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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt')
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index 1478068ad5dd..642d1c490d9e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The '$HOME/.perfconfig' file is used to store a per-user configuration. The file '$(sysconfdir)/perfconfig' can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. -One an disable reading config files by setting the PERF_CONFIG environment +One can disable reading config files by setting the PERF_CONFIG environment variable to /dev/null, or provide an alternate config file by setting that variable. @@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ Given a $HOME/.perfconfig like this: group = true skip-empty = true - [llvm] - dump-obj = true - clang-opt = -g You can hide source code of annotate feature setting the config to false with @@ -250,11 +247,25 @@ annotate.*:: These are in control of addresses, jump function, source code in lines of assembly code from a specific program. + annotate.disassemblers:: + Choose the disassembler to use: "objdump", "llvm", "capstone", + if not specified it will first try, if available, the "llvm" one, + then, if it fails, "capstone", and finally the original "objdump" + based one. + + Choosing a different one is useful when handling some feature that + is known to be best support at some point by one of the options, + to compare the output when in doubt about some bug, etc. + + This can be a list, in order of preference, the first one that works + finishes the process. + annotate.addr2line:: addr2line binary to use for file names and line numbers. annotate.objdump:: - objdump binary to use for disassembly and annotations. + objdump binary to use for disassembly and annotations, + including in the 'perf test' command. annotate.disassembler_style:: Use this to change the default disassembler style to some other value @@ -441,6 +452,9 @@ call-graph.*:: kernel space is controlled not by this option but by the kernel config (CONFIG_UNWINDER_*). + The 'defer' mode can be used with 'fp' mode to enable deferred + user callchains (like 'fp,defer'). + call-graph.dump-size:: The size of stack to dump in order to do post-unwinding. Default is 8192 (byte). When using dwarf into record-mode, the default size will be used if omitted. @@ -657,36 +671,6 @@ ftrace.*:: -F option is not specified. Possible values are 'function' and 'function_graph'. -llvm.*:: - llvm.clang-path:: - Path to clang. If omit, search it from $PATH. - - llvm.clang-bpf-cmd-template:: - Cmdline template. Below lines show its default value. Environment - variable is used to pass options. - "$CLANG_EXEC -D__KERNEL__ -D__NR_CPUS__=$NR_CPUS "\ - "-DLINUX_VERSION_CODE=$LINUX_VERSION_CODE " \ - "$CLANG_OPTIONS $PERF_BPF_INC_OPTIONS $KERNEL_INC_OPTIONS " \ - "-Wno-unused-value -Wno-pointer-sign " \ - "-working-directory $WORKING_DIR " \ - "-c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" --target=bpf $CLANG_EMIT_LLVM -O2 -o - $LLVM_OPTIONS_PIPE" - - llvm.clang-opt:: - Options passed to clang. - - llvm.kbuild-dir:: - kbuild directory. If not set, use /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build. - If set to "" deliberately, skip kernel header auto-detector. - - llvm.kbuild-opts:: - Options passed to 'make' when detecting kernel header options. - - llvm.dump-obj:: - Enable perf dump BPF object files compiled by LLVM. - - llvm.opts:: - Options passed to llc. - samples.*:: samples.context:: @@ -727,6 +711,10 @@ intel-pt.*:: the maximum is exceeded there will be a "Never-ending loop" error. The default is 100000. + intel-pt.all-switch-events:: + If the user has permission to do so, always record all context + switch events on all CPUs. + auxtrace.*:: auxtrace.dumpdir:: @@ -755,7 +743,6 @@ session-<NAME>.*:: Defines new record session for daemon. The value is record's command line without the 'record' keyword. - SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1] |