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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-13 14:39:42 -0800
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Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf: Provide generic perf_sample_data initialization MAINTAINERS: Add Arnaldo as tools/perf/ co-maintainer perf trace: Don't use pager if scripting perf trace/scripting: Remove extraneous header read perf, ARM: Modify kuser rmb() call to compile for Thumb-2 x86/stacktrace: Don't dereference bad frame pointers perf archive: Don't try to collect files without a build-id perf_events, x86: Fixup fixed counter constraints perf, x86: Restrict the ANY flag perf, x86: rename macro in ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE perf, x86: add some IBS macros to perf_event.h perf, x86: make IBS macros available in perf_event.h hw-breakpoints: Remove stub unthrottle callback x86/hw-breakpoints: Remove the name field perf: Remove pointless breakpoint union perf lock: Drop the buffers multiplexing dependency perf lock: Fix and add misc documentally things percpu: Add __percpu sparse annotations to hw_breakpoint
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+perf-lock(1)
+============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-lock - Analyze lock events
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf lock' {record|report|trace}
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+You can analyze various lock behaviours
+and statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
+
+ 'perf lock record <command>' records lock events
+ between start and end <command>. And this command
+ produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing
+ results of lock events.
+
+ 'perf lock trace' shows raw lock events.
+
+ 'perf lock report' reports statistical data.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf[1]