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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/16] perf report: Amend documentation about max_stack and synthesized callchains
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:54:59 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443650111-31140-5-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1443650111-31140-1-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>

From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>

The --max_stack option was added as an optimization to reduce processing time,
so people specifying --max-stack might get a increased processing time if
combined with synthesized callchains, but otherwise no real harm.

A warning about setting both --max_stack and the synthesized callchains max
depth seems like overkill.  Amend the documentation.

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/560A5155.4060105@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index b941d5e07e28..ce499035e6d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off
 	between information loss and faster processing especially for
 	workloads that can have a very long callchain stack.
+	Note that when using the --itrace option the synthesized callchain size
+	will override this value if the synthesized callchain size is bigger.
 
 	Default: 127
 
-- 
2.1.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-09-30 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-30 21:54 [GIT PULL 00/16] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:54 ` [PATCH 01/16] tools: Fix shadowed declaration in err.h Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:54 ` [PATCH 02/16] perf tools: Fix shadowed declaration in parse-events.c Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:54 ` [PATCH 03/16] perf maps: Introduce maps__find_symbol_by_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:54 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 05/16] perf tools: Fix build break on powerpc due to sample_reg_masks Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 06/16] perf machine: Use machine__kernel_map() thoroughly Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 07/16] perf machine: Add method for common kernel_map(FUNCTION) operation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 08/16] tools lib symbol: Rename kallsyms2elf_type to kallsyms2elf_binding Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 09/16] tools lib symbol: Introduce kallsyms2elf_type Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 10/16] perf probe: Fix to remove dot suffix from second or latter events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 11/16] perf probe: Begin and end libdwfl report session correctly Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 12/16] perf probe: Show correct source lines of probes on kmodules Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 13/16] perf probe: Fix a segfault bug in debuginfo_cache Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 14/16] perf probe: Improve error message when %return is on inlined function Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 15/16] perf list: Remove blank lines, headers when piping output Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-09-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 16/16] perf tools: By default use the most precise "cycles" hw counter available Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-10-01  7:05 ` [GIT PULL 00/16] perf/core improvements and fixes Ingo Molnar

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