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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2020-07-10 17:11:02 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2020-08-06 13:24:03 +0200
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parentperf intel-pt: Time filter logged perf events (diff)
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perf auxtrace: Add itrace 'q' option for quicker, less detailed decoding
The 'q' option is for modes of decoding that are quicker because they skip or omit decoding some aspects of trace data. If supported, the 'q' option may be repeated to increase the effect. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200710151104.15137-11-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
index 9c0e8586ed47..d3740c8f399b 100644
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+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
l synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
L synthesize last branch entries on existing event records
s skip initial number of events
+ q quicker (less detailed) decoding
The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxwpe,
except for perf script where it is --itrace=ce
@@ -58,3 +59,5 @@
debug messages will or will not be logged. Each flag must be preceded
by either '+' or '-'. The flags are:
a all perf events
+
+ If supported, the 'q' option may be repeated to increase the effect.