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| author | Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> | 2013-10-26 16:25:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2013-10-28 20:05:59 +0100 |
| commit | 09b0fd45ff63413df94cbd832a765076b201edbb (patch) | |
| tree | 658b6b4aec6f3b5156d95bc9e0f8ef820b5d6c48 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
| parent | perf hists: Add color overhead for stdio output buffer (diff) | |
| download | linux-09b0fd45ff63413df94cbd832a765076b201edbb.tar.xz linux-09b0fd45ff63413df94cbd832a765076b201edbb.zip | |
perf record: Split -g and --call-graph
Splitting -g and --call-graph for record command, so we could use '-g'
with no option.
The '-g' option now takes NO argument and enables the configured unwind
method, which is currently the frame pointers method.
It will be possible to configure unwind method via config file in
upcoming patches.
All current '-g' arguments is overtaken by --call-graph option.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Tested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382797536-32303-2-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
[ reordered -g/--call-graph on --help and expanded the man page
according to comments by David Ahern and Namhyung Kim ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index e297b74471b8..ca0d3d9f4bac 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -90,8 +90,20 @@ OPTIONS Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two. -g:: + Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + --call-graph:: - Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, + implies -g. + + Allows specifying "fp" (frame pointer) or "dwarf" + (DWARF's CFI - Call Frame Information) as the method to collect + the information used to show the call graphs. + + In some systems, where binaries are build with gcc + --fomit-frame-pointer, using the "fp" method will produce bogus + call graphs, using "dwarf", if available (perf tools linked to + the libunwind library) should be used instead. -q:: --quiet:: |