From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2128 invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2010 22:49:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 2108 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Feb 2010 22:49:44 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:49:37 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o1MMnZYe006648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:49:35 -0500 Received: from localhost6.localdomain6 (dhcp-100-3-156.bos.redhat.com [10.16.3.156]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o1MMnXRS029999; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:49:34 -0500 From: Masami Hiramatsu Subject: [PATCH -tip v2 2/9] perf probe: Update perf probe document To: Ingo Molnar , lkml Cc: systemtap, DLE, Masami Hiramatsu , Ingo Molnar , Frederic Weisbecker , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Peter Zijlstra , Paul Mackerras , Mike Galbraith , "K.Prasad" Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:49:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20100222225334.20686.87266.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> In-Reply-To: <20100222225320.20686.17645.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> References: <20100222225320.20686.17645.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> User-Agent: StGIT/0.14.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-q1/txt/msg00441.txt.bz2 Update perf-probe.txt to suit to current perf-probe command and add some examples. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: K.Prasad --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index 2de3407..5fe63c0 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ OPTIONS -d:: --del=:: - Delete a probe event. + Delete probe events. This accepts glob wildcards('*', '?') and character + classes(e.g. [a-z], [!A-Z]). -l:: --list:: @@ -50,7 +51,11 @@ OPTIONS -L:: --line=:: Show source code lines which can be probed. This needs an argument - which specifies a range of the source code. + which specifies a range of the source code. (see LINE SYNTAX for detail) + +-f:: +--force:: + Forcibly add events with existing name. PROBE SYNTAX ------------ @@ -76,6 +81,25 @@ and 'ALN2' is end line number in the file. It is also possible to specify how many lines to show by using 'NUM'. So, "source.c:100-120" shows lines between 100th to l20th in source.c file. And "func:10+20" shows 20 lines from 10th line of func function. +EXAMPLES +-------- +Display which lines in schedule() can be probed: + + ./perf probe --line schedule + +Add a probe on schedule() function 12th line with recording cpu local variable: + + ./perf probe schedule:12 cpu + or + ./perf probe --add='schedule:12 cpu' + + this will add one or more probes which has the name start with "schedule". + +Delete all probes on schedule(). + + ./perf probe --del='schedule*' + + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf-trace[1], linkperf:perf-record[1] -- Masami Hiramatsu Software Engineer Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. Software Solutions Division e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com