linux-stable/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
Stephane Eranian 028f12ee6b perf tools: Add new mem command for memory access profiling
This new command is a wrapper on top of perf record and perf report to
make it easier to configure for memory access profiling.

To record loads:
$ perf mem -t load rec .....

To record stores:
$ perf mem -t store rec .....

To get the report:
$ perf mem -t load rep

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359040242-8269-15-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
[ Fixed minor conflict with 66857b5 "Sort command-list.txt alphabetically" ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2013-04-01 12:21:44 -03:00

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perf-mem(1)
===========
NAME
----
perf-mem - Profile memory accesses
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf mem' [<options>] (record [<command>] | report)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
"perf mem -t <TYPE> record" runs a command and gathers memory operation data
from it, into perf.data. Perf record options are accepted and are passed through.
"perf mem -t <TYPE> report" displays the result. It invokes perf report with the
right set of options to display a memory access profile.
OPTIONS
-------
<command>...::
Any command you can specify in a shell.
-t::
--type=::
Select the memory operation type: load or store (default: load)
-D::
--dump-raw-samples=::
Dump the raw decoded samples on the screen in a format that is easy to parse with
one sample per line.
-x::
--field-separator::
Specify the field separator used when dump raw samples (-D option). By default,
The separator is the space character.
-C::
--cpu-list::
Restrict dump of raw samples to those provided via this option. Note that the same
option can be passed in record mode. It will be interpreted the same way as perf
record.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]