From 25f72f9ed88d5be86c92432fc779e2725e3506cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: weiping zhang Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 23:48:09 +0800 Subject: perf cgroup: Simplify arguments when tracking multiple events When using -G with one cgroup and -e with multiple events, only the first event gets the correct cgroup setting, all events from the second onwards will track system-wide events. If the user wants to track multiple events for a specific cgroup, the user must give parameters like the following: $ perf stat -e e1 -e e2 -e e3 -G test,test,test This patch simplify this case, just type one cgroup: $ perf stat -e e1 -e e2 -e e3 -G test $ mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event/empty_cgroup $ perf stat -e cycles -e cache-misses -a -I 1000 -G empty_cgroup Before: 1.001007226 cycles empty_cgroup 1.001007226 7,506 cache-misses After: 1.000834097 cycles empty_cgroup 1.000834097 cache-misses empty_cgroup Signed-off-by: weiping zhang Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180129154805.GA6284@localhost.didichuxing.com [ Improved the doc text a bit, providing an example for cgroup + system wide counting ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 6 +++++- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 3eea6de35a38..76bc2181d214 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -308,7 +308,11 @@ can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command -line. +line. If the user wants to track multiple events for a specific cgroup, the user can +use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo'. + +If wanting to monitor, say, 'cycles' for a cgroup and also for system wide, this +command line can be used: 'perf stat -e cycles -G cgroup_name -a -e cycles'. -b:: --branch-any:: diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index 2bbe79a50d3c..2b38e222016a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command -line. +line. If the user wants to track multiple events for a specific cgroup, the user can +use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo'. + +If wanting to monitor, say, 'cycles' for a cgroup and also for system wide, this +command line can be used: 'perf stat -e cycles -G cgroup_name -a -e cycles'. -o file:: --output file:: -- cgit