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133dc4c3 | 1 | perf-script(1) |
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4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
133dc4c3 | 6 | perf-script - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output |
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7 | |
8 | SYNOPSIS | |
9 | -------- | |
10 | [verse] | |
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11 | 'perf script' [<options>] |
12 | 'perf script' [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command> | |
13 | 'perf script' [<options>] report <script> [script-args] | |
14 | 'perf script' [<options>] <script> <required-script-args> [<record-options>] <command> | |
15 | 'perf script' [<options>] <top-script> [script-args] | |
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16 | |
17 | DESCRIPTION | |
18 | ----------- | |
19 | This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded. | |
20 | ||
133dc4c3 | 21 | There are several variants of perf script: |
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133dc4c3 | 23 | 'perf script' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was |
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24 | recorded. |
25 | ||
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26 | You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and |
27 | summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is | |
133dc4c3 | 28 | available via 'perf script -l'). The following variants allow you to |
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29 | record and run those scripts: |
30 | ||
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31 | 'perf script record <script> <command>' to record the events required |
32 | for 'perf script report'. <script> is the name displayed in the | |
33 | output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any | |
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34 | language extension. If <command> is not specified, the events are |
35 | recorded using the -a (system-wide) 'perf record' option. | |
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133dc4c3 | 37 | 'perf script report <script> [args]' to run and display the results |
d3c4f798 | 38 | of <script>. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf |
a6005123 | 39 | trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language |
133dc4c3 | 40 | extension. The perf.data output from a previous run of 'perf script |
a6005123 | 41 | record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to |
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42 | succeed. [args] refers to the (mainly optional) args expected by |
43 | the script. | |
44 | ||
133dc4c3 | 45 | 'perf script <script> <required-script-args> <command>' to both |
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46 | record the events required for <script> and to run the <script> |
47 | using 'live-mode' i.e. without writing anything to disk. <script> | |
133dc4c3 | 48 | is the name displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the |
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49 | actual script name minus any language extension. If <command> is |
50 | not specified, the events are recorded using the -a (system-wide) | |
51 | 'perf record' option. If <script> has any required args, they | |
52 | should be specified before <command>. This mode doesn't allow for | |
53 | optional script args to be specified; if optional script args are | |
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54 | desired, they can be specified using separate 'perf script record' |
55 | and 'perf script report' commands, with the stdout of the record step | |
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56 | piped to the stdin of the report script, using the '-o -' and '-i -' |
57 | options of the corresponding commands. | |
58 | ||
133dc4c3 | 59 | 'perf script <top-script>' to both record the events required for |
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60 | <top-script> and to run the <top-script> using 'live-mode' |
61 | i.e. without writing anything to disk. <top-script> is the name | |
133dc4c3 | 62 | displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual |
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63 | script name minus any language extension; a <top-script> is defined |
64 | as any script name ending with the string 'top'. | |
65 | ||
133dc4c3 | 66 | [<record-options>] can be passed to the record steps of 'perf script |
d3c4f798 | 67 | record' and 'live-mode' variants; this isn't possible however for |
133dc4c3 | 68 | <top-script> 'live-mode' or 'perf script report' variants. |
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70 | See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific |
71 | information on how to write and run your own trace scripts. | |
72 | ||
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73 | OPTIONS |
74 | ------- | |
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75 | <command>...:: |
76 | Any command you can specify in a shell. | |
77 | ||
0a02ad93 | 78 | -D:: |
133dc4c3 | 79 | --dump-raw-script=:: |
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80 | Display verbose dump of the trace data. |
81 | ||
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82 | -L:: |
83 | --Latency=:: | |
84 | Show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc). | |
85 | ||
86 | -l:: | |
87 | --list=:: | |
88 | Display a list of available trace scripts. | |
89 | ||
f526d68b | 90 | -s ['lang']:: |
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91 | --script=:: |
92 | Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]). | |
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93 | If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a |
94 | list of supported languages will be displayed instead. | |
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95 | |
96 | -g:: | |
97 | --gen-script=:: | |
133dc4c3 | 98 | Generate perf-script.[ext] starter script for given language, |
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99 | using current perf.data. |
100 | ||
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101 | -a:: |
102 | Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command> | |
103 | normally use -a by default, while scripts run with a <command> | |
104 | normally don't - this option allows the latter to be run in | |
105 | system-wide mode. | |
106 | ||
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107 | -i:: |
108 | --input=:: | |
109 | Input file name. | |
110 | ||
111 | -d:: | |
112 | --debug-mode:: | |
113 | Do various checks like samples ordering and lost events. | |
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115 | -f:: |
116 | --fields | |
117 | Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are: | |
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118 | comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, sym |
119 | ||
120 | -k:: | |
121 | --vmlinux=<file>:: | |
122 | vmlinux pathname | |
123 | ||
124 | --kallsyms=<file>:: | |
125 | kallsyms pathname | |
126 | ||
127 | --symfs=<directory>:: | |
128 | Look for files with symbols relative to this directory. | |
129 | ||
130 | -G:: | |
131 | --hide-call-graph:: | |
132 | When printing symbols do not display call chain. | |
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134 | SEE ALSO |
135 | -------- | |
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136 | linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1], |
137 | linkperf:perf-script-python[1] |