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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 30 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index c4dd23c4b478..9dae0df3ab7e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt @@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ buildid.*:: set buildid.dir to /dev/null. The default is $HOME/.debug annotate.*:: - These options work only for TUI. These are in control of addresses, jump function, source code in lines of assembly code from a specific program. @@ -269,6 +268,8 @@ annotate.*:: │ mov (%rdi),%rdx │ return n; + This option works with tui, stdio2 browsers. + annotate.use_offset:: Basing on a first address of a loaded function, offset can be used. Instead of using original addresses of assembly code, @@ -287,6 +288,8 @@ annotate.*:: 368:│ mov 0x8(%r14),%rdi + This option works with tui, stdio2 browsers. + annotate.jump_arrows:: There can be jump instruction among assembly code. Depending on a boolean value of jump_arrows, @@ -306,6 +309,8 @@ annotate.*:: │1330: mov %r15,%r10 │1333: cmp %r15,%r14 + This option works with tui browser. + annotate.show_linenr:: When showing source code if this option is 'true', line numbers are printed as below. @@ -325,6 +330,8 @@ annotate.*:: │ array++; │ } + This option works with tui, stdio2 browsers. + annotate.show_nr_jumps:: Let's see a part of assembly code. @@ -335,6 +342,8 @@ annotate.*:: │1 1382: movb $0x1,-0x270(%rbp) + This option works with tui, stdio2 browsers. + annotate.show_total_period:: To compare two records on an instruction base, with this option provided, display total number of samples that belong to a line @@ -348,11 +357,30 @@ annotate.*:: 99.93 │ mov %eax,%eax + This option works with tui, stdio2, stdio browsers. + + annotate.show_nr_samples:: + By default perf annotate shows percentage of samples. This option + can be used to print absolute number of samples. Ex, when set as + false: + + Percent│ + 74.03 │ mov %fs:0x28,%rax + + When set as true: + + Samples│ + 6 │ mov %fs:0x28,%rax + + This option works with tui, stdio2, stdio browsers. + annotate.offset_level:: Default is '1', meaning just jump targets will have offsets show right beside the instruction. When set to '2' 'call' instructions will also have its offsets shown, 3 or higher will show offsets for all instructions. + This option works with tui, stdio2 browsers. + hist.*:: hist.percentage:: This option control the way to calculate overhead of filtered entries - |