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4NAME
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0b73da3f 6perf-annotate - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code
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8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
8b9e74eb 11'perf annotate' [-i <file> | --input=file] [symbol_name]
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13DESCRIPTION
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15This command reads the input file and displays an annotated version of the
16code. If the object file has debug symbols then the source code will be
17displayed alongside assembly code.
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19If there is no debug info in the object, then annotated assembly is displayed.
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21OPTIONS
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23-i::
24--input=::
efad1415 25 Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
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28--dsos=<dso[,dso...]>::
29 Only consider symbols in these dsos.
30-s::
31--symbol=<symbol>::
32 Symbol to annotate.
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34-f::
35--force::
e0be62cc 36 Don't do ownership validation.
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38-v::
39--verbose::
40 Be more verbose. (Show symbol address, etc)
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42-D::
43--dump-raw-trace::
44 Dump raw trace in ASCII.
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46-k::
47--vmlinux=<file>::
48 vmlinux pathname.
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50-m::
51--modules::
52 Load module symbols. WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel.
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54-l::
55--print-line::
56 Print matching source lines (may be slow).
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58-P::
59--full-paths::
60 Don't shorten the displayed pathnames.
61
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62--stdio:: Use the stdio interface.
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64--stdio-color::
65 'always', 'never' or 'auto', allowing configuring color output
66 via the command line, in addition to via "color.ui" .perfconfig.
67 Use '--stdio-color always' to generate color even when redirecting
68 to a pipe or file. Using just '--stdio-color' is equivalent to
69 using 'always'.
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72 present, as when piping to other commands, the stdio interface is
73 used. This interfaces starts by centering on the line with more
1968ad91 74 samples, TAB/UNTAB cycles through the lines with more samples.
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76--gtk:: Use the GTK interface.
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79--cpu:: Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can
80 be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of
81 CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all
82 CPUs.
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64c6f0c7 85 Show raw instruction encoding of assembly instructions.
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87--source::
88 Interleave source code with assembly code. Enabled by default,
89 disable with --no-source.
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91--symfs=<directory>::
92 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
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95--disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump.
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97--objdump=<path>::
98 Path to objdump binary.
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100--skip-missing::
101 Skip symbols that cannot be annotated.
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103--group::
104 Show event group information together
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106SEE ALSO
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8b9e74eb 108linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]