From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/26] perf config: Document 'buildid.dir' variable in man page
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:18:59 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1453835955-14224-11-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453835955-14224-1-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
From: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Explain 'buildid.dir' variable.
Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452253193-30502-4-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index ccbdb64696a7..a095f0cabf5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -154,6 +154,21 @@ tui.*, gtk.*::
will make the TUI be the default for the 'top' subcommand. Those will be
available if the required libs were detected at tool build time.
+buildid.*::
+ buildid.dir::
+ Each executable and shared library in modern distributions comes with a
+ content based identifier that, if available, will be inserted in a
+ 'perf.data' file header to, at analysis time find what is needed to do
+ symbol resolution, code annotation, etc.
+
+ The recording tools also stores a hard link or copy in a per-user
+ directory, $HOME/.debug/, of binaries, shared libraries, /proc/kallsyms
+ and /proc/kcore files to be used at analysis time.
+
+ The buildid.dir variable can be used to either change this directory
+ cache location, or to disable it altogether. If you want to disable it,
+ set buildid.dir to /dev/null. The default is $HOME/.debug
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf[1]
--
2.5.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-26 19:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-26 19:18 [PATCH 00/26] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 01/26] perf pmu: Fix misleadingly indented assignment (whitespace) Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 02/26] perf symbols: Do not read symbols/data from device files Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 03/26] perf stat: Making several helper functions static Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 04/26] perf hists: Remove parent filter check in DSO filter function Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 05/26] perf hists: Cleanup filtering functions Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 06/26] perf tools: Document the perf sysctls Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 07/26] perf annotate: Rename 'colors.code' to 'colors.jump_arrows' Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 08/26] perf config: Document variables for 'colors' section in man page Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` [PATCH 09/26] perf config: Document variables for 'tui' and 'gtk' sections " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:18 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 11/26] perf config: Document variables for 'annotate' section " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 12/26] perf config: Document 'hist.percentage' variable " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 13/26] perf sort: Provide a way to find out if per-thread bucketing is in place Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 14/26] perf hists browser: Only 'Zoom into thread' only when sort order has 'pid' Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 15/26] perf hists browser: Only offer symbol scripting when a symbol is under the cursor Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 16/26] perf hists browser: Offer 'Zoom into DSO'/'Map details' only when sort order has 'dso' Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 17/26] perf hists browser: Be a bit more strict about presenting CPU socket zoom Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 18/26] perf hists browser: Offer non-symbol specific menu options for --sort without 'sym' Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 19/26] perf machine: Introduce machine__find_kernel_symbol_by_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 20/26] perf test: Fixup aliases checking in the 'vmlinux matches kallsyms' test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 21/26] perf test: Add libbpf relocation checker Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 22/26] perf bpf: Check relocation target section Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 23/26] tools build: Allow subprojects select all feature checkers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 24/26] perf build: Select all feature checkers for feature-dump Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 25/26] perf hists browser: Skip scripting when perf.data file not available Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-01-26 19:19 ` [PATCH 26/26] perf cpumap: Auto initialize cpu__max_{node,cpu} Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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