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From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 8/8] perf sched: Add documentation for timehist options
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:06:34 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161116060634.28477-9-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161116060634.28477-1-namhyung@kernel.org>

From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>

Add entry to perf-sched documentation for timehist command and its
options.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
index 1cc08cc47ac5..a0344643f008 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ perf-sched - Tool to trace/measure scheduler properties (latencies)
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf sched' {record|latency|map|replay|script}
+'perf sched' {record|latency|map|replay|script|timehist}
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-There are five variants of perf sched:
+There are several variants of perf sched:
 
   'perf sched record <command>' to record the scheduling events
   of an arbitrary workload.
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ There are five variants of perf sched:
   are running on a CPU. A '*' denotes the CPU that had the event, and
   a dot signals an idle CPU.
 
+  'perf sched timehist' to show context-switching analysis with times
+  between schedule-in, schedule delay, and run time. If callchains are
+  present stack trace is dumped at the end of the line. A summary of
+  run times can be shown as well.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
@@ -66,6 +71,43 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched map'
 --color-pids::
 	Highlight the given pids.
 
+OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist'
+---------------------------------
+-k::
+--vmlinux=<file>::
+    vmlinux pathname
+
+--kallsyms=<file>::
+    kallsyms pathname
+
+-s::
+--summary::
+    Show only a summary of scheduling by thread with min, max, and average
+    run times (in sec) and relative stddev.
+
+-S::
+--with-summary::
+    Show all scheduling events followed by a summary by thread with min,
+    max, and average run times (in sec) and relative stddev.
+
+-w::
+--wakeups::
+    Show wakeup events.
+
+--call-graph::
+        Display call chains. Default is on. Use --no-call-graph to suppress
+
+--max-stack::
+    Set the stack depth limit when showing the callchains. Default: 5
+
+--symfs=<directory>::
+    Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+
+-V::
+--cpu-visual::
+    Add a visual that better emphasizes activity by cpu. Idle times
+    are denoted with 'i'; schedule events with an 's'.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1]
-- 
2.10.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-16  6:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-16  6:06 [PATCHSET 0/7] perf sched: Introduce timehist command, again (v2) Namhyung Kim
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] perf symbol: Print symbol offsets conditionally Namhyung Kim
2016-11-24  4:18   ` [tip:perf/core] perf symbols: " tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] perf tools: Support printing callchains with arrows Namhyung Kim
2016-11-24  4:18   ` [tip:perf/core] perf evsel: " tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] perf sched timehist: Introduce timehist command Namhyung Kim
2016-11-24  4:19   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] perf sched timehist: Add summary options Namhyung Kim
2016-11-24  4:19   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] perf sched timehist: Add -w/--wakeups option Namhyung Kim
2016-11-24  4:20   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] perf sched timehist: Add call graph options Namhyung Kim
2016-11-24  4:20   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2016-11-16  6:06 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] perf sched timehist: Add -V/--cpu-visual option Namhyung Kim
2016-11-22 18:33   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-11-23  5:34     ` Namhyung Kim
2016-11-23 13:36       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-11-24  4:21   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2016-11-16  6:06 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2016-11-16  7:52 ` [PATCHSET 0/7] perf sched: Introduce timehist command, again (v2) Ingo Molnar
2016-11-16 15:34 ` Jiri Olsa
2016-11-22  6:59   ` Namhyung Kim
2016-11-22  7:00 ` Namhyung Kim

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