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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt index 6a06cefe9642..52276a6d2b75 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestmount=<path> [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> | --guestvmlinux=<path>]] - {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} + {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} [<options>] 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> - | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} + | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} [<options>] 'perf kvm stat [record|report|live] [<options>] DESCRIPTION @@ -24,10 +24,17 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: of an arbitrary workload. 'perf kvm record <command>' to record the performance counter profile - of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. If both - --host and --guest are input, the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm. - If there is no --host but --guest, the file name is perf.data.guest. - If there is no --guest but --host, the file name is perf.data.host. + of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. We set the + default behavior of perf kvm as --guest, so if neither --host nor --guest + is input, the perf data file name is perf.data.guest. If --host is input, + the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm. If you want to record data into + perf.data.host, please input --host --no-guest. The behaviors are shown as + following: + Default('') -> perf.data.guest + --host -> perf.data.kvm + --guest -> perf.data.guest + --host --guest -> perf.data.kvm + --host --no-guest -> perf.data.host 'perf kvm report' to display the performance counter profile information recorded via perf kvm record. @@ -37,7 +44,9 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: 'perf kvm buildid-list' to display the buildids found in a perf data file, so that other tools can be used to fetch packages with matching symbol tables - for use by perf report. + for use by perf report. As buildid is read from /sys/kernel/notes in os, then + if you want to list the buildid for guest, please make sure your perf data file + was captured with --guestmount in perf kvm record. 'perf kvm stat <command>' to run a command and gather performance counter statistics. @@ -58,14 +67,14 @@ There are a couple of variants of perf kvm: OPTIONS ------- -i:: ---input=:: +--input=<path>:: Input file name. -o:: ---output:: +--output=<path>:: Output file name. ---host=:: +--host:: Collect host side performance profile. ---guest=:: +--guest:: Collect guest side performance profile. --guestmount=<path>:: Guest os root file system mount directory. Users mounts guest os @@ -84,6 +93,9 @@ OPTIONS kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest os. --guestvmlinux=<path>:: Guest os kernel vmlinux. +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc). STAT REPORT OPTIONS ------------------- |