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authorKarel Zak2013-04-05 13:16:02 +0200
committerKarel Zak2013-04-05 13:16:02 +0200
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parentreadprofile: add --counters to the man page (diff)
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readprofile: reorder options in man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/readprofile.8')
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/readprofile.854
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/readprofile.8 b/sys-utils/readprofile.8
index 9880620db..ec1c22634 100644
--- a/sys-utils/readprofile.8
+++ b/sys-utils/readprofile.8
@@ -21,6 +21,25 @@ length of the procedure. The output is filled with blanks to ease
readability.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
+Print all symbols in the mapfile. By default the procedures with
+reported ticks are not printed.
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-histbin\fR
+Print individual histogram-bin counts.
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR
+Info. This makes
+.B readprofile
+only print the profiling step used by the kernel. The profiling step
+is the resolution of the profiling buffer, and is chosen during
+kernel configuration (through `make config'), or in the kernel's
+command line. If the
+.B \-t
+(terse) switch is used together with
+.B \-i
+only the decimal number is printed.
+.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mapfile\fR \fImapfile\fR
Specify a mapfile, which by default is
.BR /usr/src/linux/System.map .
@@ -29,6 +48,14 @@ isn't the last one you compiled, or if you keep System.map elsewhere.
If the name of the map file ends with `.gz' it is decompressed on the
fly.
.TP
+\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-multiplier\fR \fImultiplier\fR
+On some architectures it is possible to alter the frequency at which
+the kernel delivers profiling interrupts to each CPU. This option
+allows you to set the frequency, as a multiplier of the system clock
+frequency, HZ. This is supported on i386-SMP (2.2 and 2.4 kernel)
+and also on sparc-SMP and sparc64-SMP (2.4 kernel). This option also
+resets the profiling buffer, and requires superuser privileges.
+.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpro-file\fR
Specify a different profiling buffer, which by default is
.B /proc/profile.
@@ -40,25 +67,6 @@ compressed profile buffers, like in
.B readprofile-1.1,
because the program needs to know the size of the buffer in advance.
.TP
-\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR
-Info. This makes
-.B readprofile
-only print the profiling step used by the kernel. The profiling step
-is the resolution of the profiling buffer, and is chosen during
-kernel configuration (through `make config'), or in the kernel's
-command line. If the
-.B \-t
-(terse) switch is used together with
-.B \-i
-only the decimal number is printed.
-.TP
-\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
-Print all symbols in the mapfile. By default the procedures with
-reported ticks are not printed.
-.TP
-\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-histbin\fR
-Print individual histogram-bin counts.
-.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reset\fR
Reset the profiling buffer. This can only be invoked by root,
because
@@ -68,14 +76,6 @@ However, you can make
.B readprofile
setuid 0, in order to reset the buffer without gaining privileges.
.TP
-\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-multiplier\fR \fImultiplier\fR
-On some architectures it is possible to alter the frequency at which
-the kernel delivers profiling interrupts to each CPU. This option
-allows you to set the frequency, as a multiplier of the system clock
-frequency, HZ. This is supported on i386-SMP (2.2 and 2.4 kernel)
-and also on sparc-SMP and sparc64-SMP (2.4 kernel). This option also
-resets the profiling buffer, and requires superuser privileges.
-.TP
\fB\-s, \fB\-\-counters\fR
Print individual counters within functions.
.TP