Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt

   1 perf-record(1)
   2 ==========
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 [verse]
  11 'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
  16 from it, into perf.data - without displaying anything.
  17
  18 This file can then be inspected later on, using 'perf report'.
  19
  20
  21 OPTIONS
  22 -------
  23 <command>...::
  24         Any command you can specify in a shell.
  25
  26 -e::
  27 --event=::
  28                              0:0: cpu-cycles
  29                              0:0: cycles
  30                              0:1: instructions
  31                              0:2: cache-references
  32                              0:3: cache-misses
  33                              0:4: branch-instructions
  34                              0:4: branches
  35                              0:5: branch-misses
  36                              0:6: bus-cycles
  37                              1:0: cpu-clock
  38                              1:1: task-clock
  39                              1:2: page-faults
  40                              1:2: faults
  41                              1:5: minor-faults
  42                              1:6: major-faults
  43                              1:3: context-switches
  44                              1:3: cs
  45                              1:4: cpu-migrations
  46                              1:4: migrations
  47                            rNNN: raw PMU events (eventsel+umask)
  48
  49 -a::
  50         system-wide collection
  51
  52 -l::
  53         scale counter values
  54
  55 Configuration
  56 -------------
  57
  58 EXAMPLES
  59 --------
  60
  61 SEE ALSO
  62 --------
  63 linkperf:git-stat[1]