Commit-ID: 9a75606ca06d94aab1ed0dbe96935e3f89dfb81c
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9a75606ca06d94aab1ed0dbe96935e3f89dfb81c
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:13:33 +0900
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:04:45 -0300
perf record: Document --group option
The 'perf record --group' option lacks documentation and confuses users.
As -e/--event option already supports group spec, it should not be used
anymore.
Also add a short description of event group itself.
Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425266013-5034-1-git-send-email-namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 4d66894..355c4f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ OPTIONS
If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set
'mem:0x1000/8:w'.
+ - a group of events surrounded by a pair of brace ("{event1,event2,...}").
+ Each event is separated by commas and the group should be quoted to
+ prevent the shell interpretation. You also need to use --group on
+ "perf report" to view group events together.
+
--filter=<filter>::
Event filter.
@@ -104,6 +109,10 @@ OPTIONS
specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
+--group::
+ Put all events in a single event group. This precedes the --event
+ option and remains only for backward compatibility. See --event.
+
-g::
Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
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