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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2021-06-27 16:18:11 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-07-01 16:14:37 -0300
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perf script: Add option to list dlfilters
Add option --list-dlfilters to list dlfilters in the current directory or the exec-path e.g. ~/libexec/perf-core/dlfilters. Use with option -v (must come before option --list-dlfilters) to show long descriptions. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210627131818.810-4-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
index aef1c32babd1..8bc219f3eb83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int start(void **data, void *ctx);
int stop(void *data, void *ctx);
int filter_event(void *data, const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample, void *ctx);
int filter_event_early(void *data, const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample, void *ctx);
+const char *filter_description(const char **long_description);
----
If implemented, 'start' will be called at the beginning, before any
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ error code. 'data' is set by 'start'. 'ctx' is needed for calls to
'filter_event_early' is the same as 'filter_event' except it is called before
internal filtering.
+If implemented, 'filter_description' should return a one-line description
+of the filter, and optionally a longer description.
+
The perf_dlfilter_sample structure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 2306c81b606b..d2705d6b9874 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ OPTIONS
Filter sample events using the given shared object file.
Refer linkperf:perf-dlfilter[1]
+--list-dlfilters=::
+ Display a list of available dlfilters. Use with option -v (must come
+ before option --list-dlfilters) to show long descriptions.
+
-a::
Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command>
normally use -a by default, while scripts run with a <command>