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author | Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> | 2022-08-11 20:04:11 +0300 |
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committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2022-08-11 18:50:17 -0300 |
commit | 53e76d35f797b2975ad9b2934e668e59abba1f10 (patch) | |
tree | e98098da660237e286fe86d79b67788766336b97 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
parent | d9ca43c06fb76d2829675b764093c7094ab636f0 (diff) |
perf tools: Tidy guest option documentation
Move common guest options into include files. Use attribute substitution to
customize an example, using "[verse]" to define the block instead of a
"literal" block which does not permit substitution.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220811170411.84154-4-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/guest-files.txt | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/guestmount.txt | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt | 25 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 29 |
5 files changed, 38 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/guest-files.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/guest-files.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8cc0b092f996 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/guest-files.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +include::guestmount.txt[] + +--guestkallsyms=<path>:: + Guest OS /proc/kallsyms file copy. perf reads it to get guest + kernel symbols. Users copy it out from guest OS. + +--guestmodules=<path>:: + Guest OS /proc/modules file copy. perf reads it to get guest + kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest OS. + +--guestvmlinux=<path>:: + Guest OS kernel vmlinux. + +--guest-code:: + Indicate that guest code can be found in the hypervisor process, + which is a common case for KVM test programs. diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/guestmount.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/guestmount.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6edf12363add --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/guestmount.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--guestmount=<path>:: + Guest OS root file system mount directory. Users mount guest OS + root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem access method, + typically, sshfs. + For example, start 2 guest OS, one's pid is 8888 and the other's is 9999: +[verse] + $ mkdir \~/guestmount + $ cd \~/guestmount + $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/ + $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/ + $ perf {GMEXAMPLECMD} --guestmount=~/guestmount {GMEXAMPLESUBCMD} diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt index c741ca2107b1..ffc293fdf61d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt @@ -102,17 +102,9 @@ include::itrace.txt[] should be used, and also --buildid-all and --switch-events may be useful. ---guestmount=<path>:: - Guest OS root file system mount directory. Users mount guest OS - root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem access method, - typically, sshfs. - For example, start 2 guest OS, one's pid is 8888 and the other's is 9999: -[verse] - $ mkdir \~/guestmount - $ cd \~/guestmount - $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/ - $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/ - $ perf inject --guestmount=~/guestmount +:GMEXAMPLECMD: inject +:GMEXAMPLESUBCMD: +include::guestmount.txt[] SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt index 83c742adf86e..2ad3f5d9f72b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt @@ -77,26 +77,11 @@ OPTIONS Collect host side performance profile. --guest:: Collect guest side performance profile. ---guestmount=<path>:: - Guest os root file system mount directory. Users mounts guest os - root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem access method, - typically, sshfs. For example, start 2 guest os. The one's pid is 8888 - and the other's is 9999. - #mkdir ~/guestmount; cd ~/guestmount - #sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/ - #sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/ - #perf kvm --host --guest --guestmount=~/guestmount top ---guestkallsyms=<path>:: - Guest os /proc/kallsyms file copy. 'perf' kvm' reads it to get guest - kernel symbols. Users copy it out from guest os. ---guestmodules=<path>:: - Guest os /proc/modules file copy. 'perf' kvm' reads it to get guest - kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest os. ---guestvmlinux=<path>:: - Guest os kernel vmlinux. ---guest-code:: - Indicate that guest code can be found in the hypervisor process, - which is a common case for KVM test programs. + +:GMEXAMPLECMD: kvm --host --guest +:GMEXAMPLESUBCMD: top +include::guest-files.txt[] + -v:: --verbose:: Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc). diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index 48ee42a891b6..68e37de5fae4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt @@ -487,29 +487,6 @@ include::itrace.txt[] For itrace only show specified functions and their callees for itrace. Multiple functions can be separated by comma. ---guestmount=<path>:: - Guest OS root file system mount directory. Users mount guest OS - root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem access method, - typically, sshfs. - For example, start 2 guest OS, one's pid is 8888 and the other's is 9999: -[verse] - $ mkdir \~/guestmount - $ cd \~/guestmount - $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/ - $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/ - $ perf script --guestmount=~/guestmount - ---guestkallsyms=<path>:: - Guest OS /proc/kallsyms file copy. perf reads it to get guest - kernel symbols. Users copy it out from guest OS. - ---guestmodules=<path>:: - Guest OS /proc/modules file copy. perf reads it to get guest - kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest OS. - ---guestvmlinux=<path>:: - Guest OS kernel vmlinux. - --switch-on EVENT_NAME:: Only consider events after this event is found. @@ -530,9 +507,9 @@ include::itrace.txt[] The known limitations include exception handing such as setjmp/longjmp will have calls/returns not match. ---guest-code:: - Indicate that guest code can be found in the hypervisor process, - which is a common case for KVM test programs. +:GMEXAMPLECMD: script +:GMEXAMPLESUBCMD: +include::guest-files.txt[] SEE ALSO -------- |