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From: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
To: acme@kernel.org, jolsa@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Cc: Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com,
	kan.liang@intel.com, yao.jin@intel.com,
	Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 7/7] perf diff: Documentation -c cycles option
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:50:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1560775857-22355-8-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1560775857-22355-1-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com>

Documentation the new computation selection 'cycles'.

Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index facd91e..73903d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -c::
 --compute::
-        Differential computation selection - delta, ratio, wdiff, delta-abs
-        (default is delta-abs).  Default can be changed using diff.compute
-        config option.  See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
+        Differential computation selection - delta, ratio, wdiff, cycles,
+        delta-abs (default is delta-abs).  Default can be changed using
+        diff.compute config option.  See COMPARISON METHODS section for
+        more info.
 
 -p::
 --period::
@@ -280,6 +281,13 @@ If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as:
     - WEIGHT-A being the weight of the data file
     - WEIGHT-B being the weight of the baseline data file
 
+cycles
+~~~~~~
+If specified the 'Block cycles diff [start:end]' column is displayed.
+It displays the cycles difference of same program basic block amongst
+two perf.data. The program basic block is the code block between
+two branches in a function (indicated by [start:end]).
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
-- 
2.7.4


      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-06-17  5:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-17 12:50 [PATCH v3 0/7] perf diff: diff cycles at basic block level Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] perf util: Create block_info structure Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] perf util: Add block_info in hist_entry Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] perf diff: Check if all data files with branch stacks Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] perf diff: Use hists to manage basic blocks per symbol Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] perf diff: Link same basic blocks among different data Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] perf diff: Print the basic block cycles diff Jin Yao
2019-06-17 12:50 ` Jin Yao [this message]

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