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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-12-17 11:03:57 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-12-17 11:03:57 -0800
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Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf tooling fixes from Ingo Molnar: "These are all perf tooling changes: most of them are fixes. Note that the large CPU count related fixes go beyond regression fixes, but the IPI-flood symptoms are severe enough that I think justifies their inclusion" * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (38 commits) perf vendor events s390: Remove name from L1D_RO_EXCL_WRITES description perf vendor events s390: Fix counter long description for DTLB1_GPAGE_WRITES libtraceevent: Allow custom libdir path perf header: Fix false warning when there are no duplicate cache entries perf metricgroup: Fix printing event names of metric group with multiple events perf/x86/pmu-events: Fix Kernel_Utilization metric perf top: Do not bail out when perf_env__read_cpuid() returns ENOSYS perf arch: Make the default get_cpuid() return compatible error tools headers kvm: Sync linux/kvm.h with the kernel sources tools headers UAPI: Update tools's copy of drm.h headers tools headers UAPI: Sync drm/i915_drm.h with the kernel sources perf inject: Fix processing of ID index for injected instruction tracing perf report: Bail out --mem-mode if mem info is not available perf report: Make -F more strict like -s perf report/top TUI: Replace pr_err() with ui__error() libtraceevent: Copy pkg-config file to output folder when using O= libtraceevent: Fix lib installation with O= perf kvm: Clarify the 'perf kvm' -i and -o command line options tools arch x86: Sync asm/cpufeatures.h with the kernel sources perf beauty: Add CLEAR_SIGHAND support for clone's flags arg ...
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@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ OPTIONS
-------
-i::
--input=<path>::
- Input file name.
+ Input file name, for the 'report', 'diff' and 'buildid-list' subcommands.
-o::
--output=<path>::
- Output file name.
+ Output file name, for the 'record' subcommand. Doesn't work with 'report',
+ just redirect the output to a file when using 'report'.
--host::
Collect host side performance profile.
--guest::