linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
David Ahern 4bb09192d3 perf trace: Add option to show full timestamp
Current timestamp shown for output is time relative to firt sample. This
patch adds an option to show the absolute perf_clock timestamp which is
useful when comparing output across commands (e.g., perf-trace to
perf-script).

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378319865-55695-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2013-10-09 11:10:49 -03:00

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perf-trace(1)
=============
NAME
----
perf-trace - strace inspired tool
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf trace'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This command will show the events associated with the target, initially
syscalls, but other system events like pagefaults, task lifetime events,
scheduling events, etc.
Initially this is a live mode only tool, but eventually will work with
perf.data files like the other tools, allowing a detached 'record' from
analysis phases.
OPTIONS
-------
-a::
--all-cpus::
System-wide collection from all CPUs.
-e::
--expr::
List of events to show, currently only syscall names.
Prefixing with ! shows all syscalls but the ones specified. You may
need to escape it.
-o::
--output=::
Output file name.
-p::
--pid=::
Record events on existing process ID (comma separated list).
-t::
--tid=::
Record events on existing thread ID (comma separated list).
-u::
--uid=::
Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
-v::
--verbose=::
Verbosity level.
-i::
--no-inherit::
Child tasks do not inherit counters.
-m::
--mmap-pages=::
Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two.
-C::
--cpu::
Collect samples only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), Events are captured only when
the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
--duration:
Show only events that had a duration greater than N.M ms.
--sched:
Accrue thread runtime and provide a summary at the end of the session.
-i
--input
Process events from a given perf data file.
-T
--time
Print full timestamp rather time relative to first sample.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script[1]