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@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
encoding with the layout of the event control registers as described
by entries in /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/*.
+--filter=<filter>::
+ Event filter. This option should follow an event selector (-e). For
+ syntax see linkperf:perf-record[1].
+
-E <entries>::
--entries=<entries>::
Display this many functions.
@@ -79,8 +83,8 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
-m <pages>::
--mmap-pages=<pages>::
Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
- specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
- size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
+ specification in bytes with appended unit character - B/K/M/G.
+ The size is rounded up to the nearest power-of-two page value.
-p <pid>::
--pid=<pid>::
@@ -261,8 +265,38 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
--raw-trace::
When displaying traceevent output, do not use print fmt or plugins.
+-H::
--hierarchy::
- Enable hierarchy output.
+ Enable hierarchical output. In the hierarchy mode, each sort key groups
+ samples based on the criteria and then sub-divide it using the lower
+ level sort key.
+
+ For example, in normal output:
+
+ perf report -s dso,sym
+ #
+ # Overhead Shared Object Symbol
+ # ........ ................. ...........
+ 50.00% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kfunc1
+ 20.00% perf [.] foo
+ 15.00% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kfunc2
+ 10.00% perf [.] bar
+ 5.00% libc.so [.] libcall
+
+ In hierarchy output:
+
+ perf report -s dso,sym --hierarchy
+ #
+ # Overhead Shared Object / Symbol
+ # .......... ......................
+ 65.00% [kernel.kallsyms]
+ 50.00% [k] kfunc1
+ 15.00% [k] kfunc2
+ 30.00% perf
+ 20.00% [.] foo
+ 10.00% [.] bar
+ 5.00% libc.so
+ 5.00% [.] libcall
--overwrite::
Enable this to use just the most recent records, which helps in high core count