OpenCloudOS-Kernel/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt

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perf-record(1)
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NAME
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perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
DESCRIPTION
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This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
from it, into perf.data - without displaying anything.
This file can then be inspected later on, using 'perf report'.
OPTIONS
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<command>...::
Any command you can specify in a shell.
-e::
--event=::
Select the PMU event. Selection can be:
- a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events)
- 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]'
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]]'.
If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set
'mem:0x1000:rw'.
--filter=<filter>::
Event filter.
-a::
--all-cpus::
System-wide collection from all CPUs.
-l::
Scale counter values.
-p::
--pid=::
Record events on existing process ID.
-t::
--tid=::
Record events on existing thread ID.
-r::
--realtime=::
Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
-A::
--append::
Append to the output file to do incremental profiling.
-f::
--force::
Overwrite existing data file. (deprecated)
-c::
--count=::
Event period to sample.
-o::
--output=::
Output file name.
-i::
--no-inherit::
Child tasks do not inherit counters.
-F::
--freq=::
Profile at this frequency.
-m::
--mmap-pages=::
Number of mmap data pages.
-g::
--call-graph::
Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
-q::
--quiet::
Don't print any message, useful for scripting.
-v::
--verbose::
Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
-s::
--stat::
Per thread counts.
-d::
--data::
Sample addresses.
perf tools: Ask for ID PERF_SAMPLE_ info on all PERF_RECORD_ events So that we can use -T == --timestamp, asking for PERF_SAMPLE_TIME: $ perf record -aT $ perf report -D | grep PERF_RECORD_ <SNIP> 3 5951915425 0x47530 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff8138c1a2 period: 215979 cpu:3 3 5952026879 0x47588 [0x90]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff810cb480 period: 215979 cpu:3 3 5952059959 0x47618 [0x38]: PERF_RECORD_FORK(6853:6853):(16811:16811) 3 5952138878 0x47650 [0x78]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff811bac35 period: 431478 cpu:3 3 5952375068 0x476c8 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_COMM: find:6853 3 5952395923 0x476f8 [0x50]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x400000(0x25000) @ 0]: /usr/bin/find 3 5952413756 0x47748 [0xa0]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 6853/6853: 0xffffffff810d080f period: 859332 cpu:3 3 5952419837 0x477e8 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44600000(0x21d000) @ 0]: /lib64/ld-2.5.so 3 5952437929 0x47840 [0x48]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x7fff7e1c9000(0x1000) @ 0x7fff7e1c9000]: [vdso] 3 5952570127 0x47888 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f46200000(0x218000) @ 0]: /lib64/libselinux.so.1 3 5952623637 0x478e0 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44a00000(0x356000) @ 0]: /lib64/libc-2.5.so 3 5952675720 0x47938 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44e00000(0x204000) @ 0]: /lib64/libdl-2.5.so 3 5952710080 0x47990 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f45a00000(0x246000) @ 0]: /lib64/libsepol.so.1 3 5952847802 0x479e8 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 6853/6853: 0xffffffff813897f0 period: 1142536 cpu:3 <SNIP> First column is the cpu and the second the timestamp. That way we can investigate problems in the event stream. If the new perf binary is run on an older kernel, it will disable this feature automatically. Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> LKML-Reference: <1291318772-30880-5-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-12-02 20:25:28 +08:00
-T::
--timestamp::
Sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the timestamps,
for instance.
-n::
--no-samples::
Don't sample.
-R::
--raw-samples::
Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (default for tracepoint counters).
-C::
--cpu::
Collect samples only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), samples are captured only when
the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
-N::
--no-buildid-cache::
Do not update the builid cache. This saves some overhead in situations
where the information in the perf.data file (which includes buildids)
is sufficient.
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]