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@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ perf-sched - Tool to trace/measure scheduler properties (latencies)
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf sched' {record|latency|map|replay|script}
+'perf sched' {record|latency|map|replay|script|timehist}
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-There are five variants of perf sched:
+There are several variants of 'perf sched':
'perf sched record <command>' to record the scheduling events
of an arbitrary workload.
@@ -36,6 +36,30 @@ There are five variants of perf sched:
are running on a CPU. A '*' denotes the CPU that had the event, and
a dot signals an idle CPU.
+ 'perf sched timehist' provides an analysis of scheduling events.
+
+ Example usage:
+ perf sched record -- sleep 1
+ perf sched timehist
+
+ By default it shows the individual schedule events, including the wait
+ time (time between sched-out and next sched-in events for the task), the
+ task scheduling delay (time between wakeup and actually running) and run
+ time for the task:
+
+ time cpu task name wait time sch delay run time
+ [tid/pid] (msec) (msec) (msec)
+ -------------- ------ -------------------- --------- --------- ---------
+ 79371.874569 [0011] gcc[31949] 0.014 0.000 1.148
+ 79371.874591 [0010] gcc[31951] 0.000 0.000 0.024
+ 79371.874603 [0010] migration/10[59] 3.350 0.004 0.011
+ 79371.874604 [0011] <idle> 1.148 0.000 0.035
+ 79371.874723 [0005] <idle> 0.016 0.000 1.383
+ 79371.874746 [0005] gcc[31949] 0.153 0.078 0.022
+ ...
+
+ Times are in msec.usec.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-i::
@@ -66,6 +90,56 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched map'
--color-pids::
Highlight the given pids.
+OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist'
+---------------------------------
+-k::
+--vmlinux=<file>::
+ vmlinux pathname
+
+--kallsyms=<file>::
+ kallsyms pathname
+
+-g::
+--no-call-graph::
+ Do not display call chains if present.
+
+--max-stack::
+ Maximum number of functions to display in backtrace, default 5.
+
+-s::
+--summary::
+ Show only a summary of scheduling by thread with min, max, and average
+ run times (in sec) and relative stddev.
+
+-S::
+--with-summary::
+ Show all scheduling events followed by a summary by thread with min,
+ max, and average run times (in sec) and relative stddev.
+
+--symfs=<directory>::
+ Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+
+-V::
+--cpu-visual::
+ Show visual aid for sched switches by CPU: 'i' marks idle time,
+ 's' are scheduler events.
+
+-w::
+--wakeups::
+ Show wakeup events.
+
+-M::
+--migrations::
+ Show migration events.
+
+--time::
+ Only analyze samples within given time window: <start>,<stop>. Times
+ have the format seconds.microseconds. If start is not given (i.e., time
+ string is ',x.y') then analysis starts at the beginning of the file. If
+ stop time is not given (i.e, time string is 'x.y,') then analysis goes
+ to end of file.
+
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]
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