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+perf-buildid-cache(1)
+=====================
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-buildid-cache - Manage build-id cache.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf buildid-cache <options>'
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command manages the build-id cache. It can add, remove, update and purge
+files to/from the cache. In the future it should as well set upper limits for
+the space used by the cache, etc.
+This also scans the target binary for SDT (Statically Defined Tracing) and
+record it along with the buildid-cache, which will be used by perf-probe.
+For more details, see linkperf:perf-probe[1].
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+--add=::
+        Add specified file to the cache.
+-f::
+--force::
+	Don't complain, do it.
+-k::
+--kcore::
+        Add specified kcore file to the cache. For the current host that is
+        /proc/kcore which requires root permissions to read. Be aware that
+        running 'perf buildid-cache' as root may update root's build-id cache
+        not the user's. Use the -v option to see where the file is created.
+        Note that the copied file contains only code sections not the whole core
+        image. Note also that files "kallsyms" and "modules" must also be in the
+        same directory and are also copied.  All 3 files are created with read
+        permissions for root only. kcore will not be added if there is already a
+        kcore in the cache (with the same build-id) that has the same modules at
+        the same addresses. Use the -v option to see if a copy of kcore is
+        actually made.
+-r::
+--remove=::
+        Remove a cached binary which has same build-id of specified file
+        from the cache.
+-p::
+--purge=::
+        Purge all cached binaries including older caches which have specified
+	path from the cache.
+-P::
+--purge-all::
+	Purge all cached binaries. This will flush out entire cache.
+-M::
+--missing=::
+	List missing build ids in the cache for the specified file.
+-u::
+--update=::
+	Update specified file of the cache. Note that this doesn't remove
+	older entires since those may be still needed for annotating old
+	(or remote) perf.data. Only if there is already a cache which has
+	exactly same build-id, that is replaced by new one. It can be used
+	to update kallsyms and kernel dso to vmlinux in order to support
+	annotation.
+-l::
+--list::
+	List all valid binaries from cache.
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	Be more verbose.
+
+--target-ns=PID:
+	Obtain mount namespace information from the target pid.  This is
+	used when creating a uprobe for a process that resides in a
+	different mount namespace from the perf(1) utility.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], linkperf:perf-buildid-list[1]