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@@ -39,15 +39,24 @@ OPTIONS
be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'.
If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set
'mem:0x1000:rw'.
+
+--filter=<filter>::
+ Event filter.
+
-a::
- System-wide collection.
+--all-cpus::
+ System-wide collection from all CPUs.
-l::
Scale counter values.
-p::
--pid=::
- Record events on existing pid.
+ Record events on existing process ID.
+
+-t::
+--tid=::
+ Record events on existing thread ID.
-r::
--realtime=::
@@ -99,6 +108,11 @@ OPTIONS
--data::
Sample addresses.
+-T::
+--timestamp::
+ Sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the timestamps,
+ for instance.
+
-n::
--no-samples::
Don't sample.
@@ -109,8 +123,8 @@ Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (default for tracepoint coun
-C::
--cpu::
-Collect samples only on the list of cpus provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
-comma-sperated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
+Collect samples only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
+comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), samples are captured only when
the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.