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| author | David Ahern | 2016-11-29 18:15:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 2016-12-01 17:02:45 +0100 |
| commit | a91f4c473fa1655a2a5f1ceba46f76a95eef35bb (patch) | |
| tree | b4600475102d836393f1aab2938de908f450805f /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | |
| parent | perf tools: Move parse_nsec_time to time-utils.c (diff) | |
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perf script: Add option to specify time window of interest
Add option to allow user to control analysis window. e.g., collect data
for some amount of time and analyze a segment of interest within that
window.
Committer notes:
Testing it:
# perf evlist -v
cycles:ppp: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CALLCHAIN|CPU|PERIOD, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1
#
# perf script --hide-call-graph | head -15
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370039: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb90072ad x86_pmu_enable (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370044: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb900ca1b intel_pmu_handle_irq (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370046: 7 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370048: 126 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370049: 2701 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370051: 58823 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb90cd2e0 idle_cpu (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370059: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb91a713a ctx_resched (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370062: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb900ca1b intel_pmu_handle_irq (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370064: 13 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370065: 250 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370067: 5269 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fe79 sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370069: 114602 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb90c1c5a atomic_notifier_call_chain (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
perf 5124 [2] 9693.370076: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb91a76c1 __perf_event_enable (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
perf 5124 [2] 9693.370091: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb900ca1b intel_pmu_handle_irq (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
perf 5124 [2] 9693.370095: 3 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
#
# perf script --hide-call-graph --time ,9693.370048
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370039: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb90072ad x86_pmu_enable (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370044: 1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb900ca1b intel_pmu_handle_irq (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [0] 9693.370046: 7 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
# perf script --hide-call-graph --time 9693.370064,9693.370076
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370064: 13 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370065: 250 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fd93 native_sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370067: 5269 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb902fe79 sched_clock (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
swapper 0 [1] 9693.370069: 114602 cycles:ppp: ffffffffb90c1c5a atomic_notifier_call_chain (.../4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64/vmlinux)
#
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480439746-42695-4-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index 0f6ee09f7256..5dc5c6a09ac4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt @@ -292,6 +292,13 @@ include::itrace.txt[] --force:: Don't do ownership validation. +--time:: + Only analyze samples within given time window: <start>,<stop>. Times + have the format seconds.microseconds. If start is not given (i.e., time + string is ',x.y') then analysis starts at the beginning of the file. If + stop time is not given (i.e, time string is 'x.y,') then analysis goes + to end of file. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1], |