Em Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:33 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu: > The document has not been touched in over 11 years and doesn't reflect how > profiling is done in the perf era. I sent you an alternative patch for this one, but I'm OK if you want to just nuke this file. > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/basic-profiling.rst | 68 --------------------------- > Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 - > 2 files changed, 69 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/basic-profiling.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/basic-profiling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/basic-profiling.rst > deleted file mode 100644 > index 72babc71b771..000000000000 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/basic-profiling.rst > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ > -Basic kernel profiling > -====================== > - > - > -These instructions are deliberately very basic. If you want something clever, > -go read the real docs ;-) > - > -Please don't add more stuff, but feel free to > -correct my mistakes ;-) (mbligh@xxxxxxxxxxx) > - > -Thanks to John Levon, Dave Hansen, et al. for help writing this. > - > -``<test>`` is the thing you're trying to measure. > -Make sure you have the correct ``System.map`` / ``vmlinux`` referenced! > - > -It is probably easiest to use ``make install`` for linux and hack > -``/sbin/installkernel`` to copy ``vmlinux`` to ``/boot``, in addition to > -``vmlinuz``, ``config``, ``System.map``, which are usually installed by default. > - > -Readprofile > ------------ > - > -A recent ``readprofile`` command is needed for 2.6, such as found in util-linux > -2.12a, which can be downloaded from: > - > - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ > - > -Most distributions will ship it already. > - > -Add ``profile=2`` to the kernel command line. > - > -Some ``readprofile`` commands:: > - > - clear readprofile -r > - <test> > - dump output readprofile -m /boot/System.map > captured_profile > - > -Oprofile > --------- > - > -Get the source (see Changes for required version) from > -http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ and add ``idle=poll`` to the kernel command > -line. > - > -Configure with ``CONFIG_PROFILING=y`` and ``CONFIG_OPROFILE=y`` & reboot on new kernel:: > - > - ./configure --with-kernel-support > - make install > - > -For superior results, be sure to enable the local APIC. If opreport sees > -a 0Hz CPU, APIC was not on. Be aware that idle=poll may mean a performance > -penalty. > - > -One time setup:: > - > - opcontrol --setup --vmlinux=/boot/vmlinux > - > -Some ``opcontrol`` commands:: > - > - clear opcontrol --reset > - start opcontrol --start > - <test> > - stop opcontrol --stop > - dump output opreport > output_file > - > -To only report on the kernel, run ``opreport -l /boot/vmlinux > output_file`` > - > -A reset is needed to clear old statistics, which survive a reboot. > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst > index d737ae71efc6..2872c0c70ea4 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst > @@ -58,4 +58,3 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. > binfmt-misc > mono > java > - basic-profiling Thanks, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
