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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-03-13 14:39:42 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-03-13 14:39:42 -0800 |
commit | 9fdfbc2bff587f454dd95e2caa6d147c9abe39e4 (patch) | |
tree | 2feaee47cbcfb57dd0d5cf23509e22011541e717 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt | |
parent | 8cea4eb642890a1de58980e7e1617d1765ef8f7c (diff) | |
parent | dc1d628a67a8f042e711ea5accc0beedc3ef0092 (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b317102138c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +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] |