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Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +02001perf-timechart(1)
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3
4NAME
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6perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
7
8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
Stanislav Fomichev367b3152013-11-01 20:25:50 +040011'perf timechart' [<timechart options>] {record} [<record options>]
Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020012
13DESCRIPTION
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15There are two variants of perf timechart:
16
17 'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
18 of an arbitrary workload.
19
20 'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
21 that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'.
22
Stanislav Fomichev367b3152013-11-01 20:25:50 +040023TIMECHART OPTIONS
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Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020025-o::
26--output=::
27 Select the output file (default: output.svg)
28-i::
29--input=::
Robert Richterefad1412011-12-07 10:02:54 +010030 Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
Arjan van de Ven5094b652009-09-20 18:14:16 +020031-w::
32--width=::
33 Select the width of the SVG file (default: 1000)
Arjan van de Venbbe29872009-10-20 07:09:39 +090034-P::
Arjan van de Ven39a90a82009-09-24 15:40:13 +020035--power-only::
36 Only output the CPU power section of the diagram
Stanislav Fomichevc87097d2013-11-01 20:25:48 +040037-T::
38--tasks-only::
39 Don't output processor state transitions
Arjan van de Venbbe29872009-10-20 07:09:39 +090040-p::
41--process::
42 Select the processes to display, by name or PID
Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020043
David Ahernec5761e2010-12-09 13:27:07 -070044--symfs=<directory>::
45 Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020046
Ramkumar Ramachandrad366c532013-10-03 14:45:16 +053047EXAMPLES
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49
50$ perf timechart record git pull
51
52 [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
53 [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
54
55$ perf timechart
56
57 Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
58
Stanislav Fomichev54874e32013-11-01 20:25:46 +040059-n::
60--proc-num::
61 Print task info for at least given number of tasks.
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Stanislav Fomichev367b3152013-11-01 20:25:50 +040063RECORD OPTIONS
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65-P::
66--power-only::
67 Record only power-related events
68-T::
69--tasks-only::
70 Record only tasks-related events
71
Arjan van de Ven151750c2009-09-19 13:36:04 +020072SEE ALSO
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74linkperf:perf-record[1]