From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: acme@kernel.org
Cc: jolsa@kernel.org, namhyung@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 12/15] perf tools: Add some new tips describing the new options
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 06:47:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190305144758.12397-13-andi@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190305144758.12397-1-andi@firstfloor.org>
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
v2:
Even more tips.
---
tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
index 849599f39c5e..3cb9a59c58ba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ To see callchains in a more compact form: perf report -g folded
Show individual samples with: perf script
Limit to show entries above 5% only: perf report --percent-limit 5
Profiling branch (mis)predictions with: perf record -b / perf report
+To show assembler sample contexts use perf record -b / perf script -F +brstackinsn --xed
Treat branches as callchains: perf report --branch-history
To count events in every 1000 msec: perf stat -I 1000
Print event counts in CSV format with: perf stat -x,
@@ -34,3 +35,8 @@ Show current config key-value pairs: perf config --list
Show user configuration overrides: perf config --user --list
To add Node.js USDT(User-Level Statically Defined Tracing): perf buildid-cache --add `which node`
To report cacheline events from previous recording: perf c2c report
+To browse sample contexts use perf report --sample 10 and select in context menu
+To separate samples by time use perf report --sort time,overhead,sym
+To set sample time separation other than 100ms with --sort time use --time-quantum
+Add -I to perf report to sample register values visible in perf report context.
+To show IPC for sampling periods use perf record -e '{cycles,instructions}:S' and then browse context
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-05 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-05 14:47 Support sample context in perf report Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 01/15] perf tools: Add utility function to fetch executable Andi Kleen
2019-03-06 20:53 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-06 21:08 ` Andi Kleen
2019-03-09 19:59 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf thread: Generalize function to copy from thread addr space from intel-bts code tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 02/15] perf tools script: Support insn output for normal samples Andi Kleen
2019-03-08 13:37 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-22 21:59 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf " tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 03/15] perf tools script: Filter COMM/FORK/.. events by CPU Andi Kleen
2019-03-06 14:23 ` Adrian Hunter
2019-03-07 11:02 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-08 13:39 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-08 15:08 ` Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 04/15] perf tools report: Support nano seconds Andi Kleen
2019-03-22 21:59 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf report: Support output in nanoseconds tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 05/15] perf tools report: Parse time quantum Andi Kleen
2019-03-08 13:45 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-08 13:52 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-08 17:39 ` Andi Kleen
2019-03-22 22:01 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf " tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 06/15] perf tools report: Support time sort key Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 07/15] perf tools report: Use less for scripts output Andi Kleen
2019-03-08 13:47 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-09 7:52 ` Feng Tang
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 08/15] perf tools report: Support running scripts for current time range Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 09/15] perf tools report: Support builtin perf script in scripts menu Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 10/15] perf tools: Add utility function to print ns time stamps Andi Kleen
2019-03-08 13:51 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2019-03-22 22:00 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf time-utils: Add utility function to print time stamps in nanoseconds tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 11/15] perf tools report: Implement browsing of individual samples Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 13/15] perf tools report: Add custom scripts to script menu Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 14/15] perf tools script: Add array bound checking to list_scripts Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 14:47 ` [PATCH v4 15/15] perf tools ui: Fix ui popup browser for many entries Andi Kleen
2019-03-07 10:57 ` Support sample context in perf report Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 16:57 ` Andi Kleen
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