From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 27/30] perf tools: Add some new tips describing the new options
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 23:02:01 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190312020204.22092-28-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190312020204.22092-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
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>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
index 849599f39c5e..869965d629ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ To see callchains in a more compact form: perf report -g folded
Show individual samples with: perf script
Limit to show entries above 5% only: perf report --percent-limit 5
Profiling branch (mis)predictions with: perf record -b / perf report
+To show assembler sample contexts use perf record -b / perf script -F +brstackinsn --xed
Treat branches as callchains: perf report --branch-history
To count events in every 1000 msec: perf stat -I 1000
Print event counts in CSV format with: perf stat -x,
@@ -34,3 +35,9 @@ Show current config key-value pairs: perf config --list
Show user configuration overrides: perf config --user --list
To add Node.js USDT(User-Level Statically Defined Tracing): perf buildid-cache --add `which node`
To report cacheline events from previous recording: perf c2c report
+To browse sample contexts use perf report --sample 10 and select in context menu
+To separate samples by time use perf report --sort time,overhead,sym
+To set sample time separation other than 100ms with --sort time use --time-quantum
+Add -I to perf report to sample register values visible in perf report context.
+To show IPC for sampling periods use perf record -e '{cycles,instructions}:S' and then browse context
+To show context switches in perf report sample context add --switch-events to perf record.
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-12 2:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-12 2:01 [GIT PULL 00/30] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 01/30] perf/core: Restore mmap record type correctly Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 02/30] perf script: Support insn output for normal samples Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 03/30] perf report: Support output in nanoseconds Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 04/30] perf time-utils: Add utility function to print time stamps " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 05/30] perf report: Parse time quantum Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 06/30] perf probe: Fix getting the kernel map Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 07/30] perf vendor events amd: perf PMU events for AMD Family 17h Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 08/30] perf data: Support having perf.data stored as a directory Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 09/30] perf data: Don't store auxtrace index for directory data file Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 10/30] perf data: Add perf_data__update_dir() function Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 11/30] perf data: Make perf_data__size() work over directory Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 12/30] perf header: Add DIR_FORMAT feature to describe directory data Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 13/30] perf session: Add process callback to reader object Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 14/30] perf report: Use less for scripts output Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 15/30] perf script python: Add Python3 support to exported-sql-viewer.py Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 16/30] perf script python: Add Python3 support to export-to-postgresql.py Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 17/30] perf script python: Add Python3 support to export-to-sqlite.py Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 18/30] perf script python: Add printdate function to SQL exporters Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 19/30] perf tools: Update x86's syscall_64.tbl, no change in tools/perf behaviour Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 20/30] tools headers uapi: Sync copy of asm-generic/unistd.h with the kernel sources Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 21/30] tools headers uapi: Update linux/in.h copy Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 22/30] perf script: Filter COMM/FORK/.. events by CPU Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 23/30] perf report: Support time sort key Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 24/30] perf report: Support running scripts for current time range Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:01 ` [PATCH 25/30] perf report: Support builtin perf script in scripts menu Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:02 ` [PATCH 26/30] perf report: Implement browsing of individual samples Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:02 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2019-03-12 2:02 ` [PATCH 28/30] perf script: Add array bound checking to list_scripts Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:02 ` [PATCH 29/30] perf ui browser: Fix ui popup argv browser for many entries Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-12 2:02 ` [PATCH 30/30] perf tools report: Add custom scripts to script menu Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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