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@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
-m <pages>::
--mmap-pages=<pages>::
- Number of mmapped data pages.
+ Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
+ specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
+ size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
-p <pid>::
--pid=<pid>::
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
-s::
--sort::
- Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline, weight, local_weight.
+ Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline, weight,
+ local_weight, abort, in_tx, transaction
-n::
--show-nr-samples::
@@ -147,6 +150,14 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording,
implies -G.
+--max-stack::
+ Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
+ beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off
+ between information loss and faster processing especially for
+ workloads that can have a very long callchain stack.
+
+ Default: 127
+
--ignore-callees=<regex>::
Ignore callees of the function(s) matching the given regex.
This has the effect of collecting the callers of each such