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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index 379f9d7a8ab1..c6f335659667 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. @@ -247,6 +247,19 @@ 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. @@ -695,6 +708,10 @@ 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:: |