From 1432ec342ece6a7ef78825ae3a9ba1c91686f71d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Namhyung Kim Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:05:55 +0900 Subject: perf top: Add --children option The --children option is for showing accumulated overhead (period) value as well as self overhead. It should be used with one of -g or --call-graph option. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Tested-by: Arun Sharma Tested-by: Rodrigo Campos Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1401335910-16832-21-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index dcfa54c851e9..180ae02137a5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. --fields=:: Specify output field - multiple keys can be specified in CSV format. Following fields are available: - overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, sample and period. + overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, overhead_children, sample and period. Also it can contain any sort key(s). By default, every sort keys not specified in --field will be appended @@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, implies -g. +--children:: + Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can + show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column + and will be sorted on the data. It requires -g/--call-graph option + enabled. + --max-stack:: Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off -- cgit v1.2.3