perf config: Document 'top.children' variable in man page
authorTaeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:25:09 +0000 (18:25 +0900)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Thu, 4 Feb 2016 14:46:12 +0000 (11:46 -0300)
Explain 'top.children' variable.

Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454577913-16401-5-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt

index f38f46f67d74c361a6e5f90783c2e38478533c23..5e1db5ae53c46960d52415dd784e86d8b9683346 100644 (file)
@@ -405,6 +405,13 @@ report.*::
                     0.07%   0.00%  noploop  ld-2.15.so         [.] strcmp
                     0.03%   0.00%  noploop  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] timerqueue_del
 
+top.*::
+       top.children::
+               Same as 'report.children'. So if it is enabled, the output of 'top'
+               command will have 'Children' overhead column as well as 'Self' overhead
+               column by default.
+               The default is 'true'.
+
 SEE ALSO
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 linkperf:perf[1]