linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
Marcin Slusarz 9826e8329b perf lock: Document valid sort keys
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
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Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-02-23 07:29:33 -03:00

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perf-lock(1)
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NAME
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perf-lock - Analyze lock events
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf lock' {record|report|trace}
DESCRIPTION
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You can analyze various lock behaviours
and statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
'perf lock record <command>' records lock events
between start and end <command>. And this command
produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing
results of lock events.
'perf lock trace' shows raw lock events.
'perf lock report' reports statistical data.
COMMON OPTIONS
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-i::
--input=<file>::
Input file name.
-v::
--verbose::
Be more verbose (show symbol address, etc).
-D::
--dump-raw-trace::
Dump raw trace in ASCII.
REPORT OPTIONS
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-k::
--key=<value>::
Sorting key. Possible values: acquired (default), contended,
wait_total, wait_max, wait_min.
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf[1]