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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OPTIONS
Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff,
srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags, bpf-output, brstackinsn,
- brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr.
+ brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc.
Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -F trace:time,cpu,trace
@@ -217,6 +217,32 @@ OPTIONS
The brstackoff field will print an offset into a specific dso/binary.
+ With the metric option perf script can compute metrics for
+ sampling periods, similar to perf stat. This requires
+ specifying a group with multiple metrics with the :S option
+ for perf record. perf will sample on the first event, and
+ compute metrics for all the events in the group. Please note
+ that the metric computed is averaged over the whole sampling
+ period, not just for the sample point.
+
+ For sample events it's possible to display misc field with -F +misc option,
+ following letters are displayed for each bit:
+
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL K
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER U
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR H
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL G
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER g
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA* M
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC E
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT S
+
+ $ perf script -F +misc ...
+ sched-messaging 1414 K 28690.636582: 4590 cycles ...
+ sched-messaging 1407 U 28690.636600: 325620 cycles ...
+ sched-messaging 1414 K 28690.636608: 19473 cycles ...
+ misc field ___________/
+
-k::
--vmlinux=<file>::
vmlinux pathname
@@ -274,6 +300,9 @@ OPTIONS
Display context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or
PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE.
+--show-lost-events
+ Display lost events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_LOST.
+
--demangle::
Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default,
disable with --no-demangle.
@@ -321,6 +350,22 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
stop time is not given (i.e, time string is 'x.y,') then analysis goes
to end of file.
+ Also support time percent with multipe time range. Time string is
+ 'a%/n,b%/m,...' or 'a%-b%,c%-%d,...'.
+
+ For example:
+ Select the second 10% time slice:
+ perf script --time 10%/2
+
+ Select from 0% to 10% time slice:
+ perf script --time 0%-10%
+
+ Select the first and second 10% time slices:
+ perf script --time 10%/1,10%/2
+
+ Select from 0% to 10% and 30% to 40% slices:
+ perf script --time 0%-10%,30%-40%
+
--max-blocks::
Set the maximum number of program blocks to print with brstackasm for
each sample.