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authorDavid Ahern2016-11-16 07:06:33 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo2016-11-23 14:44:09 +0100
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perf sched timehist: Add -V/--cpu-visual option
The -V option provides a visual aid for sched switches by cpu: $ perf sched timehist -V time cpu 0123456789abc task name b/n time sch delay run time [tid/pid] (msec) (msec) (msec) --------------- ------ ------------- -------------------- --------- --------- --------- ... 2412598.429696 [0009] i <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 2412598.429767 [0002] s perf[7219] 0.000 0.000 0.000 2412598.429783 [0009] s perf[7220] 0.000 0.006 0.087 2412598.429794 [0010] i <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 2412598.429795 [0009] s migration/9[53] 0.000 0.003 0.011 2412598.430370 [0010] s sleep[7220] 0.011 0.000 0.576 2412598.432584 [0003] i <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 ... Committer notes: 'i' marks idle time, 's' are scheduler events. Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161116060634.28477-8-namhyung@kernel.org [ Add documentation based on above commit message ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist'
--symfs=<directory>::
Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+-V::
+--cpu-visual::
+ Show visual aid for sched switches by CPU: 'i' marks idle time,
+ 's' are scheduler events.
+
-w::
--wakeups::
Show wakeup events.