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authorDavid Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>2013-08-28 22:29:52 -0600
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2013-08-29 17:42:34 -0300
commit6810fc915f7a89d8134edb3996dbbf8eac386c26 (patch)
tree879213959ccf0ddc0c3d4d49d957dc9fc811b4cb /tools/perf/Documentation
parenta2f2804a7142b043dafd39f21b86777840e1a78c (diff)
perf trace: Add option to analyze events in a file versus live
Allows capture of raw_syscall:* events and analyzed at a later time. v2: change -i option from inherit to input name for consistency with other perf commands Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377750593-48046-3-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index fe19811faf90..daccd2c0a48f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
--sched:
Accrue thread runtime and provide a summary at the end of the session.
+-i
+--input
+ Process events from a given perf data file.
+
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script[1]