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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -0700 |
commit | 4aed2fd8e3181fea7c09ba79cf64e7e3f4413bf9 (patch) | |
tree | 1f69733e5daab4915a76a41de0e4d1dc61e12cfb /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | |
parent | 3a3527b6461b1298cc53ce72f336346739297ac8 (diff) | |
parent | fc9ea5a1e53ee54f681e226d735008e2a6f8f470 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (162 commits)
tracing/kprobes: unregister_trace_probe needs to be called under mutex
perf: expose event__process function
perf events: Fix mmap offset determination
perf, powerpc: fsl_emb: Restore setting perf_sample_data.period
perf, powerpc: Convert the FSL driver to use local64_t
perf tools: Don't keep unreferenced maps when unmaps are detected
perf session: Invalidate last_match when removing threads from rb_tree
perf session: Free the ref_reloc_sym memory at the right place
x86,mmiotrace: Add support for tracing STOS instruction
perf, sched migration: Librarize task states and event headers helpers
perf, sched migration: Librarize the GUI class
perf, sched migration: Make the GUI class client agnostic
perf, sched migration: Make it vertically scrollable
perf, sched migration: Parameterize cpu height and spacing
perf, sched migration: Fix key bindings
perf, sched migration: Ignore unhandled task states
perf, sched migration: Handle ignored migrate out events
perf: New migration tool overview
tracing: Drop cpparg() macro
perf: Use tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() to flush any pending tracepoint call
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Fix up trivial conflicts in Makefile and drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index 94a258c..27d52da 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ OPTIONS --vmlinux=PATH:: Specify vmlinux path which has debuginfo (Dwarf binary). +-s:: +--source=PATH:: + Specify path to kernel source. + -v:: --verbose:: Be more verbose (show parsed arguments, etc). @@ -90,8 +94,8 @@ Each probe argument follows below syntax. [NAME=]LOCALVAR|$retval|%REG|@SYMBOL[:TYPE] -'NAME' specifies the name of this argument (optional). You can use the name of local variable, local data structure member (e.g. var->field, var.field2), or kprobe-tracer argument format (e.g. $retval, %ax, etc). Note that the name of this argument will be set as the last member name if you specify a local data structure member (e.g. field2 for 'var->field1.field2'.) -'TYPE' casts the type of this argument (optional). If omitted, perf probe automatically set the type based on debuginfo. +'NAME' specifies the name of this argument (optional). You can use the name of local variable, local data structure member (e.g. var->field, var.field2), local array with fixed index (e.g. array[1], var->array[0], var->pointer[2]), or kprobe-tracer argument format (e.g. $retval, %ax, etc). Note that the name of this argument will be set as the last member name if you specify a local data structure member (e.g. field2 for 'var->field1.field2'.) +'TYPE' casts the type of this argument (optional). If omitted, perf probe automatically set the type based on debuginfo. You can specify 'string' type only for the local variable or structure member which is an array of or a pointer to 'char' or 'unsigned char' type. LINE SYNTAX ----------- |