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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt | 78 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 2 |
3 files changed, 77 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt index a3dbadb26ef5..7065cd6fbdfc 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This 'perf bench' command is general framework for benchmark suites. +This 'perf bench' command is a general framework for benchmark suites. COMMON OPTIONS -------------- @@ -45,14 +45,20 @@ SUBSYSTEM 'sched':: Scheduler and IPC mechanisms. +'mem':: + Memory access performance. + +'all':: + All benchmark subsystems. + SUITES FOR 'sched' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *messaging*:: Suite for evaluating performance of scheduler and IPC mechanisms. Based on hackbench by Rusty Russell. -Options of *pipe* -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Options of *messaging* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -p:: --pipe:: Use pipe() instead of socketpair() @@ -115,6 +121,72 @@ Example of *pipe* 59004 ops/sec --------------------- +SUITES FOR 'mem' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*memcpy*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory copy in various ways. + +Options of *memcpy* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-l:: +--length:: +Specify length of memory to copy (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--routine:: +Specify routine to copy (default: default). +Available routines are depend on the architecture. +On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-movsq and x86-64-movsb are supported. + +-i:: +--iterations:: +Repeat memcpy invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--cycle:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + +-o:: +--only-prefault:: +Show only the result with page faults before memcpy. + +-n:: +--no-prefault:: +Show only the result without page faults before memcpy. + +*memset*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory set in various ways. + +Options of *memset* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-l:: +--length:: +Specify length of memory to set (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--routine:: +Specify routine to set (default: default). +Available routines are depend on the architecture. +On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-stosq and x86-64-stosb are supported. + +-i:: +--iterations:: +Repeat memset invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--cycle:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + +-o:: +--only-prefault:: +Show only the result with page faults before memset. + +-n:: +--no-prefault:: +Show only the result without page faults before memset. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index 2d89f02719b5..495210a612c4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --sort=:: - Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent. + Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline. -p:: --parent=<regex>:: diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 4a5680cb242e..5b80d84d6b4a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. -s:: --sort:: - Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent + Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline. -n:: --show-nr-samples:: |