linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt

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NAME
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perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'perf' [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]
OPTIONS
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-h::
--help::
Run perf help command.
-v::
--version::
Display perf version.
-vv::
Print the compiled-in status of libraries.
--exec-path::
Display or set exec path.
--html-path::
Display html documentation path.
-p::
--paginate::
Set up pager.
--no-pager::
Do not set pager.
--buildid-dir::
Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority
than buildid.dir config file option.
--list-cmds::
List the most commonly used perf commands.
--list-opts::
List available perf options.
--debugfs-dir::
Set debugfs directory or set environment variable PERF_DEBUGFS_DIR.
--debug::
Setup debug variable (see list below) in value
range (0, 10). Use like:
--debug verbose # sets verbose = 1
--debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2
List of debug variables allowed to set:
verbose - general debug messages
ordered-events - ordered events object debug messages
data-convert - data convert command debug messages
stderr - write debug output (option -v) to stderr
in browser mode
perf-event-open - Print perf_event_open() arguments and
return value
DESCRIPTION
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Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem
that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It
covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features
and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1],
linkperf:perf-list[1]
linkperf:perf-annotate[1],linkperf:perf-archive[1],
linkperf:perf-bench[1], linkperf:perf-buildid-cache[1],
linkperf:perf-buildid-list[1], linkperf:perf-c2c[1],
linkperf:perf-config[1], linkperf:perf-data[1], linkperf:perf-diff[1],
linkperf:perf-evlist[1], linkperf:perf-ftrace[1],
linkperf:perf-help[1], linkperf:perf-inject[1],
linkperf:perf-intel-pt[1], linkperf:perf-kallsyms[1],
linkperf:perf-kmem[1], linkperf:perf-kvm[1], linkperf:perf-lock[1],
linkperf:perf-mem[1], linkperf:perf-probe[1], linkperf:perf-sched[1],
linkperf:perf-script[1], linkperf:perf-test[1],
linkperf:perf-trace[1], linkperf:perf-version[1]