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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] perf/timer: add document for 'perf timer'
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:06:04 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B30C43C.5070208@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B30C3E7.5040401@cn.fujitsu.com>

Add document for 'perf timer', it let people know how to use it

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timer.txt |   50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timer.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timer.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timer.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd26d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timer.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+perf-timer(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-timer - Tool to trace/measure timer properties
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf timer' {record|report} [<options>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+There are two variants of perf timer:
+
+  'perf timer record <command>' to record the timer events
+  of an arbitrary workload.
+
+  'perf timer report' to report number of activated/expired/canceled
+  timers, timer latency and timer function runtime.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-D::
+--dump-raw-trace=::
+        Display verbose dump of the sched data.
+
+-i <file>::
+--input=<file>::
+	Select the input file (default: perf.data)
+
+-s <key[,key2...]>::
+--sort=<key[,key2...]>::
+	Sort the output (default: type, avg-lat, max-lat,
+	avg-runtime, max-runtime)
+
+--print-lat::
+	Print timer latency
+
+--print-runtime::
+	Print timer function runtime
+
+--type::
+	Timer type selector, you can specify one or more types
+	(timer, hrtimer, itimer-real, itimer-virtual, itimer-prof)
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1]
-- 
1.6.1.2



  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-22 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-15 11:17 [PATCH 0/4] perf_event: introduce 'perf timer' to analyze timer's behavior Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 11:19 ` [PATCH 1/4] trace_event: record task' real_timer in itimer_state tracepoint Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 11:20   ` [PATCH 2/4] perf_event: fix getting point Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 11:21     ` [PATCH 3/4] perf/timer: add document Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 11:22       ` [PATCH 4/4] perf/timer: 'perf timer' core code Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 17:44         ` Thomas Gleixner
2009-12-16  5:56           ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-16 15:59             ` Thomas Gleixner
2009-12-17  7:26               ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 13:58     ` [PATCH 2/4] perf_event: fix getting point Frederic Weisbecker
2009-12-16  1:03       ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-16  1:22         ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-12-16  1:32           ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-15 14:15 ` [PATCH 0/4] perf_event: introduce 'perf timer' to analyze timer's behavior Frederic Weisbecker
2009-12-16  1:19   ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-16  7:32     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-16  7:40       ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-16  7:46         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-15 14:23 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-12-22 13:00   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-22 13:01     ` [PATCH v2 1/5] perf_event: fix getting point Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-22 13:03     ` [PATCH v2 2/5]: trace_event: export HZ in timer's tracepoint format Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-22 13:20       ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-28  7:54       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-28 10:40         ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-29  5:20         ` [PATCH v3 0/5] perf tools: introduce 'perf timer' to analyze timer's behavior Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-29  5:21         ` [PATCH v3 1/5] perf_event: introduce 'inject' event and get HZ Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-30  9:19           ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-12-30  9:28             ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-30  9:36               ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-12-30  9:44                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-30 10:06                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-12-30 11:30                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-30  9:37             ` Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-30  9:45               ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-12-29  5:21         ` [PATCH v3 2/5] trace_event: record task' real_timer in itimer_state tracepoint Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-29  5:21         ` [PATCH v3 3/5] perf tools: fix getting point Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-29  5:21         ` [PATCH v3 4/5] perf timer: add document for 'perf timer' Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-29  5:22         ` [PATCH v3 5/5] perf timer: add 'perf timer' core code Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-22 13:04     ` [PATCH v2 3/5] trace_event: record task' real_timer in itimer_state tracepoint Xiao Guangrong
2009-12-22 13:06       ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2009-12-22 13:08         ` [PATCH v2 5/5] perf/timer: add 'perf timer' core code Xiao Guangrong

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