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-rw-r--r--Makefile9
-rw-r--r--scripts/kvm/kvm_stat.texi55
2 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d92d4cd573..884b59dc06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ HELPERS-$(CONFIG_LINUX) = qemu-bridge-helper$(EXESUF)
ifdef BUILD_DOCS
DOCS=qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html qemu.1 qemu-img.1 qemu-nbd.8 qmp-commands.txt
+ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
+DOCS+=kvm_stat.1
+endif
ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
DOCS+=fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1
endif
@@ -490,6 +493,12 @@ qemu-nbd.8: qemu-nbd.texi
$(POD2MAN) --section=8 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-nbd.pod > $@, \
" GEN $@")
+kvm_stat.1: scripts/kvm/kvm_stat.texi
+ $(call quiet-command, \
+ perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< kvm_stat.pod && \
+ $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " kvm_stat.pod > $@, \
+ " GEN $@")
+
dvi: qemu-doc.dvi qemu-tech.dvi
html: qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html
info: qemu-doc.info qemu-tech.info
diff --git a/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat.texi b/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat.texi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ce00d80e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat.texi
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+@example
+@c man begin SYNOPSIS
+usage: kvm_stat [OPTION]...
+@c man end
+@end example
+
+@c man begin DESCRIPTION
+
+kvm_stat prints counts of KVM kernel module trace events. These events signify
+state transitions such as guest mode entry and exit.
+
+This tool is useful for observing guest behavior from the host perspective.
+Often conclusions about performance or buggy behavior can be drawn from the
+output.
+
+The set of KVM kernel module trace events may be specific to the kernel version
+or architecture. It is best to check the KVM kernel module source code for the
+meaning of events.
+
+Note that trace events are counted globally across all running guests.
+
+@c man end
+
+@c man begin OPTIONS
+@table @option
+@item -1, --once, --batch
+ run in batch mode for one second
+@item -l, --log
+ run in logging mode (like vmstat)
+@item -t, --tracepoints
+ retrieve statistics from tracepoints
+@item -d, --debugfs
+ retrieve statistics from debugfs
+@item -f, --fields=@var{fields}
+ fields to display (regex)
+@item -h, --help
+ show help message
+@end table
+
+@c man end
+
+@ignore
+
+@setfilename kvm_stat
+@settitle Report KVM kernel module event counters.
+
+@c man begin AUTHOR
+Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
+@c man end
+
+@c man begin SEEALSO
+perf(1), trace-cmd(1)
+@c man end
+
+@end ignore