From 668b8788f497b2386402daeca583d6300240d41d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:38:58 -0200 Subject: perf list: Allow filtering list of events The man page has the details, here are some examples: [root@emilia ~]# perf list *fault* *:*wait* List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e): page-faults OR faults [Software event] minor-faults [Software event] major-faults [Software event] alignment-faults [Software event] emulation-faults [Software event] radeon:radeon_fence_wait_begin [Tracepoint event] radeon:radeon_fence_wait_end [Tracepoint event] writeback:wbc_writeback_wait [Tracepoint event] writeback:wbc_balance_dirty_wait [Tracepoint event] writeback:writeback_congestion_wait [Tracepoint event] writeback:writeback_wait_iff_congested [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_wait_task [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_process_wait [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_stat_wait [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_stat_iowait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_epoll_wait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_epoll_wait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_epoll_pwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_epoll_pwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_rt_sigtimedwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_rt_sigtimedwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_waitid [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_waitid [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_wait4 [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_wait4 [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_waitpid [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_waitpid [Tracepoint event] [root@emilia ~]# Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Tom Zanussi LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation') diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt index 399751befeed..7a527f7e9da9 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'perf list' +'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|event_glob] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -63,7 +63,26 @@ details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below. OPTIONS ------- -None + +Without options all known events will be listed. + +To limit the list use: + +. 'hw' or 'hardware' to list hardware events such as cache-misses, etc. + +. 'sw' or 'software' to list software events such as context switches, etc. + +. 'cache' or 'hwcache' to list hardware cache events such as L1-dcache-loads, etc. + +. 'tracepoint' to list all tracepoint events, alternatively use + 'subsys_glob:event_glob' to filter by tracepoint subsystems such as sched, + block, etc. + +. If none of the above is matched, it will apply the supplied glob to all + events, printing the ones that match. + +One or more types can be used at the same time, listing the events for the +types specified. SEE ALSO -------- -- cgit v1.2.3