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Subject[PATCH v2 8/8] perf sched: Add documentation for timehist options
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From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>

Add entry to perf-sched documentation for timehist command and its
options.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
index 1cc08cc47ac5..a0344643f008 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ perf-sched - Tool to trace/measure scheduler properties (latencies)
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf sched' {record|latency|map|replay|script}
+'perf sched' {record|latency|map|replay|script|timehist}

DESCRIPTION
-----------
-There are five variants of perf sched:
+There are several variants of perf sched:

'perf sched record <command>' to record the scheduling events
of an arbitrary workload.
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ There are five variants of perf sched:
are running on a CPU. A '*' denotes the CPU that had the event, and
a dot signals an idle CPU.

+ 'perf sched timehist' to show context-switching analysis with times
+ between schedule-in, schedule delay, and run time. If callchains are
+ present stack trace is dumped at the end of the line. A summary of
+ run times can be shown as well.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-i::
@@ -66,6 +71,43 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched map'
--color-pids::
Highlight the given pids.

+OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist'
+---------------------------------
+-k::
+--vmlinux=<file>::
+ vmlinux pathname
+
+--kallsyms=<file>::
+ kallsyms pathname
+
+-s::
+--summary::
+ Show only a summary of scheduling by thread with min, max, and average
+ run times (in sec) and relative stddev.
+
+-S::
+--with-summary::
+ Show all scheduling events followed by a summary by thread with min,
+ max, and average run times (in sec) and relative stddev.
+
+-w::
+--wakeups::
+ Show wakeup events.
+
+--call-graph::
+ Display call chains. Default is on. Use --no-call-graph to suppress
+
+--max-stack::
+ Set the stack depth limit when showing the callchains. Default: 5
+
+--symfs=<directory>::
+ Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+
+-V::
+--cpu-visual::
+ Add a visual that better emphasizes activity by cpu. Idle times
+ are denoted with 'i'; schedule events with an 's'.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]
--
2.10.1
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