From: Namhyung Kim Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 03:13:33 +0000 (+0900) Subject: perf record: Document --group option X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9a75606ca06d94aab1ed0dbe96935e3f89dfb81c;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git 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 Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425266013-5034-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 4d668945dfe6..355c4f5569b5 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=:: 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.