diff options
| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-19 21:00:30 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-19 21:00:30 +0000 |
| commit | e54def4ad8144ab15f826416e2e0f290ef1901b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 583f8d4bd95cd67c44ff37b878a7eddfca9ab97a /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | |
| parent | Adding upstream version 6.8.12. (diff) | |
| download | linux-e54def4ad8144ab15f826416e2e0f290ef1901b4.tar.xz linux-e54def4ad8144ab15f826416e2e0f290ef1901b4.zip | |
Adding upstream version 6.9.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 3c202ec080..a754875fa5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -261,8 +261,38 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. --raw-trace:: When displaying traceevent output, do not use print fmt or plugins. +-H:: --hierarchy:: - Enable hierarchy output. + Enable hierarchical output. In the hierarchy mode, each sort key groups + samples based on the criteria and then sub-divide it using the lower + level sort key. + + For example, in normal output: + + perf report -s dso,sym + # + # Overhead Shared Object Symbol + # ........ ................. ........... + 50.00% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kfunc1 + 20.00% perf [.] foo + 15.00% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kfunc2 + 10.00% perf [.] bar + 5.00% libc.so [.] libcall + + In hierarchy output: + + perf report -s dso,sym --hierarchy + # + # Overhead Shared Object / Symbol + # .......... ...................... + 65.00% [kernel.kallsyms] + 50.00% [k] kfunc1 + 15.00% [k] kfunc2 + 30.00% perf + 20.00% [.] foo + 10.00% [.] bar + 5.00% libc.so + 5.00% [.] libcall --overwrite:: Enable this to use just the most recent records, which helps in high core count |