From 22440373e11ad3fba0b33a9bded1531469a72551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Todd E Brandt Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 11:05:37 -0700 Subject: tools: power: pm-graph: Package makefile and man pages BootGraph and SleepGraph man pages - includes full descriptions of tool arguments and commands - includes examples of common use cases Makefile - no build required, used only for install - installs man pages and tools as libraries with links - includes an uninstall Signed-off-by: Todd Brandt Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- tools/power/pm-graph/bootgraph.8 | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/power/pm-graph/bootgraph.8 (limited to 'tools/power/pm-graph/bootgraph.8') diff --git a/tools/power/pm-graph/bootgraph.8 b/tools/power/pm-graph/bootgraph.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..55272a67b0e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/power/pm-graph/bootgraph.8 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.TH BOOTGRAPH 8 +.SH NAME +bootgraph \- Kernel boot timing analysis +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ft B +.B bootgraph +.RB [ OPTIONS ] +.RB [ COMMAND ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBbootgraph \fP reads the dmesg log from kernel boot and +creates an html representation of the initcall timeline up to the start +of the init process. +.PP +If no specific command is given, the tool reads the current dmesg log and +outputs bootgraph.html. +.PP +The tool can also augment the timeline with ftrace data on custom target +functions as well as full trace callgraphs. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB-h\fR +Print this help text +.TP +\fB-v\fR +Print the current tool version +.TP +\fB-addlogs\fR +Add the dmesg log to the html output. It will be viewable by +clicking a button in the timeline. +.TP +\fB-o \fIfile\fR +Override the HTML output filename (default: bootgraph.html) +.SS "Ftrace Debug" +.TP +\fB-f\fR +Use ftrace to add function detail (default: disabled) +.TP +\fB-callgraph\fR +Use ftrace to create initcall callgraphs (default: disabled). If -filter +is not used there will be one callgraph per initcall. This can produce +very large outputs, i.e. 10MB - 100MB. +.TP +\fB-maxdepth \fIlevel\fR +limit the callgraph trace depth to \fIlevel\fR (default: 2). This is +the best way to limit the output size when using -callgraph. +.TP +\fB-mincg \fIt\fR +Discard all callgraphs shorter than \fIt\fR milliseconds (default: 0=all). +This reduces the html file size as there can be many tiny callgraphs +which are barely visible in the timeline. +The value is a float: e.g. 0.001 represents 1 us. +.TP +\fB-timeprec \fIn\fR +Number of significant digits in timestamps (0:S, 3:ms, [6:us]) +.TP +\fB-expandcg\fR +pre-expand the callgraph data in the html output (default: disabled) +.TP +\fB-filter \fI"func1,func2,..."\fR +Instead of tracing each initcall, trace a custom list of functions (default: do_one_initcall) + +.SH COMMANDS +.TP +\fB-reboot\fR +Reboot the machine and generate a new timeline automatically. Works in 4 steps. + 1. updates grub with the required kernel parameters + 2. installs a cron job which re-runs the tool after reboot + 3. reboots the system + 4. after startup, extracts the data and generates the timeline +.TP +\fB-manual\fR +Show the requirements to generate a new timeline manually. Requires 3 steps. + 1. append the string to the kernel command line via your native boot manager. + 2. reboot the system + 3. after startup, re-run the tool with the same arguments and no command +.TP +\fB-dmesg \fIfile\fR +Create HTML output from an existing dmesg file. +.TP +\fB-ftrace \fIfile\fR +Create HTML output from an existing ftrace file (used with -dmesg). +.TP +\fB-flistall\fR +Print all ftrace functions capable of being captured. These are all the +possible values you can add to trace via the -filter argument. + +.SH EXAMPLES +Create a timeline using the current dmesg log. +.IP +\f(CW$ bootgraph\fR +.PP +Create a timeline using the current dmesg and ftrace log. +.IP +\f(CW$ bootgraph -callgraph\fR +.PP +Create a timeline using the current dmesg, add the log to the html and change the name. +.IP +\f(CW$ bootgraph -addlogs -o myboot.html\fR +.PP +Capture a new boot timeline by automatically rebooting the machine. +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo bootgraph -reboot -addlogs -o latestboot.html\fR +.PP +Capture a new boot timeline with function trace data. +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo bootgraph -reboot -f\fR +.PP +Capture a new boot timeline with trace & callgraph data. Skip callgraphs smaller than 5ms. +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo bootgraph -reboot -callgraph -mincg 5\fR +.PP +Capture a new boot timeline with callgraph data over custom functions. +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo bootgraph -reboot -callgraph -filter "acpi_ps_parse_aml,msleep"\fR +.PP +Capture a brand new boot timeline with manual reboot. +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo bootgraph -callgraph -manual\fR +.IP +\f(CW$ vi /etc/default/grub # add the CMDLINE string to your kernel params\fR +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo reboot # reboot the machine\fR +.IP +\f(CW$ sudo bootgraph -callgraph # re-run the tool after restart\fR +.PP + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +dmesg(1), update-grub(8), crontab(1), reboot(8) +.PP +.SH AUTHOR +.nf +Written by Todd Brandt -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b