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authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>2015-04-22 15:33:45 +0900
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-04-29 10:38:06 -0300
commitdd3092075c3263fca7a3e98b143ad2296aab71b4 (patch)
treee39aa333251c8bd2b93c9de9c45bbd3e33f1ad34 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
parentc4fa0d9c1e6aa360cfa2c36f7836a89da24a1b7a (diff)
perf tools: Document --children option in more detail
As the --children option changes the output of perf report (and perf top) it sometimes confuses users. Add more words and examples to help understanding of the option's behavior - and how to disable it ;-). Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1429684425-14987-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can
show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column
and will be sorted on the data. It requires -g/--call-graph option
- enabled.
+ enabled. See the `overhead calculation' section for more details.
--max-stack::
Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and prompts for input.
+include::callchain-overhead-calculation.txt[]
SEE ALSO
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