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authorMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>2015-05-05 04:29:50 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-05-05 23:13:04 +0200
commit9f7811d08dcf7b3e900cbc0d8384b713a86b034f (patch)
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parentperf probe: Allow to use filter on --del command (diff)
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perf probe: Accept filter argument for --funcs
This allows the user to pass the filter pattern directly to the --funcs option as below: ---- # ./perf probe -F *kmalloc __kmalloc devm_kmalloc mempool_kmalloc sg_kmalloc sock_kmalloc ---- We previously needed to use the --filter option for that. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150505022950.23399.22435.stgit@localhost.localdomain Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
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@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ OPTIONS
variables.
-F::
---funcs::
+--funcs[=FILTER]::
Show available functions in given module or kernel. With -x/--exec,
can also list functions in a user space executable / shared library.
+ This also can accept a FILTER rule argument.
--filter=FILTER::
(Only for --vars and --funcs) Set filter. FILTER is a combination of glob