Re: [RFC/PATCH] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 08:37:53AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 09:52:46PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Btw, does anyone have some tips to add? :)
> > 
> > Use perf script to show individual samples
> > Use perf report --percent-limit 5 to only show entires above 5%
> > Use perf record -b -g / perf report --branch-history to show branch events
> > Use perf record -b / perf report to show branch mispredictions
> > Use perf report -M intel to show Intel style assembler 
> > Use perf report --sort srcfile to sort by source file
> > Use perf report --sort symbol,srcline to sort by source line
> > Use perf record -e '{cycles,cache-misses}:S' / perf report --group to associate events
> 
> We should enable --group by default if recorded data file has groups IMHO.
> 
> Arnaldo, could you please take this?
> 
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/29/76

Applying..
 
> 
> > Use perf mem record / perf mem report for memory address profiling
> > Use perf stat -I 1000 to count events in intervals
> > Use perf stat -I 1000 -x, to count events and output as CSV
> > Use perf timechart record / report to generate high level time line
> > Use perf probe --add kfunc / perf record -e kfunc to trace a custom trace point
> 
> Thanks for sharing!
> 
> > 
> > You may also want to adapt some of Brendan's one liners:
> > 
> > http://www.brendangregg.com/perf.html
> 
> Will take a look.
> 
> Thanks,
> Namhyung