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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2014-01-11 13:38:27 -0800
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2014-01-13 10:07:03 -0300
commit6619a53ef7572b9eaf7aa71ff7f74c0d06b3817b (patch)
tree30cc3f9744834be9ca30959cf1308028c3a3aa2f /tools/perf/Documentation
parentd11416e76b3e2f60ed6cfa7c532d3b6777f66527 (diff)
perf record: Add --initial-delay option
perf stat has a --delay option to delay measuring the workload. This is useful to skip measuring the startup phase of the program, which is often very different from the main workload. The same is useful for perf record when sampling. --no-delay was already taken, so add a --initial-delay to perf record too. -D was already taken for record, so there is only a long option. v2: Don't disable group members (Namhyung Kim) v3: port to latest perf/core rename to --initial-delay to avoid conflict with --no-delay Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389476307-2124-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
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@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ overrides that and uses per-thread mmaps. A side-effect of that is that
inheritance is automatically disabled. --per-thread is ignored with a warning
if combined with -a or -C options.
+--initial-delay msecs::
+After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
+filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
+
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]