linux/tools/perf/Documentation
Namhyung Kim 511e19b9e2 perf lock contention: Add -L/--lock-filter option
The -L/--lock-filter option is to filter only given locks.  The locks
can be specified by address or name (if exists).

  $ sudo ./perf lock record -a  sleep 1

  $ sudo ./perf lock con -l
   contended  total wait  max wait  avg wait           address  symbol

          57     1.11 ms  42.83 us  19.54 us  ffff9f4140059000
          15   280.88 us  23.51 us  18.73 us  ffffffff9d007a40  jiffies_lock
           1    20.49 us  20.49 us  20.49 us  ffffffff9d0d50c0  rcu_state
           1     9.02 us   9.02 us   9.02 us  ffff9f41759e9ba0

  $ sudo ./perf lock con -L jiffies_lock,rcu_state
   contended  total wait  max wait  avg wait      type  caller

          15   280.88 us  23.51 us  18.73 us  spinlock  tick_sched_do_timer+0x93
           1    20.49 us  20.49 us  20.49 us  spinlock  __softirqentry_text_start+0xeb

  $ sudo ./perf lock con -L ffff9f4140059000
   contended  total wait  max wait  avg wait      type  caller

          38   779.40 us  42.83 us  20.51 us  spinlock  worker_thread+0x50
          11   216.30 us  39.87 us  19.66 us  spinlock  queue_work_on+0x39
           8   118.13 us  20.51 us  14.77 us  spinlock  kthread+0xe5

Committer testing:

  # uname -a
  Linux quaco 6.0.12-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Dec 8 17:15:53 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  # perf lock record
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  # perf lock con -L jiffies_lock,rcu_state
   contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller

  # perf lock con
   contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller

           1      9.06 us      9.06 us      9.06 us     spinlock   call_timer_fn+0x24
  # perf lock con -L call
  ignore unknown symbol: call
   contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller

