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| author | Tony Jones <tonyj@suse.de> | 2020-03-25 09:40:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2020-03-25 16:13:21 -0300 |
| commit | eadcaa3dfd706bbf46682c8b8b5979262443c3c3 (patch) | |
| tree | a2e0f4f6d2f875492d1a458bfa6413397814e350 /tools/perf | |
| parent | 0d33b34352531ff7029c58eda2321340c0ea3f5f (diff) | |
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perf callchain: Update docs regarding kernel/user space unwinding
The method of unwinding for kernel space is defined by the kernel
config, not by the value of --call-graph. Improve the documentation to
reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Tony Jones <tonyj@suse.de>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200325164053.10177-1-tonyj@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 18 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index 8ead55593984..f16d8a71d3f5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt @@ -405,14 +405,16 @@ ui.*:: This option is only applied to TUI. call-graph.*:: - When sub-commands 'top' and 'report' work with -g/—-children - there're options in control of call-graph. + The following controls the handling of call-graphs (obtained via the + -g/--call-graph options). call-graph.record-mode:: - The record-mode can be 'fp' (frame pointer), 'dwarf' and 'lbr'. - The value of 'dwarf' is effective only if perf detect needed library - (libunwind or a recent version of libdw). - 'lbr' only work for cpus that support it. + The mode for user space can be 'fp' (frame pointer), 'dwarf' + and 'lbr'. The value 'dwarf' is effective only if libunwind + (or a recent version of libdw) is present on the system; + the value 'lbr' only works for certain cpus. The method for + kernel space is controlled not by this option but by the + kernel config (CONFIG_UNWINDER_*). call-graph.dump-size:: The size of stack to dump in order to do post-unwinding. Default is 8192 (byte). diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 7f4db7592467..b25e028458e2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -237,16 +237,22 @@ OPTIONS option and remains only for backward compatibility. See --event. -g:: - Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording for both + kernel space and user space. --call-graph:: Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, - implies -g. Default is "fp". + implies -g. Default is "fp" (for user space). - Allows specifying "fp" (frame pointer) or "dwarf" - (DWARF's CFI - Call Frame Information) or "lbr" - (Hardware Last Branch Record facility) as the method to collect - the information used to show the call graphs. + The unwinding method used for kernel space is dependent on the + unwinder used by the active kernel configuration, i.e + CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER (fp) or CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC (orc) + + Any option specified here controls the method used for user space. + + Valid options are "fp" (frame pointer), "dwarf" (DWARF's CFI - + Call Frame Information) or "lbr" (Hardware Last Branch Record + facility). In some systems, where binaries are build with gcc --fomit-frame-pointer, using the "fp" method will produce bogus |