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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-02-18 08:25:05 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-02-18 08:25:05 +0100 |
commit | e4cc9f4a207aeb819f358114eb23a04547d4807c (patch) | |
tree | 4c8f7f56427948ca9c2f30659ee18c6dcfdb4d08 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
parent | e9345aab675382176740bc8a2c6d3caf1510e46d (diff) | |
parent | 668b8788f497b2386402daeca583d6300240d41d (diff) |
Merge branch 'perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 into perf/core
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt index 399751befeed..7a527f7e9da9 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf list' +'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|event_glob] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -63,7 +63,26 @@ details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below. OPTIONS ------- -None + +Without options all known events will be listed. + +To limit the list use: + +. 'hw' or 'hardware' to list hardware events such as cache-misses, etc. + +. 'sw' or 'software' to list software events such as context switches, etc. + +. 'cache' or 'hwcache' to list hardware cache events such as L1-dcache-loads, etc. + +. 'tracepoint' to list all tracepoint events, alternatively use + 'subsys_glob:event_glob' to filter by tracepoint subsystems such as sched, + block, etc. + +. If none of the above is matched, it will apply the supplied glob to all + events, printing the ones that match. + +One or more types can be used at the same time, listing the events for the +types specified. SEE ALSO -------- |