--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -33,23 +33,64 @@ - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a hexadecimal event descriptor. - - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]' + - a symbolically formed PMU event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where + 'param1', 'param2', etc are defined as formats for the PMU in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices//format/*. + + - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/config=M,config1=N,config3=K/' + + where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format). Acceptable + values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2' are defined by + corresponding entries in /sys/bus/event_sources/devices//format/* + param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in: + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices//format/* + + There are also some params which are not defined in ...//format/*. + These params can be used to overload default config values per event. + Here is a list of the params. + - 'period': Set event sampling period + - 'freq': Set event sampling frequency + - 'time': Disable/enable time stamping. Acceptable values are 1 for + enabling time stamping. 0 for disabling time stamping. + The default is 1. + - 'call-graph': Disable/enable callgraph. Acceptable str are "fp" for + FP mode, "dwarf" for DWARF mode, "lbr" for LBR mode and + "no" for disable callgraph. + - 'stack-size': user stack size for dwarf mode + Note: If user explicitly sets options which conflict with the params, + the value set by the params will be overridden. + + - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]' where addr is the address in memory you want to break in. Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can - be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'. + be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'. len is the range, + number of bytes from specified addr, which the breakpoint will cover. If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set 'mem:0x1000:rw'. + If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set + 'mem:0x1000/8:w'. + + - a group of events surrounded by a pair of brace ("{event1,event2,...}"). + Each event is separated by commas and the group should be quoted to + prevent the shell interpretation. You also need to use --group on + "perf report" to view group events together. --filter=:: - Event filter. + Event filter. This option should follow a event selector (-e) which + selects tracepoint event(s). Multiple '--filter' options are combined + using '&&'. + +--exclude-perf:: + Don't record events issued by perf itself. This option should follow + a event selector (-e) which selects tracepoint event(s). It adds a + filter expression 'common_pid != $PERFPID' to filters. If other + '--filter' exists, the new filter expression will be combined with + them by '&&'. -a:: --all-cpus:: System-wide collection from all CPUs. --l:: - Scale counter values. - -p:: --pid=:: Record events on existing process ID (comma separated list). @@ -57,6 +98,8 @@ -t:: --tid=:: Record events on existing thread ID (comma separated list). + This option also disables inheritance by default. Enable it by adding + --inherit. -u:: --uid=:: @@ -65,16 +108,9 @@ -r:: --realtime=:: Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority. --D:: ---no-delay:: + +--no-buffering:: Collect data without buffering. --A:: ---append:: - Append to the output file to do incremental profiling. - --f:: ---force:: - Overwrite existing data file. (deprecated) -c:: --count=:: @@ -93,11 +129,42 @@ -m:: --mmap-pages=:: - Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two. + Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size + specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The + size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value. + Also, by adding a comma, the number of mmap pages for AUX + area tracing can be specified. + +--group:: + Put all events in a single event group. This precedes the --event + option and remains only for backward compatibility. See --event. -g:: + Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + --call-graph:: - Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, + implies -g. Default is "fp". + + Allows specifying "fp" (frame pointer) or "dwarf" + (DWARF's CFI - Call Frame Information) or "lbr" + (Hardware Last Branch Record facility) as the method to collect + the information used to show the call graphs. + + In some systems, where binaries are build with gcc + --fomit-frame-pointer, using the "fp" method will produce bogus + call graphs, using "dwarf", if available (perf tools linked to + the libunwind or libdw library) should be used instead. + Using the "lbr" method doesn't require any compiler options. It + will produce call graphs from the hardware LBR registers. The + main limition is that it is only available on new Intel + platforms, such as Haswell. It can only get user call chain. It + doesn't work with branch stack sampling at the same time. + + When "dwarf" recording is used, perf also records (user) stack dump + when sampled. Default size of the stack dump is 8192 (bytes). + User can change the size by passing the size after comma like + "--call-graph dwarf,4096". -q:: --quiet:: @@ -109,16 +176,21 @@ -s:: --stat:: - Per thread counts. + Record per-thread event counts. Use it with 'perf report -T' to see + the values. -d:: --data:: - Sample addresses. + Record the sample addresses. -T:: --timestamp:: - Sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the timestamps, - for instance. + Record the sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the + timestamps, for instance. + +-P:: +--period:: + Record the sample period. -n:: --no-samples:: @@ -137,7 +209,7 @@ -N:: --no-buildid-cache:: -Do not update the builid cache. This saves some overhead in situations +Do not update the buildid cache. This saves some overhead in situations where the information in the perf.data file (which includes buildids) is sufficient. @@ -169,12 +241,17 @@ - any_call: any function call or system call - any_ret: any function return or system call return - ind_call: any indirect branch + - call: direct calls, including far (to/from kernel) calls - u: only when the branch target is at the user level - k: only when the branch target is in the kernel - hv: only when the target is at the hypervisor level + - in_tx: only when the target is in a hardware transaction + - no_tx: only when the target is not in a hardware transaction + - abort_tx: only when the target is a hardware transaction abort + - cond: conditional branches + -The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call. +The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond. The privilege levels may be omitted, in which case, the privilege levels of the associated event are applied to the branch filter. Both kernel (k) and hypervisor (hv) privilege levels are subject to permissions. When sampling on multiple events, branch stack sampling @@ -182,12 +259,67 @@ The various filters must be specified as a comma separated list: --branch-filter any_ret,u,k Note that this feature may not be available on all processors. --W:: --weight:: Enable weightened sampling. An additional weight is recorded per sample and can be displayed with the weight and local_weight sort keys. This currently works for TSX abort events and some memory events in precise mode on modern Intel CPUs. +--transaction:: +Record transaction flags for transaction related events. + +--per-thread:: +Use per-thread mmaps. By default per-cpu mmaps are created. This option +overrides that and uses per-thread mmaps. A side-effect of that is that +inheritance is automatically disabled. --per-thread is ignored with a warning +if combined with -a or -C options. + +-D:: +--delay=:: +After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to +filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different. + +-I:: +--intr-regs:: +Capture machine state (registers) at interrupt, i.e., on counter overflows for +each sample. List of captured registers depends on the architecture. This option +is off by default. It is possible to select the registers to sample using their +symbolic names, e.g. on x86, ax, si. To list the available registers use +--intr-regs=\?. To name registers, pass a comma separated list such as +--intr-regs=ax,bx. The list of register is architecture dependent. + + +--running-time:: +Record running and enabled time for read events (:S) + +-k:: +--clockid:: +Sets the clock id to use for the various time fields in the perf_event_type +records. See clock_gettime(). In particular CLOCK_MONOTONIC and +CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW are supported, some events might also allow +CLOCK_BOOTTIME, CLOCK_REALTIME and CLOCK_TAI. + +-S:: +--snapshot:: +Select AUX area tracing Snapshot Mode. This option is valid only with an +AUX area tracing event. Optionally the number of bytes to capture per +snapshot can be specified. In Snapshot Mode, trace data is captured only when +signal SIGUSR2 is received. + +--proc-map-timeout:: +When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take a long time, +because the file may be huge. A time out is needed in such cases. +This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms. + +--switch-events:: +Record context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or +PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE. + +--clang-path:: +Path to clang binary to use for compiling BPF scriptlets. + +--clang-opt:: +Options passed to clang when compiling BPF scriptlets. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]