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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt index b8c83947715c..be8fa1a0a97e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt @@ -13,3 +13,28 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- Data file related processing. + +COMMANDS +-------- +convert:: + Converts perf data file into another format (only CTF [1] format is support by now). + It's possible to set data-convert debug variable to get debug messages from conversion, + like: + perf --debug data-convert data convert ... + +OPTIONS for 'convert' +--------------------- +--to-ctf:: + Triggers the CTF conversion, specify the path of CTF data directory. + +-i:: + Specify input perf data file path. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc). + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf[1] +[1] Common Trace Format - http://www.efficios.com/ctf diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt index 1e8e400b4493..2b131776363e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt @@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ SYNOPSIS OPTIONS ------- --debug:: - Setup debug variable (just verbose for now) in value + 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 + --buildid-dir:: Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than buildid.dir config file option. |