Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Yannick Brosseau <> | Subject | [PATCH] perf tools: Explicitly document that --children is enabled by default | Date | Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:07:32 -0500 |
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The fact that the --children option is enabled by default is buried deep at the end of the help page, in the overhead calculation section. This make it explicit right where the option is listed, following the same way other default options are described
Signed-off-by: Yannick Brosseau <scientist@fb.com> --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 3 ++- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index 2d17462..aaa8011 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ OPTIONS Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column and will be sorted on the data. It requires callchains are recorded. - See the `overhead calculation' section for more details. + See the `overhead calculation' section for more details. Enabled by + default, disable with --no-children. --max-stack:: Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt index 91d638d..e71d638 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt @@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS. show up in the output. The output will have a new "Children" column and will be sorted on the data. It requires -g/--call-graph option enabled. See the `overhead calculation' section for more details. + Enabled by default, disable with --no-children. --max-stack:: Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything -- 2.10.2
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