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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index 68e37de5fae4..777a0d8ba7d1 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ OPTIONS srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags, bpf-output, brstackinsn, brstackinsnlen, brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode, ipc, data_page_size, code_page_size, ins_lat, - machine_pid, vcpu. + machine_pid, vcpu, cgroup, retire_lat. Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw, to indicate to which event type the field list applies. e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -F trace:time,cpu,trace @@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ OPTIONS perf inject to insert a perf.data file recorded inside a virtual machine into a perf.data file recorded on the host at the same time. + The cgroup fields requires sample having the cgroup id which is saved + when "--all-cgroups" option is passed to 'perf record'. + Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types. i.e., -F "" is not allowed. @@ -502,7 +505,7 @@ include::itrace.txt[] perf record --call-graph lbr. Disabled by default. In common cases with call stack overflows, it can recreate better call stacks than the default lbr call stack - output. But this approach is not full proof. There can be cases + output. But this approach is not foolproof. There can be cases where it creates incorrect call stacks from incorrect matches. The known limitations include exception handing such as setjmp/longjmp will have calls/returns not match. |