
- Fix a typo in the man page - Fix a tip that doesn't make any sense. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190628220900.13741-1-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2019-03-11perf tools: Add some new tips describing the new optionsAndi Kleen1-0/+7
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190311144502.15423-9-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-12-05perf c2c: Add a tip about cacheline eventsSangwon Hong1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Sangwon Hong <qpakzk@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1512188201-14109-1-git-send-email-qpakzk@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-11-29perf buildid-cache: Document for Node.js USDTHansuk Hong1-0/+1
Add a tip for Node.js USDT(User-Level Statically Defined Tracing) probes in tips.txt Signed-off-by: Hansuk Hong <flavono123@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171123160546.9722-1-flavono123@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-05-04perf tools: Fix spelling mistakesKim Phillips1-1/+1
Mostly in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@arm.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170503131350.cebeecd8bd0f2968417626ab@arm.com [ Fix spelling of "parameter" in one of the spell-checked lines ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-02-27scripts/spelling.txt: add "an user" pattern and fix typo instancesMasahiro Yamada1-1/+1
Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt: an user||a user an userspace||a userspace I also added "userspace" to the list since it is a common word in Linux. I found some instances for "an userfaultfd", but I did not add it to the list. I felt it is endless to find words that start with "user" such as "userland" etc., so must draw a line somewhere. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-4-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-10-05perf top/report: Add tips about a list optionNambong Ha1-0/+2
Add two tips that describe --list option of config sub-command and explain how to choose particular config file location. Signed-off-by: Nambong Ha <over3025@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Taeung Song <taeung@kosslab.kr> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475191562-3240-1-git-send-email-over3025@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-10-05perf report/top: Add a tip about system-wide collection from all CPUsDonghyun Kim1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Donghyun Kim <dongdong9335@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Taeung Song <taeung@kosslab.kr> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475187357-21882-1-git-send-email-dongdong9335@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-10-05perf report/top: Add a tip about source line numbers with overheadKim SeonYoung1-0/+1
There is a existing tip as below. If you have debuginfo enabled, try: perf report -s sym,srcline However this tip only describe a condition to use --sort sym,scrline options. So there is lack of explanation in the tip. I think that it would be better to add a tip that exactly explains the feature of --sort srcline. Signed-off-by: Seonyoung Kim <adamas0414@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Taeung Song <taeung@kosslab.kr> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475194602-5596-1-git-send-email-adamas0414@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-02-24perf report: Add --hierarchy optionNamhyung Kim1-0/+1
The --hierarchy option is to show output in hierarchy mode. It extends folding/unfolding in the TUI and GTK browsers to support sort items as well as callchains. Users can toggle the items to see the performance result at wanted level. $ perf report --hierarchy --tui Overhead Command / Shared Object / Symbol -------------------------------------------------- + 32.96% gnome-shell - 15.11% swapper - 14.97% [kernel.vmlinux] 6.82% [k] intel_idle 0.66% [k] menu_select 0.43% [k] __hrtimer_start_range_ns ... Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1456326830-30456-17-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-01-12perf tools: Add more usage tipsNamhyung Kim1-0/+15
Thanks to Andi Kleen for providing useful tips. Suggested-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452508510-28316-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-01-08perf report: Show random usage tip on the help lineNamhyung Kim1-0/+14
Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if the sort keys were used). Add more help tips and show randomly. Load tips from ${prefix}/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt file. $ perf report | tail 0.10% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] irq_exit 0.09% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] flush_smp_call_function_queue 0.08% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe 0.03% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] group_sched_in 0.01% perf [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe # # (Tip: Search options using a keyword: perf report -h <keyword>) # Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452166913-27046-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org [ Renamed it to perf_tip() and the parameter dirname to dirpath to fix the build on older distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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