From d58adea4bd19ae0c8b81887e31ca998162c6c5f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 13:16:02 +0200 Subject: readprofile: reorder options in man page Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/readprofile.8 | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/readprofile.8') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522