Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751839AbZISRCK (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:02:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751456AbZISRCJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:02:09 -0400 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:36559 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751306AbZISRCH (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:02:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:01:40 GMT From: tip-bot for Arjan van de Ven Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org, arjan@infradead.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com, arjan@linux.intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu Reply-To: mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, arjan@infradead.org, paulus@samba.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@linux.intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu In-Reply-To: <20090919133604.3767fa35@infradead.org> References: <20090919133604.3767fa35@infradead.org> To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf: Add timechart help text and add timechart to "perf help" Message-ID: Git-Commit-ID: 151750cec5db3c7ea45255d2901e581e2162317a X-Mailer: tip-git-log-daemon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (hera.kernel.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:01:43 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2534 Lines: 82 Commit-ID: 151750cec5db3c7ea45255d2901e581e2162317a Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/151750cec5db3c7ea45255d2901e581e2162317a Author: Arjan van de Ven AuthorDate: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:36:04 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar CommitDate: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:57:53 +0200 perf: Add timechart help text and add timechart to "perf help" As suggested by Ingo, add a timechart man page help text, as well as add it to the "perf help" overview. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: Paul Mackerras LKML-Reference: <20090919133604.3767fa35@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/perf/command-list.txt | 1 + 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61e0104 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +perf-timechart(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf timechart' {record} + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +There are two variants of perf timechart: + + 'perf timechart record ' to record the system level events + of an arbitrary workload. + + 'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file, + that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'. + +OPTIONS +------- +-o:: +--output=:: + Select the output file (default: output.svg) +-i:: +--input=:: + Select the input file (default: perf.data) + + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-record[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/command-list.txt b/tools/perf/command-list.txt index 3133c74..00326e2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/command-list.txt +++ b/tools/perf/command-list.txt @@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ perf-sched mainporcelain common perf-record mainporcelain common perf-report mainporcelain common perf-stat mainporcelain common +perf-timechart mainporcelain common perf-top mainporcelain common perf-trace mainporcelain common -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/