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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2015-03-27 10:10:47 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2015-03-27 10:10:47 +0100 |
| commit | b381e63b48a0b6befc7b4e55408c39012a0dcf8c (patch) | |
| tree | 92e70447e1b0cf721ef40515db6b97cb881c5066 /tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt | |
| parent | 4e6d7c2aa95158315902647963b359b32da5c295 (diff) | |
| parent | ccd41c86ad4d464d0ed4e48d80759ff85c2115b0 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/timer, before applying new changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt index 0294c57b1f5e..dd07b55f58d8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command manages the build-id cache. It can add and remove files to/from -the cache. In the future it should as well purge older entries, set upper -limits for the space used by the cache, etc. +This command manages the build-id cache. It can add, remove, update and purge +files to/from the cache. In the future it should as well set upper limits for +the space used by the cache, etc. OPTIONS ------- @@ -36,14 +36,24 @@ OPTIONS actually made. -r:: --remove=:: - Remove specified file from the cache. + Remove a cached binary which has same build-id of specified file + from the cache. +-p:: +--purge=:: + Purge all cached binaries including older caches which have specified + path from the cache. -M:: --missing=:: List missing build ids in the cache for the specified file. -u:: ---update:: - Update specified file of the cache. It can be used to update kallsyms - kernel dso to vmlinux in order to support annotation. +--update=:: + Update specified file of the cache. Note that this doesn't remove + older entires since those may be still needed for annotating old + (or remote) perf.data. Only if there is already a cache which has + exactly same build-id, that is replaced by new one. It can be used + to update kallsyms and kernel dso to vmlinux in order to support + annotation. + -v:: --verbose:: Be more verbose. |