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| author | Adrian Hunter | 2015-04-30 17:37:28 +0300 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 2015-05-05 18:12:55 -0300 |
| commit | 53c76b0e9ed5ed1f00371160f0be60402acba165 (patch) | |
| tree | e04ff300ba98a33bdef77d1e13fa65244d1cc68a /tools/perf/Documentation | |
| parent | e31f0d017ea19fce9f12f084e1c750a0e3b43680 (diff) | |
perf auxtrace: Add option to synthesize events for transactions
Add AUX area tracing option 'x' to synthesize events for transactions.
This will be used by Intel PT to synthesize an event record for each TSX
start, commit or abort.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430404667-10593-6-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 9 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt index bb1f655e1361..b876ae312699 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt @@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ OPTIONS b synthesize branches events c synthesize branches events (calls only) r synthesize branches events (returns only) + x synthesize transactions events e synthesize error events d create a debug log - g synthesize a call chain for instructions events + g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x) - The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibe + The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxe In addition, the period (default 100000) for instructions events can be specified in units of: @@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ OPTIONS us microseconds ns nanoseconds (default) - Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions - events can be specified. + Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or + transactions events can be specified. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index b771340d193d..27190ed06f9c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -331,11 +331,12 @@ OPTIONS b synthesize branches events c synthesize branches events (calls only) r synthesize branches events (returns only) + x synthesize transactions events e synthesize error events d create a debug log - g synthesize a call chain for instructions events + g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x) - The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibe + The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxe In addition, the period (default 100000) for instructions events can be specified in units of: @@ -346,8 +347,8 @@ OPTIONS us microseconds ns nanoseconds (default) - Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions - events can be specified. + Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or + transactions events can be specified. To disable decoding entirely, use --no-itrace. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index b29cd2f17d13..c82df572fac2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt @@ -235,11 +235,12 @@ OPTIONS b synthesize branches events c synthesize branches events (calls only) r synthesize branches events (returns only) + x synthesize transactions events e synthesize error events d create a debug log - g synthesize a call chain for instructions events + g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x) - The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibe + The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxe In addition, the period (default 100000) for instructions events can be specified in units of: @@ -250,8 +251,8 @@ OPTIONS us microseconds ns nanoseconds (default) - Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions - events can be specified. + Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or + transactions events can be specified. To disable decoding entirely, use --no-itrace. |