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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-06 10:17:26 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-06 10:17:26 -0800
commit28d9bfc37c861aa9c8386dff1ac7e9a10e5c5162 (patch)
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parentf3b0cfa9b017a9d4686c9b14b908a1685f97a077 (diff)
parent4b95f135f606c87e4056b6d7fd3c5781c818858b (diff)
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (146 commits) tools, perf: Documentation for the power events API perf: Add calls to suspend trace point perf script: Make some lists static perf script: Use the default lost event handler perf session: Warn about errors when processing pipe events too perf tools: Fix perf_event.h header usage perf test: Clarify some error reports in the open syscall test x86, NMI: Add touch_nmi_watchdog to io_check_error delay x86: Avoid calling arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() at the same time x86: Only call smp_processor_id in non-preempt cases perf timechart: Adjust perf timechart to the new power events perf: Clean up power events by introducing new, more generic ones perf: Do not export power_frequency, but power_start event perf test: Add test for counting open syscalls perf evsel: Auto allocate resources needed for some methods perf evsel: Use {cpu,thread}_map to shorten list of parameters perf tools: Refactor all_tids to hold nr and the map perf tools: Refactor cpumap to hold nr and the map perf evsel: Introduce per cpu and per thread open helpers perf evsel: Steal the counter reading routines from stat ...
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm:
a performance counter profile of guest os in realtime
of an arbitrary workload.
- 'perf kvm record <command>' to record the performance couinter profile
+ 'perf kvm record <command>' to record the performance counter profile
of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. If both
--host and --guest are input, the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm.
If there is no --host but --guest, the file name is perf.data.guest.
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm:
OPTIONS
-------
+-i::
+--input=::
+ Input file name.
+-o::
+--output::
+ Output file name.
--host=::
Collect host side performance profile.
--guest=::