           1      9.06 us      9.06 us      9.06 us     spinlock   call_timer_fn+0x24
  #

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Blake Jones <blakejones@google.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221219201732.460111-5-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2022-12-21 14:52:39 -03:00
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android.txt perf tools: Update android build documentation 2016-07-04 20:27:27 -03:00
arm-coresight.txt perf docs: Fix man page build wrt perf-arm-coresight.txt 2022-10-25 17:40:48 -03:00
asciidoc.conf perf docs: Allow man page date to be specified 2019-09-27 09:26:14 -03:00
asciidoctor-extensions.rb perf Documentation: Support for asciidoctor 2018-04-26 13:47:10 -03:00
build-docdep.perl perf doc: Fix doc.dep 2021-08-02 09:56:17 -03:00
build-xed.txt perf script: Add --insn-trace for instruction decoding 2018-10-24 15:29:50 -03:00
Build.txt perf tools: Add doc about how to build perf with Asan and UBSan 2019-03-19 16:52:04 -03:00
callchain-overhead-calculation.txt
cat-texi.perl perf doc: Fix perfman.info build 2021-08-02 09:56:17 -03:00
db-export.txt perf db-export: Add brief documentation 2019-06-05 09:47:57 -03:00
examples.txt perf tools: Replace lkml.org links with lore 2021-02-11 12:54:27 -03:00
guest-files.txt perf tools: Tidy guest option documentation 2022-08-11 18:50:17 -03:00
guestmount.txt perf tools: Tidy guest option documentation 2022-08-11 18:50:17 -03:00
intel-bts.txt
intel-hybrid.txt perf record: Fix manpage formatting of description of support to hybrid systems 2022-08-27 11:55:17 -03:00
intel-pt.txt perf intel-pt: Update intel-pt.txt file with new location of the documentation 2020-03-11 11:00:33 -03:00
itrace.txt perf auxtrace: Add itrace option flag d+e to log on error 2022-10-04 08:55:21 -03:00
jit-interface.txt
jitdump-specification.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
Makefile perf doc: Reorganize ARTICLES variables. 2021-08-02 09:56:18 -03:00
manpage-1.72.xsl
manpage-base.xsl
manpage-bold-literal.xsl
manpage-normal.xsl
manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
perf-annotate.txt perf tools: Make quiet mode consistent between tools 2022-10-27 16:37:26 -03:00
perf-archive.txt
perf-arm-spe.txt perf docs: Add man page entry for Arm SPE 2022-04-14 08:54:03 -03:00
perf-bench.txt perf bench: Add basic syscall benchmark 2020-07-28 08:50:48 -03:00
perf-buildid-cache.txt perf record: Disable debuginfod by default 2022-01-15 17:41:25 -03:00
perf-buildid-list.txt perf buildid-list: Add a "-m" option to show kernel and modules build-ids 2022-07-18 16:35:34 -03:00
perf-c2c.txt perf mem/c2c: Add load store event mappings for AMD 2022-10-06 16:30:06 -03:00
perf-config.txt perf auxtrace: Add itrace option flag d+e to log on error 2022-10-04 08:55:21 -03:00
perf-daemon.txt perf daemon: Add examples to man page 2021-02-11 10:19:52 -03:00
perf-data.txt perf data: Add JSON export 2021-04-29 10:30:58 -03:00
perf-diff.txt perf tools: Make quiet mode consistent between tools 2022-10-27 16:37:26 -03:00
perf-dlfilter.txt perf dlfilter: Add machine_pid and vcpu 2022-07-20 11:08:13 -03:00
perf-evlist.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-ftrace.txt perf ftrace latency: Update documentation 2022-03-22 17:45:39 -03:00
perf-help.txt
perf-inject.txt perf inject: Clarify build-id options a little bit 2022-10-04 08:55:22 -03:00
perf-intel-pt.txt perf scripts python: intel-pt-events.py: Add ability interleave output 2022-10-27 16:37:26 -03:00
perf-iostat.txt perf docs: Fix accidental em-dashes 2021-08-10 11:05:21 -03:00
perf-kallsyms.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-kmem.txt perf kmem: Improve man page for record options 2021-10-08 16:10:02 -03:00
perf-kvm.txt perf tools: Tidy guest option documentation 2022-08-11 18:50:17 -03:00
perf-kwork.txt perf kwork: Implement BPF trace 2022-07-26 16:31:54 -03:00
perf-list.txt perf list: Add JSON output option 2022-11-23 10:29:59 -03:00
perf-lock.txt perf lock contention: Add -L/--lock-filter option 2022-12-21 14:52:39 -03:00
perf-mem.txt perf mem/c2c: Add load store event mappings for AMD 2022-10-06 16:30:06 -03:00
perf-probe.txt perf tools: Make quiet mode consistent between tools 2022-10-27 16:37:26 -03:00
perf-record.txt perf evlist: Remove group option. 2022-12-14 15:28:18 -03:00
perf-report.txt perf tools: Make quiet mode consistent between tools 2022-10-27 16:37:26 -03:00
perf-sched.txt perf sched timehist: Add support for filtering on CPU 2020-01-06 11:46:09 -03:00
perf-script-perl.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
perf-script-python.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
perf-script.txt perf tools: Tidy guest option documentation 2022-08-11 18:50:17 -03:00
perf-stat.txt perf tools: Make quiet mode consistent between tools 2022-10-27 16:37:26 -03:00
perf-test.txt perf test: Add -F/--dont-fork option 2016-06-30 18:27:45 -03:00
perf-timechart.txt perf timechart: Document missing --force option 2017-11-16 14:50:06 -03:00
perf-top.txt perf evlist: Remove group option. 2022-12-14 15:28:18 -03:00
perf-trace.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-version.txt perf version: Add man page 2018-04-02 13:52:23 -03:00
perf.data-directory-format.txt perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory 2019-11-06 15:43:05 -03:00
perf.data-file-format.txt perf header: Record non-CPU PMU capabilities 2022-06-24 13:18:55 -03:00
perf.txt perf docs: Add man page entry for Arm SPE 2022-04-14 08:54:03 -03:00
perfconfig.example perf config: Show default report configuration in example and docs 2016-09-01 09:44:13 -03:00
security.txt perf docs: Introduce security.txt file to document related issues 2020-05-28 10:03:26 -03:00
tips.txt perf tools: Fix typos / broken sentences 2019-07-02 16:08:16 -03:00
topdown.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00