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@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can
show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column
and will be sorted on the data. It requires -g/--call-graph option
- enabled.
+ enabled. See the `overhead calculation' section for more details.
--max-stack::
Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
readability. 0 means no limit (default behavior).
+--proc-map-timeout::
+ When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take
+ a long time, because the file may be huge. A time out is needed
+ in such cases.
+ This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms.
+
INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
--------------------------
@@ -234,6 +240,7 @@ INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and prompts for input.
+include::callchain-overhead-calculation.txt[]
SEE ALSO
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