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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-06 22:33:43 +0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-06 22:33:43 +0400
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perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/
Several people have suggested that 'perf' has become a full-fledged tool that should be moved out of Documentation/. Move it to the (new) tools/ directory. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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+perf(1)
+=======
+
+NAME
+----
+perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf' [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Performance counters for Linux are are a new kernel-based subsystem
+that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It
+covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features
+and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1],
+linkperf:perf-list[1]