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authorStefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-03-10 13:40:07 +0100
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2017-03-29 12:01:28 +0200
commit1eaa2f9022d55a8d7249c42def8dc4b0d682e142 (patch)
tree1d532a71c099531eb916625c81466c858a559458 /tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
parent184b2d23b057b35fba7fd4049962a897ef0e3f9d (diff)
tools/kvm_stat: document list of interactive commands
Apart from the source code, there does not seem to be a place that documents the interactive capabilities of kvm_stat yet. Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index 3e60d93870c0..aca85086be1e 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -1052,6 +1052,13 @@ Requirements:
CAP_SYS_ADMIN and perf events are used.
- CAP_SYS_RESOURCE if the hard limit is not high enough to allow
the large number of files that are possibly opened.
+
+Interactive Commands:
+ f filter by regular expression
+ p filter by PID
+ q quit
+ x toggle reporting of stats for individual child trace events
+Press any other key to refresh statistics immediately.
"""
class PlainHelpFormatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):